Neil Murvin, Vice President of Research and Development for CaminoSoft, stated, "We were already in a class of our own with HSM products for both the Novell NetWare and Windows 2000 platforms.  We listened to our customers and added the features they felt would make the products even better.  Administrators can now control Managed Server HSM from a single workstation-based graphical user interface (GUI).  The user interface connects to a platform-specific agent running on each ‘managed’ server allowing the same exact look and feel whether controlling the application running on a Novell or Windows server platform – a feature especially useful in mixed server environments.  Besides migrating files to additional storage tiers, we now offer the ability to automatically delete files based on file age and activity policies.  NetWare 6 cluster nodes managing HSM volumes fail over to other nodes to seamlessly carry on the management of those volumes in the event of a server failure.  The new scheduling options and the storage pool provisioning further reduce the need for administrator intervention.  In addition to workstation broadcasts, administrators can now be notified via email (optionally linked to paging devices) of hardware malfunctions or critical conditions detected by the application.  We’ve improved StubSave (our stub protection utility) to optionally execute automatically once it is detected as ‘safe’ to proceed.  We added a StubCheck utility to verify the integrity of every migrated file and optionally notify administrators if a problem is detected while there’s still time to do something about it.  We’ve improved the granularity of policy assignment to give the administrator more control and manageability.  Our migration list interface allows third-party applications like Storage Resource Management (SRM) systems to provide lists of files they have determined should be migrated or deleted based on ad-hoc policies applied through their systems.  Those files will be migrated or deleted right along with the ones we’ve identified using our own policies.  We’ve begun discussions with Computer Associates to implement such an interface with their SRM product.  To simplify the upgrade process for our existing customers, files migrated with previous versions of Managed Server HSM are fully compatible with Managed Server HSM 5.0."

About CaminoSoft Corp.

CaminoSoft Corporation is a creator of operating software solutions designed to store and manage the vast quantities of critical data created in a wide range of businesses and industries. The Company offers solutions that enable multi-tiered hierarchical storage management and high availability on computer server-based networks. CaminoSoft's Intelligent Capacity Management products provide increased efficiencies for an organization's data storage and network infrastructure and are available for Novell NetWare and Microsoft Windows 2000 operating systems.

Contact Information:
Richard Krueger
600 Hampshire Road, Suite 105
Westlake Village, CA 91361 
Phone:805/370-3100 ext. 242
Fax: 805/370-3200           
www.caminosoft.com