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CA XOsoft WANSync

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WANSync is a data protection solution that uses asynchronous real-time replication to provide cost-effective disaster recovery capabilities.

Key Features

  • Continuous Data Protection - this feature is based on CA XOsoft's Rewind Technology that helps recovery from data corrupted by virus action or user or application error.

  • Ease of Installation - there is no application or user downtime, automated remote installation, and wizard-driven creation of new disaster recovery scenarios.

  • Tailored Support - CA offers supported based on your file server such as Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, Oracle, file servers as well as other applications.

  • Asynchronous Host-Based Software - this feature offers data data replication that transfers changes to application data as they occur to a standby replica server located locally or over the WAN.

  • Assessment Mode - measures the exact change rate during evaluation to aid in estimating bandwidth requirements.

  • Complete Data Replication - offers replication of all file data and metadata, including ACLs.

Supported Environments

  • Microsoft Exchange

  • Microsoft SQL Server

  • Oracle

  • Microsoft IIS webservers, file servers

  • Other applications on 32 and 64 - bit Windows, AIX, Linux and Solaris servers

FAQ's

Q: How can I upgrade to the most recent version of my CA product?
A: You can go to the CA website and download the trial of the most recent product.

Q: Is there government, educational, healthcare, non-profit CA pricing?
A: Yes

Q: What is the difference between CA Enterprise and Value maintenance?
A: Enterprise is 24/365 tech support and Value is 8 AM to 8 PM EST Monday thru Friday tech support.

Q: Does XOsoft support a Virtual IP shared between the master and replica so in the event of a failover, no IP address change is needed?
A: Yes it does.

Q: I have been told that XOsoft doesn't work within the same LAN, but only between different LANs.  Is there any truth to that?
A: No, that is not true.  XOsoft will work all within the same LAN across networks. 

Q: Does XOsoft work with Informix DBM?
A: XOsoft will work with Informix.  XOsoft does not have a specific Informix agent but it will work the same as backing up any type of file server. 

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After comparing XOsoft and DoubleTake, I decided to move forward with XOsoft along with Assured Recovery. The extra piece of mind afforded by automatic failover option (Assured Recovery) clearly sets CA's XOsoft solution apart from all others. - Senior System Administrator, International Humanitarian Organization
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