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IBM
produces continuous data protection
By
Deni Connor
Network
World, 08/26/05
IBM
has released software that continuously backs up files on
workstations, laptops and file servers throughout a network.
The IBM
Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files creates a copy
of any data that changes and sends it over the IP network
to a centralised server. When users need to recover files
they may have accidentally deleted, they can recover them
from this central server.
According
to IDC, 60 percent of the data on the network is stored on
desktops and laptops rather than on data centre servers.
The software
will not eliminate the need for nightly backups - even though
files represent a large portion of the data on the network,
there is still the database and other data that needs to be
protected. For that data, IBM has Tivoli Storage Manager.
IBM Tivoli
Continuous Data Protection for Files grew out of software
research IBM’s alphaworks group was doing. That project
- VitalFile - where a beta version that works on Windows,
Linux and Mac OS X can be downloaded.
Continuous
data protection products have become increasingly popular.
Microsoft and Symantec have products that allow near continuous
data protection for files. Revivio offers continuous protection
for all types of data. A number of start-ups exist such as
Mendocino Software, Mimosa and XOsoft, who also offer continuous
data protection software.
One of
the most attractive features of many of these packages, Gartner
claims, is their ability to let users recover files for themselves,
instead of having the IT group do it for them.
The IBM
product works with Windows Common Internet File System files
or the Unix/Linux Network File System. The product presently
runs on a Windows server, although a Linux version is planned
in the next six months.
IBM Tivoli
Continuous Data Protection for Files is expected to be available
September 16 for $35 per laptop or desktop and $995 per server
processor.
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