We like disaster recovery utilities that don't require you to reinstall the operating system, and we consider any fault-tolerant schemes. The interoperability rating is a measure of each vendor's ability to blend management of its NetWare and Windows NT Server platforms. It also reflects the completeness of client backup agents. We look for common administrative consoles and the ability to read tape formats across each platform. We give higher ratings to products that can use multiple network protocols and SDIF and MTF tape formats.
Extensive solutions provide a complete range of database and messaging platform backup modules.