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John J. Kirlin, LLC Eliminates Remote Backups

John J. Kirlin, LLC is a mechanical contractor and construction company specializing in plumbing, heating, ventilation, industrial, and high-density residential construction. The company used tape backup at four remote offices: non-technical employees had to change the tapes daily, and tapes were running out of space with increasing frequency. Read this case study to learn how John J. Kirlin, LLC used AutoVirt to replicate data from those offices back to the central office, eliminating the cost of tape backup at those locations and consolidating all backup efforts. Download this resource
Business Case

A&W Tastes Success with File Virtualization

Download this resource to learn how A&W Canada improved backup processes and share organization with AutoVirt. A&W's Bruce Jamieson isolated files by department in order to meet retention requirements. He was able to reorganize these files without downtime or changing user shortcuts. Furthermore, he improved backups by shortening the backup window, targeting only critical data, and lessening the volume of data he needed to back up. Download this resource
Video

How to Leverage a File Server Virtualization Solution

Download this video to watch the October 2009 Storage Networking World presentation by Mike Williams, Senior Network Engineer at Five Point Capital. Download this resource
White Paper

Efficient Storage Environments: 4 Data Management Traps To Avoid

This document identifies four traps to avoid when managing environments plagued by rapid unstructured data growth. It discusses how a distributed file system like AutoVirt helps IT avoid those traps and create more efficient storage environments. Download this resource
White Paper

How to Reduce Storage Sprawl With File Virtualization

Sprawling storage environments are expensive and inefficient to manage. This document introduces file virtualization as a solution and discusses how AutoVirt combines file virtualization and automation in a powerful storage management platform. Download this resource
White Paper

AutoVirt Platform White Paper

Download this white paper to learn about AutoVirt technology. This paper reviews the context of AutoVirt's global namespace and automation platform. Learn how AutoVirt works and how you can use it to measure, copy, migrate, and replicate your unstructured Windows data. Download this resource
Data Sheet

AutoVirt Data Sheet

Download this resource to see an overview of AutoVirt functionality, including migration, replication, and archiving. Download this resource
Technology Brief

AutoVirt and Microsoft DFS: What's the difference?

Read this document to learn when to use DFS and when to use AutoVirt. This paper provides an overview of the capabilities provided by DFS and AutoVirt technologies, and a detailed functional comparison. Download this resource
Technology Brief

AutoVirt Replication Brief

Replication for data protection provides instant data recovery in the event of a disaster, saves IT time, preserves network bandwidth, and dramatically reduces the frequency of backup activities. This paper describes the replication features provided by the AutoVirt software platform. It explores how users can quickly and non-disruptively employ AutoVirt to implement replication relationships, outlines the characteristics of AutoVirt’s replication solution, and discusses the solution’s underlying architecture. Download this resource
Technology Brief

AutoVirt Virtualization Brief

Virtualization: what does it mean in today's storage landscape? This technology brief summarizes the role of virtualization in storage over the last 30 years and predicts where virtualization will take us next. Download this resource
White Paper

Storage Optimization Strategies for Building a Zero-Downtime Environment

Managing data in a sprawling storage environment is expensive, but optimizing that infrastructure can be a massive project that disrupts your business. This whitepaper discusses how a distributed file system lets you automate data management tasks without taking users offline, remapping client shortcuts, or dealing with security issues. Never schedule a maintenance window again. Click here to download this resource
Technology Brief

Green Storage: How AutoVirt Improves Your Green Profile

AutoVirt’s data migration product suite delivers you the ability to increase utilization of the energy efficient storage you already own and retire energy-inefficient storage devices from your network. This paper provides an overview of AutoVirt technology and how AutoVirt’s products can help significantly improve your company’s green profile – and your bottom line. Download this resource to learn about how AutoVirt can improve your company's green footprint