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LifeKeeper for Linux v6 Update 2 Maintenance 1

SteelEye is pleased to announce the immediate general availability (GA) of SteelEye LifeKeeper for Linuxv6 Update 2 Maintenance 1. LifeKeeper for Linux v6 Update 2 Maintenance 1 includes any maintenance release changes made to v6 U2 and the following new features:

• Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 1 on x86, AMD64/EM64T, and IBM POWER
• Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 6 on x86, AMD64/EM64T, and IBM POWER
• Support for SLES 9 SP4 on x86, AMD64/EM64T, and IBM POWER
• SteelEye Data Replication
  • General Maintenance
  • Support for mirrors greater than 2 Terabyte (TB) in size
• Oracle Recovery Kit
  • Support for Oracle 11g
• General Maintenance for the following kits:
  • PowerPath Recovery Kit
  • WebSphere MQ Recovery Kit
  • SAP Recovery Kit
  • MD Recovery Kit
  • SDD Recovery Kit
  • DMMP Recovery Kit
• New Shared Storage Devices
  • Support for IBM DS3300 (iSCSI)  Single Path Only
  • Support for Sun StorageTek 2540

Please refer to the LifeKeeper for Linux v6 Update 2 Release Notes and the corresponding Administration Guides for additional information.

Setting the record straight

On Friday, one of our competitors announced that they were the "first" to deliver HA clustering for VMware Virtual Center.  Of course, this isn't true as SteelEye has had this ability since April.   Even worse, the release was turned into an article in a respected technical publication along with a supporting quote from VMware. Aargh!   

We received some justice today when Chris Mellor posted a follow-up article which sets the record straight.  Thanks, Chris.

David Marshall, one of the leading bloggers on Virtualization, interviewed us on the announcement.  You can find that interview here.

Storage Magazine Selects SteelEye Data Replication

  We are very excited that Storage Magazine, the leading publication on data management, has named SteelEye Data Replication for Windows v6 as a finalist for Best Backup and Disaster Recovery Software of 2007.  You can see the other finalists and more details here. 

  SteelEye Data Replication for Windows v6 is the first data protection product to offer both host-based volume replication and Continuous Data Protection.  It supports multiple targets, nine levels of compression and a built-in data recovery wizard which helps administrators roll data back to any previous point in time.

  Congratulations to the SteelEye engineering team for building a product worthy of recognition by a leading industry publication!

SteelEye Protection for VMware Infrastructure

Chris Wolf, blogger for searchservervirtualization.com laments the fact that the SteelEye Protection Suite for VMware Infrastructure was not included among the winners in the 2007 Products of the Year. 

Yeah, we agree with Chris!