Network back-up specialist Legato Systems Inc, Palo Alto, California is shipping version 4.2 of its NetWorker network storage software, as expected. Version 4.2 includes StorSuite, an integrated suite of storage management applications for back-up, archive and hierarchical storage management, which it gets from Eastman Kodak Co subsidiary Imagery Software. NetWorker 4.2 for Solaris, HP-UX and AIX comes with simplified administration and combines automated storage capacity management with data protection. NetWorker can operate from anywhere on the network and can be integrated with other storage system management frameworks including Digital Equipment Corp’s PolyCenter, Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG’s Transview, Sun Microsystems Inc’s Enterprise Storage Manager, Tivoli Systems Inc’s Plus and Hewlett-Packard Co’s HP OpenView. The software is offered in two versions – a server edition for high performance file, application or database servers and a network edition for managi ng data from multi-system environments. Legato will offer Exabyte Corp’s high-end automated tape libraries with its NetWorker for Solaris. It is also including Smartmedia, a suite of automated media management routines such as media pools for rapid recovery, bar code support for media tracking, automated drive cleaning and automatic write verification. NetWorker StorSuite is up on NetWorker Version 4.2 for Solaris and HP-UX with AIX to follow. Network Server Edition prices start at $3,000, Network Edition $2,500. NetWorker options include HSM Application Module $15,000, Autochanger module from $1,500 and five client connections for $1,250. Windows, Mac, NetWare, Windows NT and Unix clients are priced at $1,500.
