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Friday April 6, 5:17 pm Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: McDATA Corporation
McDATA and VERITAS Software Partner to Simplify Storage Area Networking Management
Cost-Effective, Pre-Configured Serverless Appliance Now Available For Easy Backup of Mission-Critical Data
BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- McDATA® Corporation (Nasdaq: MCDT - news, MCDTA - news), a global leader in open storage networking solutions, today announced it is working with VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq: VRTS - news) to make available a pre-configured, completely interoperable serverless backup infrastructure appliance that enables end-users to operate a storage area network (SAN) back-up environment easily, quickly and cost-effectively.
The pre-qualified platform is designed for new SAN enterprise backup environments where customers seek to implement the latest in storage networking backup technology and leverages McDATA's ED-5000 Director, ES-3032 and ES-3016 department switches, ES-1000 loop switches, host bus adapters (HBAs) and routers and VERITAS' NetBackup(TM) 4.0V software. VERITAS NetBackup is the leading data protection software solution for all sizes of heterogeneous, enterprise environments. The VERITAS NetBackup ServerFree Agent works with VERITAS NetBackup to provide serverless backup technology for large enterprise and data center applications that can afford absolutely no downtime or loss of performance while protecting their data. Working in conjunction with the software, McDATA's appliances are configured and qualified to process large data backup requirements specific to a customer's storage and backup needs. Tested through McDATA's OpenReady(TM) solutions process, supported by both McDATA and VERITAS Software, the pre-configured appliance empowers end-users with the ability to take advantage of serverless backup technology while freeing up the resources of the LAN or production hosts, eliminating any concerns with interoperability, configurations and set-up required to back up vital data.
``The collaboration between McDATA and VERITAS Software is designed to eliminate the guesswork and reduce the overall risk associated with deploying SAN technology,'' said Jeff Vogel, vice president of Solutions and Systems Integration Services at McDATA. ``As a result, customers achieve a much faster return on their investment by cutting the time it takes to get the application online. Additionally, customers get the added benefit of knowing that the solution is based on an open and standards based approach.''
``The VERITAS NetBackup ServerFree Agent, part of our VERITAS VERTEX(TM) Initiative to provide advanced data protection solutions across the enterprise, is designed to work with the hardware of key SAN appliance providers such as McDATA,'' said Neal Ater, senior vice president, Data Protection Group, VERITAS Software. ``Integrating McDATA's appliances with the advanced serverless backup technology of VERITAS Software allows companies to deploy and protect their SAN environments, while maintaining the highest levels of performance and reliability.
``A serverless backup appliance is the most logical evolution of the LAN-free solution,'' continued Vogel. ``McDATA is committed to providing solutions targeted at problems within the data infrastructure that are tested and qualified in our Systems Integration Lab. Working with VERITAS Software in deploying open storage networking solutions further solidifies our commitment to interoperable, supportable, proven solutions that customers can rely on.''
McDATA will conduct demonstrations of this solution at the Storage Networking World conference and expo, booth G3, on Monday, April 9 from 5-8 p.m. PST and on Tuesday, April 10 from noon to 1:30 p.m. PDT at the Desert Springs Marriott Resort and Spa in Palm Desert, Calif.
For more information about McDATA's serverless backup appliance offerings, contact McDATA |
