US Coast Guard Chooses Idealstor D2D Backup

Idealstor LLC, a
manufacturer of removable solutions, announced its backup solution have been selected by the US Coast guard.

Idealstor offered the US Coast Guard data
protection and backup portability for Windows servers, virtual machines,
databases and desktops at 45 locations.

Prior to switching to the Idealstor solution, the Coast Guard had been using
tape backup and had a lot of reliability issues with restoration of their data.
They also needed the ability to transport the backed up data from each remote
location.

The project team liked the flexibility and reliability that the
Idealstor Backup solution offered.The Coast Guard embarked on an evaluation process of testing
products from different manufacturers including tape and disk systems before
selecting Idealstor’s ejectable disk Backup solution.

The Project Lead at the Coast Guard

cited the following reasons
for selecting the Idealstor solution:

• 
  Scalability: Forward compatibility with larger disk cartridges as they
  become available
• Flexibility: Software Agnostic (not
  tied to a specific software Vendor)
• Standardization: Non-proprietary hard
  disks used in the cartridges
• Speed: Ability to quickly backup and
  restore data versus the competition
• Cost: Idealstor solution was more
  price competitive
• Technical Support: Idealstor was
  able to provide answers to technical questions in a timely manner versus the
  competition.