Disaster recovery company SafetyNet Ltd, hitherto a specialist in the IBM AS/400 market, is offering its services to RS/6000 users. The new service will be run from the company’s Bracknell, Berkshire office where a Model 530H is now installed. This offers 35 slots for now but there are plans to upgrade to a model 580 that would double this number. Customers can transfer their data via Ethernet and Token Ring. Initial take-up is expected to come from medium sized business using Series Five RS/6000s but SafetyNet will consider investing in a Series Nine system if demand dictates. Reserving a standard 2Gb slot on the box will cost firms nervous of disaster from UKP7,500 to UKP8,000.
