Andover Mass (ContentDesk) September 30 2003.
Availl, a leading vendor of distributed data mirroring and storage software announced Availl 2.6 today.
2.6 is a breakthrough technology for ongoing real-time, multi-site storage mirroring and distribution.
With Availl's transparent technology the latest version of every file (such as CAD, legal, etc) is always up to date at any number of remote sites.
The files are always fully useable at each site, and changes at any site mirror multi-directionally to all other sites.
Because Availl only transfers byte level differences of changed files, 95% of bandwidth is eliminated.
Furthermore, performance is not affected by high-latency situations.Availl 2.6 began shipping in April of 2003.
The company already has close to 50 customers in North America and internationally and is rapidly gaining new customers.
"We did not want to jump the gun with this announcement", said Craig Randall VP of Marketing "we are careful in our product rollouts to establish a successful string of deployments before announcing".
Customers include Wells Fargo, US Department of Labor, Stearns Wheler, Hatch Mott Macdonald, NTT and ULine.Availl solves the problem of storage access by removing the need or users to "VPN" to one central site.
As storage costs drop, Availl's distributed approach gives the full benefit of local access speeds, with full central control, and bandwidth elimination.
Updates among and between locations happen instantly, in real time.
Full coherency is maintained across sites; Availl eliminates the possibility of conflicts or using stale versions.
Files of any type and size exist simultaneously on hundreds of systems: local access and use happens at hard drive speed.
Data for disaster recovery, remote offices, or distributed applications across any distance is securely replicated.
Availl's byte level differencing technology eliminates 95% of network traffic while delivering instantaneous end-to-end mirroring. Working at the file-system level, all operations are done in the background so no ongoing work at any location is disrupted.
Availl uses only the Windows? Folder UI; applications need no changes whatsoever."Availl's solution was simple to deploy, and met our needs," said Mike Mitchell IT Network Manager at Einhorn, Yaffee, Prescott.
"We had a persistent problem of complex CAD designs being worked on across many office locations.
Availl makes all necessary data exist in many locations at once, across long distances.
All our users now have the latest AutoCAD and other design files 24x7 on their local file server; no more downloading or working on outdated versions.
And the bandwidth has all but disappeared, too.
It makes cross-site work possible, eliminated costs and errors, and it improved our responsiveness"Availl's proven software-only solution installs and is up and running across any number of systems in just minutes.
Availl 2.6 combines continuous synchronization and distribution for multiple system groupings of any size, with integral disaster recovery.
Other features include: ????Replication over any IP network: LAN, WAN, and crossing firewalls.????Instant performance and propagation.
Supports streaming so even new files open immediately.????Version history of every file (including deleted) kept centrally, available via a one click restore.????No limit on file size, file type, number of files, or frequency of file updates.????Transparent access to local data by any LAN-attached workstation, including UNIX.????Small software footprint, very low resource use, set and forget????Fully settable access permissions at any level.Markets:
remote office file sharing, CAD/design files worked on at multiple-sites, remote data distribution, real-time disaster recovery, distributed applications such as web servers, shared/collaboration on design or any other files, data aggregation, file transfer, and more.
About Availl Availl, a rapidly growing privately held company, develops distributed storage software.
Availl has developed a new class of real-time storage and delivery infrastructure that solves numerous critical business data problems in one system.
It is the only replication/mirroring software to transparently address any remote or local data need, on any scale and 24 X 7.
Availl's real-time mirroring technology gives the highest-availability data replication and distribution, for one- to-many or multi-directional needs.
Availls enterprise software provides truly instant end-to-end performance that securely crosses any boundaries and eliminates most traffic.
For more information and a free software trial visit www.availl.com or call (978) 474-9116..