Device Sharing and Remote Data Writing
- Centrally managed and monitored sharing, over the LAN, of writing devices like CD/DVD burners and USB/Firewire drives
- Remote CD/DVD writing from any computer on the LAN using just a web browser
- Centrally managed and monitored FTP gateway for the LAN
- Browser-based FTP uploads from any computer on the LAN. No need of FTP client programs on multiple desktops
Security
- OS integrated user authentication
- Multiple user-levels for differing access permissions to writing devices shared on the network
- Job approval mechanism ( Compiled jobs of Normal users are not written until inspected and approved by an Approving user )
- Data mirroring mechanism ( Job data is mirrored to a backup location on hard disk before job is written to media or uploaded to FTP server )
- User-specific job data size limits
Cataloging and Archival
- Archive past jobs to stand-alone DVD media for offline storage. Every DVD volume contains its own separate, browsable catalog
- Maintain a cumulative online catalog, of several such offline DVD volumes
- Fast search and retrieval across hundreds of GBs of cataloged data
Search and Reporting
- User-wise usage history and reports of all pending and completed jobs
- User-wise and overall reports of optical media issued, utilized and wasted
- Advanced search & retrieval of job information subject to multiple criteria
- Search for files and folders within online and offline archived data
Administration and Maintenance
- Simple, automated installation (Setup program checks and installs all required components)
- Easy configuration
- Browser-based remote administration
- One-click system backup & restoration facility to protect against data loss
- Online Help and Animated Quick Tours to rapidly get new users started
SQL driven back-end
- MSDE ( default ) or MSSQL server as the database engine based on user choice
- Strong SQL back-end makes LANwriter a scalable, industry-strength, data cataloging and archival product