Microlite Corporation Introduces Linux Crash Recovery Solution

CHICAGO IL – Comdex Spring ’99 – April 19, 1999

Microlite Corporation today announced and began shipping
RecoverEDGE for Linux,
the first fully integrated, configurable crash recovery solution
for the Linux operating system.

RecoverEDGE works along with the award
winning BackupEDGE Data Archiving
System to provide three major benefits to Linux users and
administrators:

• Crash Recovery – downed systems can be restored to service in
  three simple steps
• 1. Solve the problem that caused the crash.
  2. Boot the RecoverEDGE diskettes and
     reconfigure filesystems
  3. Restore all the data from a
     BackupEDGE backup.
• System Reconfiguration – RecoverEDGE
  allows the user to replace hard drives if you’ve outgrown your old
  ones, resize filesystems to reallocate space, or even replace host
  adapters quickly and easily.
• Disk Optimization – RecoverEDGE makes
  it easy to erase fragmented data and restore files in a contiguous,
  optimally accessible manner.

“For the first time, Linux users can both quickly recover from
disasters, and reconfigure their Linux systems without installing
from scratch, using the same inexpensive product.” said
Tom Podnar, President of Microlite Corporation.
“Our new product combines the experience we’ve gained as the
acknowledged leader in crash recovery software on SCO operating
systems with the knowledge of a development team intimately
familiar with Linux kernels, filesystems and networking. It is the
most versatile solution currently shipping for Linux.”

Major Features –
RecoverEDGE:

• Full, friendly user interface – no shell prompts required.
• System discovery process detects required and available kernels
  and libraries.
• Recognizes, configures and recovers all disk devices on all
  host adapters.
• Enhanced partition interface allows easy drive configuration
  without being an FDISK expert.
• Drives may be switched between host adapters easily. System
  files such as /etc/fstab and
  /etc/lilo.conf are adjusted as necessary
  by RecoverEDGE.
• “One Touch Restore” rebuilds a system on same-sized or larger
  hard drives with minimum user intervention. Partitions will be
  scaled to fit the new drive automatically.
• Tape drives may be on the local system or installed anywhere on
  the network.
• Remote administrators can telnet into the crash recovery
  diskettes and take over a disaster recovery session from anywhere
  in the world.

Major Features –
BackupEDGE:

• Reliable, high performance backups using multiple data
  buffers.
• Full bit-level data verification.
• Graphical point & click fast file restore.
• Supports hardware or software data compression as
  required.
• Low level SCSI tape support.
• Tape auto changer support.
• Available on most major versions of the Unix operating
  system.

Pricing, Availability and System
Requirements
RecoverEDGE for Linux
comes free with each copy of Microlite
BackupEDGE for Linux.
Microlite BackupEDGE for
Linux retails for US$300 in the United States and
Canada, and works on all current Intel platform Linux releases
using kernel version 2.0 or later. The product is available now.
No-charge 60 day evaluation copies and full documentation are
available on the Microlite Corporation web site.

About Microlite
Corporation:
Microlite Corporation has been serving the Unix community since
1983, and has been in the backup software business since 1987.
Microlite Corporation may be reached at (724) 375-6711.

Address:
Microlite Corporation
2315 Mill Street
Aliquippa PA 15001-2228

Web Site: http://www.microlite.com