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INNOVATION DataProcessing, a provider of enterprise storage managementsolutions, is announcing S/390 Linux Rescuer theindustry's first Disaster Recovery Solution for S/390 Linux.

Aunique and powerful addition to the INNOVATION FDR/UPSTREAM enterprise storagemanagement tool, S/390 Linux Rescuer makes FDR/UPSTREAMthe industry's first complete S/390 Linuxbackup/restore solution, with a stand alone system recovery facility, for end-to-end business continuance protection.

S/390 Linux Rescuer, forrecovery in the event of a disaster, runson a zSeries IBM eServer under adistributor's Linux disaster recovery facility. Employing thatsystem's network communications and disk access, S/390 Linux Rescuer allows FDR/UPSTREAM to recover a user's entire system,including their Linux system boot disk, file systems, device drives as well as all their application programand data files. Available in February2003, FDR/UPSTREAM 3.2.1, will include S/390 Linux Rescuer,as a stand alone system recovery facility forSuSE S/390 Linux systems running on IBM S/390 andzSeries eServers.

"S/390 Linux Rescuer,is one of the principle reasons Mainlinechose FDR/UPSTREAM to be the business continuance component of our packagesolution for those organizations looking to roll out new Linux workloads or execute cost effectiveserver consolidation strategies on the IBM zSeries eServer family ofcomputers", said Rick Kearney CEO of MainlineInformation Systems, a Premier IBM Business Partnerproviding processors, storage and software to customers nationwide.

"Adding S/390 Linux Rescuer to FDR/UPSTREAM complements analready extensive array of capabilities", says INNOVATION Vice President,Thomas J. Meehan, "a list that includes,UPSTREAM agents for non-disruptive online backupof all major databases, HSM file migration, filetransfer between heterogeneous platforms and tape vaulting with centrally administered profilepolicy management for disaster protection to mention just a few of the features."

FDR/UPSTREAM 3.2.1 enhancements, in addition to S/390 LinuxRescuer, add support for file-level backup/restore of FIFO and device files, expanding the capability ofUPSTREAM to protect all existing Linux file types including hard links,symbolic links, owners, singlefile systems, Reiser file systems as well as ext2, ext3, XFS andremote NFS attachments. UPSTREAM, with noadditional setup or special consideration will transparently incorporate inevery backup metadata on each filesystem, including file system demarcation points. Now even easierto use, a single specification can backup an entiresystem with record setting performance, while on zSeriesIBM eServers FDR/UPSTREAM employs HiperSockets to further accelerate backup/restorethroughput.

Employing anIBM S/390 and zSeries eServer as a backup server, FDR/UPSTREAM is a high performance enterprise-wide solution formanaging corporate data distributed across a heterogeneous networkon a variety of open system platforms including Windows,Linux, Novell, and UNIX servers as well as on workstations. UPSTREAM Director, an Explorer-like graphicalJava interface provides operational and administrative management from virtually anywherein the enterprise.

Mainline InformationSystems was founded in 1989 as a computer consulting firm. Since then, it has become a global providerof information technology and e-business solutions.