Storix System Backup Administrator 5.3 review

Storix System Backup Administrator provides both an intuitive graphical user interface and command line options for performing backup

License: Other/Proprietary License with Free Trial File size: 13090K Developer: Storix, Inc.

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Storix System Backup Administrator provides both an intuitive graphical user interface and command line options for performing backups of a standalone system, or managing backups of all Linux and AIX systems on a network.

In addition to backing up data onto a network server, tape, or disk device, it can reinstall a complete system from scratch, clone or migrate systems, manage volumes and RAID devices, and restore data in any configuration you choose. It features easily accessible documentation.

Here are some key features of "Storix System Backup Administrator":
Centrally manage backups of the entire network or a single system
The most complete and flexible disaster recovery (bare-metal restore) available
Backup Data Encryption for secure data protection
MS Windows and Mac OS X Backup/Restore Functionality
Information Lifecycle Management with full featured retention and overwrite policies
Perform LVM snapshot backups of Oracle, DB2, MySQL Databases
Network Boot for Linux on Intel and IBM pSeries systems
Powerful backup automation and tape management features
Restore directories, single files, or an entire system locally or remotely
Multiple Exclude List Support for individual backup exclude lists
Enhanced support for Reiserfs file systems
Multi-tape, multi-device, tape library and autoloader support
Network, Workstation and Desktop versions available
Support for the latest:
LVM Features
Software RAID Devices
Multiple Bootloaders
All Major Filesystems

Limitations:
30-day evaluation

What's New in This Release:
Support for Intel IA64-based systems with EFI firmware.
Bootable system backup tapes on IBM PPC systems.
New quick access buttons in the graphical interface.
Serial console support for all boot media.
A new pulse has been added to network backups to prevent firewall timeouts from occurring.
Backup verification will show the file list with all file attributes.
Support has been added for IBM tape drivers.