EMC Prices on systems to back up data to launched improved data recovery utilities in its Legato NetWorker and Dantz Retrospect software, part of an effort to build more market share against rivals in back-up software.
Designed to protect heavier data loads in enterprises, NetWorker 7.2
integrates with more applications and features new perks for backing up to disk.
NetWorker features a new Windows client administration graphical user
interface (GUI), as well as better installation and tools for device
configuration, said Rob Emsley, director of product marketing software for EMC.
disk are falling, paving the way for storage vendors like EMC, Veritas and IBM to sell faster back-up to customers.
EMC is taking advantage of the trend in NetWorker, which now relies on the Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) to clone and stage data to or
from
disk. In the past, NDMP back-up could only be performed to or from
tape. The
new disk back-up tools lend greater speed and reliability for storage
on NAS
devices, Emsley said.
NetWorker supports a full range of operating systems, including
Microsoft
Windows, Sun’s Solaris and Linux from Red Hat and SuSe Linux.
Emsley said NetWorker will also now support the Hopkinton, Mass.,
company’s
Documentum enterprise content management systems. Increased support for
EMC’s VMware server virtualization software is also on tap, as
NetWorker 7.2
provides granular backup and recovery of all files within the virtual
machines for VMware GSX Server and VMware ESX Server.
NetWorker competes directly with rival Veritas’ NetBackup product for
protecting enterprise data. Though in the process of being acquired by
Symantec, Veritas is widely acknowledged as the leader in back-up
software,
with more than 50 percent of the market.
EMC has never been bashful about its attempt to grab market share from
its
chief rival in data back-up but Symantec’s acquisition bid has made the
company even more aggressive. EMC is currently launching a program to
help
customers migrate from Veritas to its own solutions.
While backing up and securing data is no less important for SMBs,
research
firm IDC said only about 40 percent of them back up data on a
consistent
basis.
EMC’s has upgraded its SMB back-up software, Dantz Retrospect 7, with
new
wizards to automate data protection in computers running Windows, Mac
OS,
Linux and Solaris, said Bill Dunmire, director of product marketing for
EMC
Dantz.
Dunmire said the Dantz group, acquired
by EMC last October, has added new disk-to-disk-to-tape capabilities to
enable backup to disk for fast restores and automated transfers to
tape. The
new software also offers full synthetic backups and ensures that
backups do
not exceed disk capacity.
Retrospect 7 is available now in the following flavors and starting
prices;
Multi Server, $1299; Single Server, $699; Small Business Server, $499;
Disk-to-Disk, $299; Professional, $129; and Disk-to-Disk, $299.
EMC Ups Ante With Data Back Up Software
