NetApp Extends SnapManager Functionality for Oracle Database 11g

NetApp announced enhanced capabilities to its SnapManager for Oracle
software that further simplify the backup and recovery process for
Oracle Database 11g™ environments running on NetApp enterprise
storage systems.

SnapManager for Oracle is now tightly integrated with
Oracle Database 11g, supporting Direct NFS and new functionality
in Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) technology. SnapManager
for Oracle can identify where Oracle ASM files are mapped, enabling
database administrators (DBAs) to back up, restore, and clone database
files that are presented in Oracle ASM disk groups. This functionality
helps DBAs minimize database maintenance time, reduce human error, and
improve automation. Additionally, NetApp SnapManager for Oracle enables
higher levels of data protection with additional capabilities for
backing up and restoring Snapshot copies to NetApp secondary storage.

Customers can now leverage SnapManager to streamline the backup, restore, and cloning of Oracle Databases running on 11g.

"SnapManager for Oracle enables a paradigm shift in the way customers
back up and recover Oracle Databases," said Ari Kaplan, senior database
consultant at Datalink Corporation. "Without SnapManager for Oracle, a
single database backup can typically take 4 hours and recoveries 20
hours. SnapManager for Oracle allows our customers to leverage the
benefits of backup, recovery, and cloning in minutes."

"With this latest release of SnapManager for Oracle, database
administrators can still accelerate their database backup/restore and
cloning operations, while taking full advantage of the latest
technologies in Oracle Database 11g,"
said Patrick Rogers, vice president of Solutions Marketing at NetApp.
"Together NetApp and Oracle continue to break new ground in simplifying
datacenter operations with our unique, joint solution offerings."

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