As a result, business productivity increases as network users no longer need to compete with the backup data traffic for network bandwidth. Seagate Backup Exec Shared Storage Option TM Seagate Backup Exec Shared Storage Option TM centralizes storage devices and media reducing the complexity of tape swapping and cleaning. The software also allows Seagate Backup Exec TM servers to safely share media by intelligently preventing media overwrites. On the Windows NT platform, management is further enhanced with centralized media and device reporting. Thus, devices with larger capacity and higher performance may be deployed centrally and used by multiple backup servers.
Backup operations are automatically load balanced across all available storage devices.
Seagate Backup Exec Shared Storage Option TM was developed in partnership with leading hardware vendors in the Fibre Channel SAN space to ensure customers an evolving, cross-platform solution that spans various hardware options for the emerging SAN market. Seagate Backup Exec Shared Storage Option TM currently supports Compaq, ADIC and Hewlett Packard hardware, leveraging the technology leadership of their hardware solutions. As other partners and compatibility approvals are available, further announcements are expected to be made. The SAN Opportunity Seagate Software is one of the few companies uniquely qualified to address the SAN market with expertise in both data protection and network management. Capitalizing on its position as a storage and network management innovator and industry leader, Seagate Software is developing a rich eventing and management model intended to manage every point of a SAN - from applications to servers to network devices to storage devices.