BakBone Software As an Option With Fujitsu Eternus Storage Systems

Fujitsu America, Inc. announced that BakBone Software‘s replication solution will be offered as an option with Fujitsu ETERNUS storage systems to enhance customer choice for data mobility, enable companies to mitigate risk of data loss from a disaster and quickly restore applications upon recovery. BakBone NetVault: Replicator and ETERNUS SF Advanced Copy Manager (ACM) deliver a cost-effective, heterogeneous replication solution for increasingly complex data environments.

The combination of BakBone and Fujitsu ETERNUS storage systems delivers unbeatable price performance for mid-sized companies looking to leverage a highly available storage platform that offers continuous byte-level replication for heterogeneous environments over standard IP networks.

Combined with BakBone’s NetVault: Replicator,
ETERNUS storage systems satisfy
critical customer needs in areas such as:

• High Availability – Solves data availability requirements from enterprise to entry-level and over long or short distances by offering continuous, byte-level replication for the most demanding environments.
• Data Asset Consolidation and Migration – Streamlines migration of data assets from legacy storage devices to Fujitsu ETERNUS storage or from remote data consolidation to a centralized storage pool.
• Test and Development – Automates production data replication to non-production systems for test and development environments or decision support applications.

"The combination of Fujitsu and BakBone makes it simpler and more cost effective for mid-sized companies to protect multiple host operating systems across heterogeneous storage platforms," said Dave Egan, senior vice president, storage at Fujitsu America. "Our partnership with BakBone ensures our mutual customers get a complete solution with the scalability, performance and reliability they need to meet service-level requirements for recovery time and data loss."

"Our replication technology coupled with Fujitsu ETERNUS storage systems will make it easier and more cost effective for customers to protect their critical business operations from disaster," said David Schneider, vice president of Strategic Partners Group, BakBone. "A reliable, heterogeneous data replication solution helps ensure the highest levels of data availability, protection and performance for today’s data centers."

BakBone NetVault: Replicator is available immediately with the ETERNUS storage family through Fujitsu America and authorized resellers.