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BakBone Introduces Data Protection Features For Mac OS X

At MacWorld, BakBone Software announced new storage backup solutions to help small- and medium-sized companies, data center users, education and digital media departments address the challenges of data protection in Mac OS X environments, including those built around Xserve, Xserve RAID and Xsan.

Building on BakBone's commitment to support Apple's move into the enterprise, NetVault provides both server and client support for Mac, as well as Application Plugin Modules including Oracle 10g and MySQL. For those Mac users looking to make a successful transition to Mac OS X, NetVault is designed to address the new reality of multi-TB file storage and to help users implement and manage a robust enterprise-class data protection solution that is high performance, easily integrated and cost-effective to deploy.

"Since BakBone announced general availability of NetVault for Mac OS X in September, we're seeing Mac OS X gain significant traction in the enterprise marketplace," said Adrian Jones, senior vice president of worldwide OEMs and alliances group for BakBone Software. "We are excited to introduce industryfirst data protection features and functionality that perfectly meet Apple users' enterprise storage needs. BakBone's NetVault software provides IT administrators the enterprise-class reliability, scalability, price and performance their businesses need to remain competitive."

Supporting the broadest range of tape hardware devices in the industry, BakBone will showcase several unique backup configurations using NetVault in various enterprise environments including Oracle 10g. With solutions for either managing a completely Mac-based shop or simply supporting Mac clients in a Unix or Windows network, major feature-enhancing additions to NetVault for Mac OS X environments include:

• Virtual Tape Library: Providing a structured backup to disk, NetVault's Virtual Tape Library (VTL) operates and functions just like a physical tape library. Backups can be migrated or duplicated to or from a virtual library to a physical tape library for off-site storage.

• Policy Based Job Management: Comprehensive job management tools help storage administrators create data protection policies that are used to efficiently define and manage backup strategies for all of your clients and critical applications.

• User Level Access: To ease storage administration, the User Level Access feature allows users to be defined with a specific set of privileges on an individual or group basis.