Data access in a disaster
Data access in a disaster
Storage management software provider Legato has introduced a method of ensuring the availability of data stored on a Windows Storage Server by replicating it to a second NAS device.
Legato RepliStor for Windows-Powered NAS enables data stored on a NAS device to be constantly available through power outages, fires, and other types of failures and disasters. This product provides one-to-one, bi-directional replication of data stored on one NAS device to another NAS, over any LAN or WAN distance. When one NAS device becomes unavailable, RepliStor automatically fails over, switching Windows file system services to the second NAS. This preserves the ability for business users to access and use the data stored on the NAS.
Key NAS-to-NAS capabilities provided by this version of RepliStor include faster and easier deployment of replication capabilities, through simplified configuration of NAS-to-NAS replication with built-in defaults tuned to NAS devices including data directory default, silent install, percentage of memory available on the NAS is used by default for the RepliStor cache.
It also offers continued access to NAS-stored data when failures occur, through NAS-to-NAS bi-directional failover of Windows file system services, flexible configuration options enable easy migration to Windows Storage Server 2003, and central management across all one-to-one pairs of Windows Storage Server 2003 and Windows Server Appliance Kit (SAK) 2000 devices.
"Microsoft is focused on meeting the needs of NAS customers facing tightened budgets and increased storage requirements. Offering enterprise-ready capabilities combined with lower total cost of ownership for data storage is a key benefit of the Windows Storage Server 2003 introduction," said Rakesh Narasimhan, general manager of the Enterprise Storage Division at Microsoft.
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