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A Medical Necessity

ProHealth Care improves backup and recover processes by deploying a near real-time mirroring solution

April 2009 | by Jim Utsler

Photography by John Nienhuis
David Gates, team leader, DBA/systems administrator with ProHealth, says IBM Power Systems running AIX helped improve backup and recovery time.

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An Insurance Policy

Gates won’t put an ROI on implementing a solution such as Vision’s EchoStream for AIX, in part because he considers it peace of mind rather than a money saver. In fact, he, Schanau and Yang are actually putting more time into making sure the system cloning is working. But as Gates puts it, “I look at it as an insurance policy. It’s as simple as that.”

Jim Utsler, IBM Systems Magazine senior writer, has been covering the technology field for more than a decade. Jim can be reached at jutsler@msptechmedia.com.

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