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Asigra’s <a href="http://www.asigra.com/products/televaulting.php">Televaulting 6.2</a> suite enables companies to backup data from a range of desktop and server operating systems using LAN and internet connections to transport the data, rather than old-fashioned tape. Asigra says the main reason that firms buy Televaulting is to backup data from remote sites to a central location. We found the Televaulting suite, which costs $11,250 (£5,752) for 200GB of compressed data, remarkable for its comprehensive range of options for handling multiple customers, such as various billing, data retention and SLA options. There are also controls to limit the amount of storage and bandwidth that customers and their individual computers can use. Data is stored on disks attached to the Televaulting server, while metadata, such as descriptions of when and where the data came from, are stored in SQL databases.
<p>Google's <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/enterprise/mini/index.html">Mini</a> search appliance is aimed at smaller organisations that need to find documents on their local network or pages on their own web sites. It's recently been updated to add more features — some helpful when you're using it on your intranet, some when it's the search on your web site. It can generate a sitemap file for your site for submission to Google or other search engines that support the format, link into Google's <a href="http://www.google.com/analytics/en-GB/">Analytics</a> service giving you detailed usage figures for your site, and can protect sensitive content on your intranet while still indexing it for authorised users. The <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/enterprise/gsa/onebox.html">OneBox</a> feature from the larger Google search appliance has also been brought to the Mini. </p>
A small product with a big name, 3Com’s OfficeConnect Wireless 54Mbps 11G Travel Router sounds a bit like a marketing invention, but it does have practical uses. For example, it can be used to create a private wireless network when tavelling and to share an Internet connection at out-of-office meetings, presentations and conferences. It can also be used to connect fixed Ethernet devices to a wireless LAN or, if you just want to loose the bulk, instead of a standard wireless router on a home or small-business network.
Launched in September, <a href="http://www.vizioncore.com/esxMigrator.html">esxMigrator</a> from <a href="http://www.vizioncore.com/">Vizioncore</a> lets server administrators migrate virtual machines (VMs) from servers running the VMware ESX Server 2.x virtualisation platform to those running VMware’s flagship ESX Server 3, part of VMware’s recently launched <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/os/0,1000001098,39282802,00.htm">Virtual Infrastructure 3</a> (VI3) package of server virtualisation tools. Given that VI3 is cheaper than its predecessor and has better features, this is an upgrade that most businesses running VMware are likely to perform sometime soon.
Wireless-G, the draft version of the forthcoming 802.11g standard, looks great on paper. Low-cost, high-speed 54Mbps throughput and backward compatibility with 802.11b make you wonder why you'd ever pay for a pricey 802.11a device. Unfortunately, the Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G router doesn't quite live up to expectations. Although real-world wireless performance hovers around 50 percent of almost all wireless-device manufacturers' claims, the WRT54G delivers even less than that. Also disappointing is its operating range, which is considerably shorter than that of an 802.11b router. Worst of all, connect the Linksys WRT54G to both Wireless-G and 802.11b network adapters simultaneously, and its speed bumps down closer to 802.11b levels. Linksys claims this last problem has been fixed by a firmware revision, but when we tested the new firmware, we noticed only moderate improvement. With more firmware updates likely in the future, we recommend that you skip 802.11g for now.
<p>Launched in September, the <a href="http://www.falconstor.com/?lv=n&pdf=CDPVAforVMware">FalconStor Continuous Data Protection Virtual Appliance</a> (CDP VA) is a preconfigured virtual machine that runs on 64-bit <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/os/0,1000001099,39282802,00.htm">VMware ESX Server</a> systems. It provides top-end backup and recovery facilities for Microsoft Windows, Exchange and SQL servers, and Oracle databases. In our tests, we installed the CDP VA and configured protection for a Windows Server 2003 domain controller in around two hours, so it’s certainly easy to set up and use. It can protect physical servers and those running as virtual machines, and can also be used to migrate physical servers to virtual machine format. </p>
<p>Launched in September, the <a href="http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/sm/WF05a/23591-23599-23599-23599-23607-80710338.html?jumpid=in_r2515_procss/psc">HP Switch 8212zl</a> is an enterprise-class network switch that can be configured with a range of modules to support wired and wireless devices operating at a range of speeds. The chassis has 12 slots for modules that can be configured with up to 288 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 48 10-Gigabit ports. The backplane can handle up to 692Gbps, while the fabric can switch 428Mbps. </p>
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