Helios Software Updates File Server Command Line Tools

HELIOS
Software GmbH released an updated version of its file server
command line tools.

The ‘dt
sync‘ feature enables sync capabilities to synchronize entire
volumes or disks with a single command.

It’s a solution for backup and DR
where, in case of errors or just to access yesterday’s files,
customers use a second disk or remote storage mounted via NFS to have
a second version of their data available.

"Our new ‘dt sync’ provides
fast and highly reliable data synchronization to a backup server or
storage system", stated Helmut Tschemernjak, CEO of HELIOS. "The file sync is optimized to run while
volumes are online, and only modified files are synchronized, making
it very fast for subsequent syncs."

The ‘dt’ synced copy of the data can be
published as a regular volume accessible across the enterprise and
departments enabling Mac, Windows, and remote Web clients to mount
and use the synced data anytime.

The utilities are part of the Helios
File Server products EtherShare UB2, PCShare UB2, and WebShare UB2.
UNIX files, Mac resources, and Windows file streams are supported.
Using the new HELIOS ‘dt sync’ utility for any kind of file
synchronization offers the advantage of maintaining any kind of meta
data, including updating the desktop database and Spotlight index.

Features of the utility include:

• Syncing an entire disk to another disk
  with optional statistics logging

• Sync folder-to-folder with desktop
  database and Spotlight index maintenance

• Support for Mac resource and Windows
  file streams

• Sync to or from NFS mounted storage

• A scan-only feature to report file
  changes

The utilities are provided free of
charge to customers with a Helios software maintenance agreement. It
can be downloaded from the web site or installed directly via the
Update Installer.

Features and benefits of the Helios
file server product range, including Helios EtherShare UB2, PCShare
UB2, and WebShare UB2, and the add-on products ImageServer UB2, PDF
Handshake UB2, and PrintPreview UB2, can be found on the HELIOS web
site.

Better Networking

Helios UB2 Unbreakable Server Solutions
deliver server solutions to enterprise, government, university, and
pre-press sites. WebShare, EtherShare, and PCShare provide
cross-platform networking for Mac, Windows and Web clients, with file
and print server features, and remote server administration. Helios
ImageServer, PDF HandShake and PrintPreview bring capabilities to
design, prepress and printing operations.

Helios products run on servers
including Apple Mac OS X, IBM AIX, Linux, Oracle Solaris, and Windows
systems. They provide cross-platform support for Mac,
Windows, Web and UNIX-based clients.

Distributors sell Helios products
worldwide to VAD who provide networking solutions to customers. The
company also works with partners that incorporate server
software to provide third-party archive, asset management and
workflow solutions.