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| NetApp SnapManager 4.0 for Exchange Server 2007 Now Available Network Appliance has announced general availability of two software products in support of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. The availability of NetApp SnapManager 4.0 for Exchange Server and NetApp Single Mailbox Recovery 4.2, a near-instantaneous backup and recovery software solution for Exchange Server 2007, provides customers with enterprise-class backup, recovery, and restoration solutions. NetApp SnapManager 4.0 for Exchange, which supports both NetApp Fibre Channel and iSCSI-based IP SAN solutions, helps customers reduce the administrative overhead of backing up Exchange Server databases. With the availability of these products, NetApp is helping Exchange Server 2007 customers achieve near-instantaneous, granular recovery of Exchange Server data without a prohibitive — and expensive — increase in storage capacity needs. NetApp SnapManager 4.0 for Exchange and Single Mailbox Recovery 4.2 software boost the productivity of both administrators and physical storage assets in the following ways: - Maximized data availability: NetApp provides near-instantaneous backups and rapid Exchange Server recovery, with minimal capacity overhead. In addition, NetApp SnapMirror software provides simple, flexible, and cost-effective snapshot replication and mirroring for easy-to-use disaster recovery of Exchange Server data. - Simplified data management: NetApp addresses the storage management productivity challenge with automated data management, rapid storage provisioning, and the ability to backup and restore hundreds of databases residing on a single Exchange Server installation. - Rapid Exchange Item-Level Recovery: NetApp Single Mailbox Recovery software provides rapid recovery of mailbox data from any existing snapshot backups using administrator-specified criteria, up to and including individual e-mails and attachments. Additionally, NetApp Global Services (NGS) offers professional and support services that complement these NetApp software offerings by minimizing disruption, augmenting or offloading IT staff, and rapidly designing and implementing a NetApp-enabled Exchange Server environment. NGS offers solutions for Exchange Server environments that scale from installation to turn-key enterprise deployments depending on customer needs. NGS resources are Microsoft certified and have experience in industry verticals such as financial services and government sector. The service offerings are organized as components and include Exchange Server consolidation, migration, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery. The consolidation and migration services assist customers in moving to current versions of Exchange Server. The backup and recovery services leverage tiered-storage best practices to implement high availability solutions for safeguarding data and enabling near real-time data restoration. NGS disaster recovery services feature highly robust clustering and replication solutions that protect data assets within and across data centers. All of the Exchange Server service components share a structured implementation methodology that follow proven project management concepts and emphasize knowledge transfer to IT operations staff. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |