MiraLink Corporation, the proven expert in remote disaster recovery solutions, today announced the availability of the MiraLink 400, 500 and 1000 disaster recovery appliances incorporated with IBM Tivoli Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for Files software at IBM PartnerWorld 2007. IBM PartnerWorld 2007 is being held at the Americas Center in St. Louis on April 29-May 2, 2007.

Highly Reliable and Affordable Real-Time Disaster Recovery Solutions

MiraLink has integrated their data protection solution with IBMs PC data protection software to create a system that continually protects mission-critical data by mirroring it to a remote location. The MiraLink 500 and MiraLink 1000 disaster recovery appliance, integrated with IBM Tivoli CDP for Files, delivers a robust solution that seamlessly combines real-time remote data protection and file level continuous data protection with rapid and reliable recovery at a fraction of the cost of similar systems.

Rapid, complete and reliable disaster recovery of mission-critical data is more important than ever before, said Ron McCabe, CEO, MiraLink. Integrating IBMs Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files with MiraLink disaster recovery appliances provides an inexpensive and easy to use solution that will ensure enterprises that their applications and data will be available continuously. MiraLink appliances with the IBM Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files software enable businesses to transparently mirror this critical CDP data to any remote location in real time.

By leveraging MiraLinks patented Intellibuffer technology, data is written synchronously and transferred asynchronously while preserving data state consistency during and after transmission. This method of transfer delivers a very high level of data integrity and recoverability. IBM Tivoli CDP for Files works from the edge of the network and transparently moves critical desktop and laptop information onto MiraLinks highly-reliable and affordable real-time remote mirroring appliances. Organizations who implement this complete solution will be able to access previous versions of file level data while maintaining very short recovery windows. As a result, businesses gain recoverability capabilities at a level of affordability that has previously been unavailable.

According to Chris Stakutis, CTO, IBM Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files, MiraLinks unique real-time disaster recovery capabilities give enterprises peace of mind knowing that their business critical data is protected. With the integration of IBMs Tivoli CDP for Files software into MiraLinks disaster recovery appliances, more continuous protection of information stored on the edge on laptops and desktops is achieved.

Protecting the integrity of our data is essential to our business, said Jeremy Olson, CTO, Inspired Capitalworks (ICW). Using MiraLinks disaster recovery appliance integrated with IBM Tivoli CDP for Files ensures continuous data protection and real-time reliability, availability and protection of our business critical data.

MiraLinks Business Continuity Solution

MiraLinks cost-competitive solution delivers remote data recovery in a turnkey, appliance based solution, with no additional hardware or software required. Two MiraLink appliances are utilized with each venue: one on-site and the other in a remote location. No technical training is required to install MiraLink systems, and no special training is required to restore data in the event of network or system failure.

MiraLinks patented Intellibuffer data mirroring software is the heart of the MiraLink system. Without using software agents or data optimization, Intellibuffer intelligently preserves the write-sequence after asynchronously transferring data to the remote data mirroring appliance in real time. Intellibuffer holds the mirrored data blocks in the exact sequence they were written until sufficient bandwidth becomes available for transfer to the remote location. Unlike most remote backup systems, Intellibuffer performs a two-phase commit between the remote and local appliance to verify that the data write is correct.

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