ServerProtect for Network Appliance Filers
Prevent viruses from spreading through your network by blocking them at the storage subsystem. Trend Micro ServerProtect for Network Appliance filers safeguards your file storage systems with single or multiple scans in real time. Automatic, incremental virus updates and centralized management of servers via a Web-based console simplify network protection.
Problem
In a networked environment, it can be difficult to quarantine infected users and a single virus can spread rapidly. Users sharing files via servers and storage systems can increase the risk of network damage caused by infected files. Organisations are continuously expanding the data capacity of their storage devices. As a result, to complete the full cycle of a scheduled scan can be a time consuming task for administrators. To effectively protect file storage systems requires comprehensive, real-time scanning capabilities which can take effect as users continuously access files from storage devices on the network.
Strategy
Trend Micro ServerProtect for Network Appliance filers is designed to provide networkwide, comprehensive antivirus scanning for the Network Appliance filer line of data storage systems. Managed through an intuitive, portable console, ServerProtect provides virus outbreak management, centralised virus scanning, virus pattern file updates, event reporting, and antivirus configuration.
Key Benefits and Features
HIGH AVAILABILITY ARCHITECTURE
- Integrates tightly with Network Appliance filers and enables multiple or single scan server virus protection for multiple filers
- Incorporates a Cluster Failover Filer environment which is transparent to users and enables other servers to take over scan requests if a server goes down
- load balancing for scan request traffic with Network Appliance round-robin mechanism
- Enables automatic reconnection of the RPC bi-connection between the Network Appliance Filer and ServerProtect
RELIABLE PROTECTION AND AUTOMATIC UPDATES
- Integrates tightly with Network Appliance filers for on-access and on-demand virus protection
- Actively notifies administrator and end user of virus infection source and lost RPC connections
- Enables virus scanning of separate servers running Microsoft™ Windows™ 2000 or Microsoft Windows™ Server 2003
- Provides improved performance via load balancing feature through which multiple ServerProtect servers can service a single or multiple Network Appliance filer
- Allows automatic downloads and distribution of virus pattern files, scan engine, and program files
CENTRALISED MANAGEMENT
- Enables administrators to manage antivirus software from a single console
- Allows simultaneous configuration of scanning and notification options for multiple servers
- Provides server status through a single console, including pattern file and program versions, infection status, and connection status
- Provides a task manager designed to automate virus maintenance tasks such as configuration scanning, pattern and program file updating, compiling virus logs, and setting parameters for real-time scanning
COMPREHENSIVE LOG REPORTS AND EVENT NOTIFICATIONS
- Displays the antivirus history of servers in a central log file
- Provides preliminary statistics of antivirus events within the management console and lets administrators export logs to other programs for further analysis
- Notifies pre-defined recipients of virus outbreak and program events
- Allows customisation of multiple notification methods, including message box, pager, printer, Internet email, SNMP trap, or Windows NT event log
