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FalconStor® Continuous Data Protector Ensures Disaster Recovery for Bradford Grammar School
Private School Determined not to Learn Disaster Preparedness Lesson the Hard Way
BRADFORD, UK, April 14, 2008 - FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC), the provider of TOTALLY Open™ network storage software solutions, today announced the deployment of the FalconStor® Continuous Data Protector (CDP) solution at Bradford Grammar School, a private school in England, to provide Disaster Recovery (DR) functionality for the school´s extensive IT infrastructure.
“Information technology is pervasive throughout the school - it´s used to teach virtually every subject and its use increases continuously. Students also submit crucial coursework electronically, and we must treat it as irreplaceable,” said Simon Marriott, IT Manager at the Bradford Grammar School. “In such circumstances, a school´s IT infrastructure is not a luxury, but is as mission-critical as it might be in a commercial environment. That makes the decision to deploy enterprise-grade data protection the only sensible course of action, and FalconStor delivers the reliability we need at an affordable price.”
The school uses three key options available in the FalconStor CDP. These options comprise FalconStor Continuous Data Replication (CDR); application-aware Snapshot Agents; and the FalconStor TimeMark® option:
- CDR ensures that a remote disk is an exact copy of an identified disk and is kept continually updated with data changes. In the event of a primary disk failure at the school, the remote copy can be accessed to maintain data integrity.
- Snapshot Agents ensure active data stores are protected. Complete data and transactional integrity is attained through a robust and automated process that safely and reliably takes snapshots of the data stores for point-in-time copy purposes, third-party backup applications, and disaster recovery planning. This means that the data store copy can be brought online without going through any lengthy data store rebuild process to roll-back partial transactions, thus saving many hours of valuable and expensive time in the event of a disaster.
- The TimeMark option provides the school´s IT manager with the ability to instantly recover a single file or an entire volume back to a known good point in time. It creates periodic, scheduled or on-demand point-in-time delta snapshot copies of data volumes. These delta snapshots contain only data changes and therefore do not take up a significant amount of disk storage space. Up to 256 delta snapshots can be maintained per volume.
These options complement the existing data backup-to-tape processes: a full daily backup of 4.5TB of data on DotHill and IBM SAN storage subsystems.
FalconStor´s partner in the deployment was ANS Group, a technology infrastructure specialist in the provisioning of hardware, software and 24/7 managed services to enterprises. Scott Fletcher, chairman of ANS Group, said, “It´s impossible to overestimate how important IT infrastructure is in education nowadays. The ability to protect data is clearly essential because IT is used to such an extent in the teaching and administration of schools and because student coursework, which directly contributes to their academic qualifications, is all securely stored by the school.”
About ANS Group
ANS Group is a technology infrastructure specialist in the provision of hardware, software and 24/7 managed services to Enterprise businesses. Operating within both public and private sectors, its leading and award-winning solutions are offered in three key areas:
- Unified Communications & Wireless
- Storage, Storage Management & Virtualisation
- Security & Identity Management
Based in Manchester, ANS Group delivers consistently high levels of customer service through all project deployments and ongoing support to its 400-plus client base. Working closely with key partners Cisco, Hitachi Data Systems, Microsoft, Novell, and Smart Identity allows ANS Group to offer an unrivalled level of expertise and experience in the multifaceted industry of IT. Having begun its floatation on PLUS Markets, formerly known as OFEX, London's third Market, in 2000, ANS Group now has a very strong UK-wide presence.
About FalconStor Software, Inc.
FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC), #5 in Forbes 2008 list of America´s Fastest-Growing Technology Companies, is the market leader in disk-based data protection. We deliver proven, comprehensive data protection solutions that facilitate the continuous availability of business-critical data with speed, integrity, and simplicity. Our TOTALLY Open™ technology solutions, built upon the award-winning IPStor® virtualization platform, include the industry leading Virtual Tape Library (VTL) with Single Instance Repository (SIR) for de-duplication, Continuous Data Protector™ (CDP), Storage Virtualization, and Replication for disaster recovery and remote office protection. Our products are available from major OEMs and solution providers including IBM, EMC, SUN, Acer, Brocade, H3C, MPC, and Pillar Data Systems and are deployed by thousands of customers worldwide, from small businesses to Fortune 1000 enterprises.
FalconStor is headquartered in Melville, N.Y., with offices throughout Europe and the Asia Pacific regions including Paris, Tokyo and Taiwan. For more information, visit www.falconstor.com or call 1-866-NOW-FALC (866-669-3252).
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FalconStor, IPStor® and TimeMark are a registered trademarks, and TOTALLY Open and Continuous Data Protector are trademarks of FalconStor Software, Inc. All other company and product names contained herein may be trademarks of their respective holders.
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