[Am-info] Quantum's Guardian 4400 Linux server

[Fred A. Miller]

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'Snapshot' Backups From Quantum

Typically, companies back up their data overnight when the=20
network is idle--a practice that leaves each day's new data=20
exposed until sundown. But Quantum's Guardian 4400 Linux server=20
gives customers the option to fire off snapshots of information=20
automatically throughout the day without shutting down the=20
network or interfering with user access. The device starts at=20
$4,300 and is believed to be the least expensive of its kind that=20
can back up during business hours.

One customer wants to use the product to alleviate problems he=20
has when replicating data from Microsoft's SQL Server. Maury=20
Myar, chief technology officer at money-managing firm Cramer=20
Rosenthal McGlynn, wants to get a 4400 in place at each of the=20
company's four primary sites next month. He says he's fed up with=20
trader-supporting databases that are only backed up nightly.=20
"With the image of the database on the 4400, I can grab copies of=20
files any time I want and eventually pass them to the tape=20
libraries," Myar says. "Instead of replicating, I'll do snapshot=20
backups." - Martin J. Garvey

Read the full story at:
http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=3DeIfs0Bce7K0V20BhQ50AD

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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org
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