VERITAS Outlines Top 10 Reasons to Use VERITAS Software With Oracle Database 10g Deployments

Business Wire, Dec 6, 2004

SAN FRANCISCO -- Headline of release should read: VERITAS Outlines Top 10 Reasons to Use VERITAS Software With Oracle Database 10g Deployments (sted VERITAS Outlines Top 10 Reasons to Use VERITAS Software With Oracle Database 10g Deployments Page)

E[acute accent]The corrected release reads:

E[acute accent]VERITAS OUTLINES TOP 10 REASONS TO USE VERITAS SOFTWARE WITH ORACLE DATABASE 10G DEPLOYMENTS

E[acute accent]VERITAS Software Enhances the Reliability and Manageability of Oracle Database 10g Implementations

E[acute accent]VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTS) today highlighted 10 compelling reasons to use VERITAS solutions with Oracle(R) Database 10g implementations. As enterprises migrate to Oracle Database 10g, they'll require robust software solutions to manage the performance and availability of new 10g implementations while continuing to manage complex heterogeneous environments that include other applications and databases. VERITAS offers a comprehensive range of industry leading availability, performance and automation software for Oracle Database 10g instances while enabling utility computing across heterogeneous IT environments. In addition, VERITAS Storage Foundation(TM) 4.0 for Sun Solaris has been certified on Oracle Database 10g while other platforms are slated for certification in 2005.

E[acute accent]Top Ten VERITAS Benefits

E[acute accent]1. Increased Flexibility and Heterogeneity -- The use of a common set of technologies is a prerequisite to single and multi-site datacenter management and enterprises typically do not have the extra system/storage administrator resources to learn and optimize point administration and management solutions for each application/platform/database. VERITAS software is heterogeneous and utilizes the same storage management and clustering technologies to support a broad range of industry leading applications and databases assuring hardware and database independence.

E[acute accent]2. Reduced Storage Management Costs -- VERITAS solutions enable system and storage administrators to take advantage of Oracle Database 10g while continuing to manage their heterogeneous storage environments, utilizing the tools and skills they have already mastered without the need to add any additional complexities to the database architecture. New tools in VERITAS Storage Foundation software such as Quality of Storage Service (QoSS) also allow administrators to identify and move unimportant or old files to less expensive storage without changing the way users or applications access the files.

E[acute accent]3. Database Data Protection -- VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC includes both volume level and file system level snapshot technologies. VERITAS Storage Foundation software is heterogeneous and does not lock administrators into selecting a single brand of storage array so off-host backup or development/quality assurance servers need not consume the same high performance, high cost storage as their production database counterparts. In addition, VERITAS solutions also allow incremental backups, advanced snapshot technology and instant recovery of data ensuring protection of database and application environments.

E[acute accent]4. Application Performance Management -- VERITAS i3(TM) application performance management software analyzes applications running on top of Oracle Database 10g instances in real-time, enabling administrators to pinpoint the root cause of application problems and correlate them across all application tiers, and provide recommendations on how to correct them before they impact users. Applications that perform at optimal levels translate into higher productivity for internal users and a better experience for external customers.

E[acute accent]5. Database Performance -- In Oracle distributed computing environments, information flows along diverse paths connecting a multitude of applications, database servers and storage subsystems. VERITAS enhances high-performance database I/O infrastructure with tools that provide database administrators insightful guidance into the source of application performance issues and real time options to remedy those issues.

E[acute accent]6. Increased Availability -- VERITAS' Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) functionality found in VERITAS Storage Foundation software has the widest storage array support in the industry allowing enterprises to effectively avoid single vendor lock in. New tools in VERITAS Cluster Server such as cluster simulator and the fire drill capabilities allow modeling and testing of Oracle Database 10g instances without impacting production systems improving the overall effectiveness of High Availability and Disaster Recovery planning.

E[acute accent]7. All Data/File Types Treated Equally -- The VERITAS Cluster File System allows for sharing of all types of files across all nodes in clustered datacenter environments. In addition to the Oracle data files used in the database, many other types of files are needed across all nodes in heterogeneous IT environments. VERITAS provides a single storage management solution that eliminates layers of complexity and eliminates ongoing administration headaches.