Maestro????????s storage consolidation provides the perfect platform upon which to build a costeffective Disaster Recovery (DR) Solution and Storage administrators looking to make the most of their existing hardware and fiscal resources will find Maestro File Manager????????s Extended Mode of operation a perfect building block upon which to render an effective DR solution. In addition, the Maestro has the ability to virtualize low-cost devices into a DR target, eliminating the need for same-vendor systems at each site. The system????????s ability to create a unified copy of data across a multi-system infrastructure is utilized to simplify the periodic replication to a DR site.