ADSM: a multi-platform, scalable, backup and archive mass storage system

Author

Cabrera, L.-F. ; Rees, R. ; Steiner, S. ; Hineman, W. ; Penner, M.

Author_Institution

IBM Almaden Res. Center, San Jose, CA, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

5-9 March 1995

Firstpage

420

Lastpage

427

Abstract

The ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager (ADSM) is a client-server system whose goal is to provide the illusion of infinite storage for a range of applications. The first deployed application is backup and archive services. ADSM is a configurable system targeted to serve any client at user installations with heterogeneous architectures that offers the same level of data management for LANs, midrange and mainframe systems. ADSM moves the responsibilities of backup and archive media management to the server while maintaining the benefits of local workstation systems. In ADSM, incremental backups are all that a user needs to do to restore its data with maximum performance. The ADSM server has been deployed in five IBM and two non-IBM platforms, while the ADSM clients operate in more than twelve IBM and non-IBM platforms.

Keywords

client-server systems; storage management; ADSTAR distributed storage manager; LANs; backup and archive mass storage system; client-server system; data management; heterogeneous architectures; Awards Planning & Policy Committee; Client-server systems; File servers; Network servers; Sun; TCPIP; Transaction databases; Virtual manufacturing; Water storage; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Compcon '95.'Technologies for the Information Superhighway', Digest of Papers.

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

ISSN

1063-6390

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7029-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPCON.1995.512418

Filename

512418