Integrated Disaster Recovery and Centralized System Backup Available for Tivoli Storage Manager

Business Wire, August 7, 2007

Storix Inc. Announces SBAdmin v6.2, First Centralized Full-System Backup and Adaptable System Recovery Solution to Integrate with TSM

SAN DIEGO -- Storix Inc. announced today, at the LinuxWorld Expo, that Tivoli[R] Storage Manager (TSM) users will soon have centralized full-system backup and disaster recovery available to them through SBAdmin v6.2. SBAdmin complements TSM by rounding out its capabilities with advanced features for full-system backup of Linux and AIX systems. The program writes directly to the TSM server, cutting out extraneous steps, saving valuable time and increasing reliability for system administrators. Additionally, SBAdmin provides TSM users with disaster recovery capabilities, including Adaptable System Recovery (ASR), enabling system restore to the same or dissimilar hardware.

Storix Inc. has maintained a long-standing relationship with IBM and is an IBM PartnerWorld[R] Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partner. Its familiarity with IBM and their storage products led Storix to recognize an opportunity within the TSM user environment.

"TSM is a remarkable product but users still had a need for centralized full-system backup and disaster recovery that was not being met by TSM or other 3rd party programs," said Anthony Johnson, Storix Inc. president. "Integrating SBAdmin with TSM will provide unprecedented system backup coverage and disaster recovery abilities. Even on a daily basis, TSM administrators will benefit from centralized system backup administration, consolidated backup locations and simplified management directly from the TSM server."

SBAdmin's Adaptable System Recovery, or ASR, capabilities enable TSM users to perform quick and easy full-system recovery onto the same or different hardware. ASR adapts a backup to fit new hardware or allow system administrators to alter a system's storage configuration. The process is so simple even novice system administrators can quickly perform a system recovery onto different hardware from scratch (bare-metal recovery). The revolutionary flexibility of ASR greatly reduces downtime during disasters or planned outages by providing: system recovery onto newer or virtual systems; provisioning/cloning of multiple systems; and system storage alteration for improved system availability, recoverability and performance.

SBAdmin v6.2 with TSM integration will be available before the end of Q3 2007. Storix takes pride in remarkable levels of customer satisfaction and exceptional value. The company offers free support, including 24-hour support for urgent recovery situations. SBAdmin v6.2 is affordably priced with one license per TSM client and is not limited by the amount of data being backed-up or the number of backup devices used.

About Storix, Inc.

Storix, Inc. is the trusted expert in complete and flexible Linux and AIX backup and recovery solutions for over 7,000 SMB to large enterprise customers globally. Storix's innovative Adaptable System Recovery (ASR) technology makes it easy to backup and recover critical system configurations across a broad range of hardware and system types, delivering the most flexible and lowest TCO solution available. For more information about Storix, Inc or to download a free 30 day trial of SBAdmin[R], visit http://www.storix.com/v62 or contact a Storix representative at (877) STORIX1 (877-786-7491).