To beat its competetion in the high end disk storage, IBM has launched IBM System Storage DS8000 Turbo. IBM claimed that the new product is improved version of its earlier products in the same line over its competitors.

Features of IBM System Storage DS800

a. Runs on IBM's power 5 microprocessors, delivering 15% improved efficiency than its previous model.
c. It has tiered storage, of which first tier handles storage of frequently used data and the second tier handles rarely used data, using low cost Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) drives.
d. Comes with a three-site business continuity and disaster recovery facility, where in if the main site goes down, its supported by two backups.
e. Comes with a 4-year warranty.

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mkCDrec makes a bootable (El Torito) disaster recovery image, and backups for Linux system to one or more CD-ROM(s). The backups can be stored on another disk, NFS/CIFS disk, or remote tape. Incase of a disk crash or system intrusion, the system can be booted from the CD-ROM thus enabling you to restore the complete system as it was. It also features disk cloning, which allows one to restore a disk to another disk Currently, ext2, ext3, minix, MS-DOS, FAT, VFAT, Reiserfs, XFS, and JFS filesystems are supported.

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iomega’s new REV Loader 280, is best suited for small businesses who don’t want to compromise with backup hardware that lacks performance. It is based on REV technology, which, instead of magnetic tape, uses removable cartridges containing hard-disk platters that offer an archival shelf-life of 30 years. As REV disks offer random access capability; hence specific files are located quickly, there is no need for rewinding, fast-forwarding, cleaning or maintenance.

REV disks are small, measuring 3 inches x 3 inches x 0.4 inches, with each holding 35 GB, with no compression. The disks outperform tape cartridges, cost only $50 for a pack of four REV disks, they offer unlimited number of rewrites per disk. The data can be protected via password protection and encryption. The REV loader is easy to install and is designed to fit right on a desktop or on a shelf in a server closet. It offers the performance of hard-disk technology with the convenience and removable media functionality of tape drives. The REV Loader 280 comes with everything (CA's BrightStor ARCserve Backup v11.5 for data backup and recovery) needed for backing up data on a single server.

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