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“Linux support is being added to several storage backup
companies’ midrange products, in a mix of client- and server-side
configurations.“Considered by many to be less expensive and more stable than
Windows, Linux for mainstream backup makes sense, experts say, as
data grows and advanced technologies such as storage area networks
become less of an elite-only option.“Legato Systems Inc.’s Networker 7.0, launched in March, can now
back up clients running Red Hat Inc.’s and SuSE Linux AG’s
distributions, running on Intel Corp.’s 64-bit Itanium chip, said
officials of the Mountain View, Calif., company. New versions of
other Unix-based operating systems such as AIX, Mac OS X and Tru64
are also now available, as are journaling features, they
said…”
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