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Syncsort's Backup Express Extends Support For Databases NDMP

The newest version of Syncsort's Backup Express not only extends support for databases,NDMP and Clustering,Version 2.1.5 offers increased functionality with simplified administration. This latest release of Backup Express, the enterprise-wide backup and restore solution, is now available from Syncsort Incorporated.

Version 2.1.5 includes enhanced NDMP features, improved flexibility of media and job control, and advanced remote deployment, device auto-configuration and cluster support. In addition, Backup Express now supports more database platforms and has improved interface features for several platforms. Other enhancements are aimed at taking full advantage of the capabilities of various supported platforms and simplifying implementation. Enhanced NDMP features

The newest features allow Backup Express to support the widest range of NDMP vendors and fully utilize the functions they provide which include:

• Filer-to-Server backups
• Increased incremental backups
• Advanced NDMP definitions added to the GUI to allow easier, direct access to such important features as Direct Access Recovery (DAR) and True Image recovery

FURTHER FUNCTIONAL ADVANCES

Other augmentations supplied by Backup Express 2.1.5 include:

• Increased flexibility in backup destination specification
• Backup to disk testing capability
• SMTP e-mail protocol standard across platforms
• Alternate media pool specification
• The ability to include unlabeled media in a jukebox media pool
• Remote deployment
• Device auto-configuration ability
• Cluster support for Windows NT/2000, NetWare and Tru64 environments
• Expanded platform support for database interfaces including DB2,
• Lotus Notes and Sybase
• NetWare node copy function support

For more detailed information on the advances provided by Backup Express 2.1.5 please visit the Syncsort website at www.syncsort.com.

ABOUT BACKUP EXPRESS

Syncsort's Backup Express is an advanced, enterprise-wide backup and restore solution that supports NAS, NDMP, Storage Area Networks (SANs) and other heterogeneous network configurations. Its distributed architecture allows it to back up to any TCP/IP node in the network whether it is running UNIX, Windows, or NetWare, while maintaining a single central catalog for the entire enterprise.

Backup Express can cluster tape drives, including large automated libraries, at any server on the network; dynamically allocate drives within a SAN; provide four different backup options for NDMP-based systems; keep sensitive data off the network; and allow on-line backups of large database servers such as Oracle, SAP, MS Exchange, SQL Server, Sybase, DB2 and Lotus Notes.

ABOUT SYNCSORT

Syncsort Incorporated is a leading developer of high-performance data warehousing software for mainframe, UNIX, and Windows environments. For over 30 years, Syncsort has built a reputation for superior product performance and reliable technical support. An independent market research firm has named Syncsort one of the top Data Warehouse 100 Vendors for three years in a row. Over 95 percent of the Fortune 100 companies are Syncsort customers, and Syncsort's products are used in more than 50 countries to back up and protect data in distributed environments, speed data warehouse processing, improve database loads and speed query processing. For more information, visit the Syncsort web site at www.syncsort.com.