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Storix® System Backup Administrator Announces Support for Linux Distributions Optimized for IBM POWER8
[September 24, 2015]

Storix® System Backup Administrator Announces Support for Linux Distributions Optimized for IBM POWER8


Storix, Inc., providers of disaster recovery solutions for Linux and Unix systems, today announced the general availability of System Backup Administrator (SBAdmin) version 8.2.4.0, which includes support for Linux distributions optimized for IBM (News - Alert) POWER8 using little endian (LE) processors.

Storix SBAdmin was one of the first enterprise applications to provide support for Linux on IBM Power Systems back in 2003. Since that time, Storix has been committed to ensure that Linux workloads running on IBM Power are protected.

SBAdmin continues to support Linux on Power distributions running on big endian (BE) processors, and now provides the same protection for the following Linux on Power distributions running n little endian processors: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (RHEL 7.1), Ubuntu (News - Alert) 14.04, and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (SLES 12). These Linux on Power distributions are only supported when installed on POWER8 technology-based systems.



About SBAdmin

SBAdmin is the #1 provider of disaster recovery solutions for more than 2,000 global customers. SBAdmin provides Adaptable System Recovery (ASR), the ability to restore Linux/Unix systems (physical and virtual) without the need to re-install the operating system, giving customers the flexibility to alter the configuration as needed to fit onto any hardware or virtual configuration.


Download a 30-day free trial at: http://www.storix.com/free-trial.


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