A new series of data-backup and disaster-recovery appliances has been unveiled by a company this week, offering a turnkey solution that combines a server, hard-drive cache, tape library, and the Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) software application.
According to Kevin Hoffman, vice president of sales at Hoffman Technologies, this product brings enterprise-level storage support to smaller businesses who may not have considered TSM in the past due to the high cost of integration. With this fully integrated solution, perceptions are expected to change.
The latest family of appliances, which incorporates a Sony tape library using AIT drive technology, is aimed specifically at small businesses, said Ellen Rome, vice president of channel sales and marketing at StorServer.
The Y-series solution includes a 4U rack-mount server with hard-disk-based storage and a 2U Sony AIT tape library, providing customers with the ability to do full backups and incremental changes using TSM technology.
For small business clients interested in implementing a disaster recovery program, the Y-series is worth considering, as it includes Disaster Recovery Manager which helps create a disaster-recovery plan for customers.
The Y-series appliances are available at different price points starting at $12,900 and are sold exclusively through solution providers who can receive up to 35 percent margins on the integrated solution.
Implementation is currently done by StorServer, but the company is looking to certify partners who have received training and have previous experience with TSM.