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The best analyzing tool for
tape libraries

Imation StorSentry™ Data Integrity Protection Software is an innovative software solution that monitors real-time storage device and media performance throughout the backup cycle, providing peace of mind that your data has been successfully saved. It is an answer to the pressing question, "Should a disaster strike, are we sure we can recover our data?" Making backup and archiving a strong component of a comprehensive disaster recovery plan is critical to every business. Your business's ability to bounce back depends on the reliability and quality of your backup data.

That's where the Imation StorSentry software benefits. Most backup software applications available today do not provide any indication of media or tape drive degradation. With StorSentry software your team is warned of low quality performance, or worse, potential data loss. The software presents information regarding the performance history of all drives and media, as well as a forecast of their future performance, to the system administrator. Triggers can be set up to generate a variety of alerts when various performance thresholds have been exceeded, relieving the administrator of the painstaking and mistake-prone manual analysis of the storage system.

Find real data problems in real time.
Imation StorSentry software is unique in that the collection and centralization of quality/performance data happens in real-time within the actual production (backup/archive) environment. With access to this historical database of drive and media performance, the proprietary algorithms analyze the data in order to separate problems with the drives from problems with the media. Information that can be tracked includes complete inventory of your media, number of mounts, length of use, average error rate in read/write, and more.

This information allows Imation StorSentry software to give recommendations on selective migration of data, recycling of defective media, and cleaning or preventive maintenance of library drives. With this information in hand, users can be more confident that data can be recovered in the event of "disaster recovery."

Features:

• Continuous Performance Monitoring - Helps you anticipate and react to potential failure and performance degradation by providing current state data regarding your tape drives and media
• Powerful Diagnostic Analysis - Proprietary StorSentry algorithms analyze data and separate drive versus media problems
• Non-intrusive Integration - Easily implement with all major backup, archiving, and migration applications
• Centralized Administration - Intuitive user interface allows administration of tape library systems in a heterogeneous LAN, SAN, or DAS environment.

Imation StorSentry software is easy to install. This unobtrusive software is stored on the server controlling your backup solutions. It then collects all the backup information. No changes to your backup system are required.