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SEPATON, Inc., a provider of disk-based data protection solutions, announced that its disk-based data protection appliance, S2100-ES2, has been qualified as supporting Symantec’s NetBackup OpenStorage (OST) application programming interface (API).

Symantec’s (News - Alert) NetBackup OST will facilitate administrators to easily manage key elements of SEPATON's data protection solutions from within the NetBackup interface -- for streamlined administration and efficient data protection.

According to SEPATON, its data protection appliances deliver high-performance solutions for backup, restore, deduplication, replication and disaster recovery that enable enterprises to ensure that the right data is in the right place at the right time.

SEPATON has the ability to support mixed Virtual Tape Library “VTL” and OST backup environments on a single system. This facilitates enterprise customers with unparalleled flexibility and the ability to take a "best-of-breed" approach to protecting their data.

The company’s high backup performance and grid scalability enables enterprises to take full advantage of OST. In addition, the company’s multi-node DeltaScale architecture, which is used in the company’s products, scales up to eight nodes and more than 1.6 PB in a single system to eliminate server sprawl and reduce both administration and capital expenses.

Symantec’s OST enables advanced capacity management, efficient data deduplication, streamlined storage lifecycle policy management, and the use of Ethernet network protocols.

The integration of Symantec’s NetBackup OST API into SEPATON’s S2100-ES2 disk-based data protection appliance will help enterprise customers to fully exploit the advanced features of both companies to manage large and growing data volumes quickly and cost-effectively, said Fidelma Russo, chief operating officer of SEPATON, in a press release.

Russo added, "With SEPATON's unique Storage Pooling capability and grid scalability, administrators can manage both virtual tape library and Symantec OST environments on a single system for administrative ease and simple migration to the new OST protocol."

"The successful partnership between SEPATON and Symantec offers enterprise customers a flexible and powerful solution for disk-based data protection," said Brian Dye, vice president of product management for Information Management Group at Symantec, in a statement. "NetBackup, in combination with SEPATON's intelligent data protection appliance and deduplication software, will enable customers to take a leap forward in management, simplicity and performance."

According to the release, SEPATON’s executives will discuss the unique capabilities of a combined NetBackup and SEPATON solution in enterprise data centers at the Symantec Worldwide Technical Symposium and Partner Tech Engage to be held in Las Vegas.

At the Symantec Worldwide Technical Symposium & Partner Tech Engage event, SEPATON executives will present a session SPN236 titled, "SEPATON: Fast, Efficient Strategies for Migrating to OST," which will share best practices for introducing OST into an enterprise backup environment quickly and efficiently.