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INNOVATION Data Processing is a leading
independent software vendor providing
non-disruptive business protection and
enterprise storage management solutions
for IBM eServer z/OS, OS/390, and S/390
Linux attached enterprise storage, as well
as for Windows, Unix and Linux, storage
area network (SAN), network area storage
(NAS) and local area network (LAN) distributed
storage. INNOVATION solutions
deliver exceptional reliability and winning
price/performance.
FDR/UPSTREAM is the company’s
high-performance storage management
product for centralized, automated, unattended
backup/restore and archival for
open systems. Wherever data is stored on a
LAN, SAN, and NAS, FDR/UPSTREAM
will provide automated operations to backup
and restore and archive data on an
OS/390 or z/OS MVS mainframe server.
FDR/UPSTREAM can be used with
Microsoft Windows, Novell, Unix, AIX,
Sun, HP, Intel Linux, and Linux for zSeries
servers.
Unique Features
FDR/UPSTREAM has unique features to
facilitate efficient backup processes,
including online database agents and the
ability to compress data at the client level,
minimizing data flow across the network. It
has also developed a process called
UPSTREAM Full Merge Backup that
drastically reduces the elapsed time for full
backups by utilizing already existing file
backups and only opening and transmitting
files that have changed. It merely requires
a first-time full backup to the backup server's
attached storage. All future backups are
then incremental and full merge backups.
When a "full merge backup" is completed,
a new point-in-time image of the server is
consolidated onto a tape or tape set. This
approach reduces the elapsed time for
backups, and provides extremely efficient
restore operations for data recovery.
Finally, FDR/UPSTREAM has an easy-touse,
Java-based graphical user interface
and management tool that runs in a Web
browser. "The FDR/UPSTREAM client
always looks the same wherever it is running,"
said Patrick Fitzsimmons, the product
manager at INNOVATION.
Sigma Aldrich Case Study
FDR/UPSTREAM has emerged as the
solution of choice for centralized storage
management in complex IT environments.
For example, two years ago, Sigma Aldrich
decided to consolidate its backup solutions.
In addition to an IBM 3090 mainframe
with z/OS, the company supports Oracle,
Unix and several flavors of Windows. Plus,
it uses EMC DASD storage. "We wanted to
have a one backup solution," said John
Hunter, senior systems programmer at
Sigma Aldrich.
Hunter was already familiar with INNOVATION
products and knew that
INNOVATION's FDRSOS and
FDR/UPSTREAM/SOS products can
access EMC's business continuance volumes
directly. "Being able to read them
from the mainframe side made the process
a lot easier with our huge databases,"
Hunter said. "That pointed us to a mainframe
backup solution." Over several
months, the company systematically
installed FDR/UPSTREAM, using it for
perhaps 100 Windows servers as well as
Unix platforms and Oracle databases.
"The Windows and Unix people love it
because they have a single point of control
for backups,” Hunter said. And since
FDR/UPSTREAM serves as the backend
for the Oracle Recovery Manager
(RMAN) API, “the Oracle people are
using the same tools that they were using
before and don't see any difference,"
Hunter said.
Open Systems Solution
This year, INNOVATION introduced
UPSTREAM RESERVOIR, which uses an
open systems server instead of a mainframe
as the backend. "Now organizations
can use UPSTREAM whether they have a
z/OS mainframe or not," Fitzsimmons said.
For instance, the City of Tucson, AZ used
FDR/UPSTREAM to backup its AIX
servers. This year, it wanted an open systems
solution and chose UPSTREAM
RESERVOIR. "It does a great job," said
Avram Adam, Unix systems administrator.
"INNOVATION legacy and our earlier
INNOVATION experience were the primary
reasons we chose UPSTREAM
RESERVOIR, but UPSTREAM RESERVOIR
stands on its own," said George
Morey, the mainframe systems programmer
who had UPSTREAM RESERVOIR
running in a short period of time.
Conclusion
FDR/UPSTREAM and UPSTREAM
RESERVOIR provide extensive reporting,
the ability to schedule tasks and are simple
to install, use and understand. "When we
talk to IT directors, backup is still a major
concern," said Fitzsimmons. With
FDR/UPSTREAM and UPSTREAM
RESERVOIR, that problem is solved.
Database Trends and Applications: June 2004 - Subscribe today at www.dbta.com/subscribe
INNOVATION Data Processing
275 Paterson Avenue
Little Falls, New Jersey 07424
Tel: 973-890-7300
Fax: 973-890-7147
E-mail: sales@fdrinnovation.com
Website: www.innovationdp.fdr.com
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