Index Engines Supports HP Data Protector

At HP Discover 2012 in Las Vegas, NE, Index Engines, Inc. announced that their Octane for Backup Data solution supports HP Data Protector backup formats.

Clients can access data from backup tapes created with HP Data Protector without needing the original software that created the tapes. For clients with large volumes of legacy tapes created in this format, Index Engines’ direct indexing technology makes access to the data both cost effective and automated.

Index Engines support for HP Data Protector enables to:

• Support eDiscovery and compliance requests for data.
• Defensibly remediate tapes, saving offsite storage costs, in order to reduce liability of the hidden content.
• Execute corporate policies on tape data and archive responsive data.

Direct tape indexing allows for streamlined access to legacy tape content. Index Engines supports all common tape formats including Symantec NetBackup and Backup Exec, IBM TSM, EMC Networker, CommVault, CA ARCserve, and now HP Data Protector.

Using the search interface users can search and find relevant files, email them based on full text or metadata criteria, and extract them without using the original software that created the tape.

This process simplifies and streamlines access to legacy data and allows organizations to manage the content on tape more effectively.

Jim McGann, VP of Information Discovery at Index Engines, comments: "Organizations are faced with risk and liability associated with unknown legacy data hidden on backup tapes. Now HP Data Protector users can manage this process more effectively by applying corporate policies to tape archives and remediating what is no longer required."