Tape can also break, wear out and become demagnetized. But what
happens when some of those emails or files are needed in a lawsuit?
Or what if a regulatory agency asks for specific emails and you
can’t produce them? The liabilities to an organization can
be substantial:
Fines. Recent SEC fines
for deletion of emails have reached hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Discovery costs. Finding
emails and other critical files on old tapes can take hundreds of
hours.
Losing a legal action. Even a single unrecoverable
email can decide whether you win or lose a lawsuit.
Introducing OptiVault from Primera
OptiVault is a new archival appliance that backs up and quickly
recovers all emails that are sent, received or deleted through Microsoft
Exchange, including attachments. It operates unobtrusively in the
background of your Exchange server, reliably backing up all emails
on optical media.
When you need to recover emails
from any mailbox for any date range OptiVault finds them on the
appropriate backup discs and restores them automatically.
Because it uses non-erasable, non-rewritable
media that can be stored off-site, OptiVault provides true WORM
(Write Once Read Many) compliance. This is a critical specification
for publicly-held corporations, healthcare, brokerage and financial
institutions and others who must meet the strict email, data and
document retention requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC 17-a, HIPAA
and a host of other government regulations.
WORM technology is also
highly desirable for any organization that needs to be able to quickly
and reliably retrieve data and files of all types without over-burdening
primary storage devices or media. Experts agree that optical media
is the most rugged and reliable backup media available. Its archival
life is measured in decades — not just years.
Fast and Easy Deployment
OptiVault is designed for use in a wide range of environments that
are already utilizing a variety of primary backup methods such as
tape or RAID. It interfaces to your server(s) through a single high-speed
USB 2.0 port. An optional Rack Mount Kit allows installation in
a standard 19” 4U configuration. The lockable front panel
door keeps media and the robotics safe and secure.
Using the included software from EMC Dantz,
emails and other critical files are automatically archived on optical
media according to customizable scripts. Each disc is also printed
with serialization — an exclusive feature of OptiVault —
for fast and easy cataloging and retrieval.
With a capacity of up to 117 GB
(234 GB compressed) per backup set, OptiVault has more than enough
room for every email plus attachments generated by hundreds of typical
users per month. You can archive and backup emails and other important
files not only from the server, but also from networked client computers
running Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Solaris and Netware.
With OptiVault, there are:
Quick and efficient searches. The included software from EMC Dantz
has the industry’s most sophisticated, high-speed indexing.
OptiVault’s built-in robotics finds exactly which discs are
needed to recover specific emails, files and folders — even
when a particular user’s data is on multiple backup sets.
Fast, reliable recoveries. Optical
media is a fast, random-access technology allowing quick searches
and recoveries. Compared to other archival methods such as tape,
you can recover mailboxes, messages and files in just minutes instead
of hours or days.
No more broken or damaged tapes.
Optical media is highly robust and reliable. Industry studies show
that up to 50% of backup tapes will fail when restoring your company’s
critical data!
No more tapes or cartridges to manually
load. Advanced robotics automatically load the backup media —
day or night. Depending upon the number of users, mailboxes and
files you are archiving, you may not need to replenish media for
several months. Recoveries are also completely automatic.
Powered by EMC Dantz® Retrospect®
Software
Included with OptiVault is EMC Dantz Retrospect, Single Server Edition
with Retrospect Agent for Exchange. This powerful, award-winning
software installs on any Windows® XP/2000 PC or Windows 2000/2003
Server and provides fully-automated, hands-free backup. Using patented
Progressive Backup technology, Retrospect only backs up one copy
of any targeted file – even if it appears in more than one
users’ mailbox or directory.
Operation is fast, because Retrospect and
OptiVault utilize the industry’s most advanced optical media
packet-writing technology. This combination of software and hardware
achieves exceptional data transfer and write speeds of up to 60GB
per hour.
Optional software agents are available for
backup of SQL and open files. There’s even a disaster-recovery
agent available for recovery of your servers to the most recent
system state down to the “bare-metal” level. This saves
an enormous amount of time and effort in true disaster recovery
situations versus other methods such as tape. For more information
about EMC Dantz Retrospect software, click here.
The Most Advanced Optical Media
Primera’s TuffCoat Archival Media is an advanced DVD printable-surface
recordable disc. Important features include:
• 50+ Year Data Life
• Extremely Low Error Rates
• Fast-Drying, High-Resolution Print Surface
• Low cost per GB
TuffCoat Archival Media is packaged in clear,
50-disc polypropylene disc holders. Disc holders can be stacked
for compact and convenient on-site or off-site storage.
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