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New StorageLayer Features from SoftLayer
2008-09-28
SoftLayer Technologies, the innovative on-demand data center service
provider, has extended its StorageLayer service with features providing
geographic replication utilizing iSCSI storage and EVault online disk backup.
As with all SoftLayer solutions, StorageLayer and these new features are fully
automated and can be provisioned at-will through SoftLayer?s proprietary
customer portal and API.
?StorageLayer is always evolving to remain the ultimate storage solution,? said
Information Systems Director Jacob Linscott. ?With these new features,
StorageLayer leverages our iSCSI SAN advantages and our data centers? geographic
diversity to provide even more powerful options for data security. Remote data
replication is essential for our customers? business continuity and disaster
recovery plans.?
StorageLayer is SoftLayer?s redundant centralized storage array. It integrates
multiple storage technologies into a unified solution to give companies of all
sizes unprecedented gains in efficiency, accessibility, and reliability for data
storage and backup. Today?s additions include:
• iSCSI volumes for automatically replicating data to multiple SoftLayer data
centers
• EVault enhancements to allow backup data to multiple SoftLayer data centers
• Snapshots for iSCSI volumes to track and store changes over time
StorageLayer customers can utilize EVault to automate simultaneous backups of a
single dedicated server to multiple sites. ?They can use StorageLayer to have a
back up stored locally and then replicated at one of our data centers in another
city?and it all happens at the same time,? said Mr. Linscott. EVault lets
administrators schedule backups on an hourly, daily, weekly, or custom schedule,
and target full systems, specific directories, or even individual files.
With iSCSI snapshot capabilities, StorageLayer customers can schedule
point-in-time snapshots of their data volumes to provide another local backup
solution. The snapshots can be accessed at any time to recover lost data or to
be compared with current data. This feature complements the offsite replication
capabilities available on iSCSI volumes within StorageLayer.
About SoftLayer Technologies
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer delivers next-generation web hosting
and on-demand data center services on a global basis from facilities located in
Dallas, TX; Seattle, WA; and Washington, DC. Utilizing proprietary management
tools coupled with the industry's first network-within-a-network topology, the
company delivers unprecedented power and control to securely manage IT
environments while providing unparalleled scalability. For more information
please visit www.softlayer.com or call
866.398.7638.
Contact:
Shawna Furr
214.442.0584
press@softlayer.com
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