In This Update
- New Arkeia Appliances
- Arkeia Supports VMware vSphere 5
- Multi-tenant Cloud Storage Solution
- Netregistry Selects Arkeia Network Backup
- Arkeia Beats Out Acronis and BackupExec
- Upcoming Events
Watch Arkeia CEO Bill Evans's Presentation on Progressive Deduplication at Tech Field Day 8
At the Tech Field Day 8, hosted in Silicon Valley, Arkeia CEO, Bill Evans, gave a deep dive into Arkeia's patented Progressive Deduplication™ technology. Watch the full presentation and see photos from the day here.
Tech Field Days bring together IT product vendors and independent thought leaders to share information and opinions in a presentation and discussion format.
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Hyper-V VSS Backup Configuration
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New, Best-in-Class Arkeia Appliances Announced
Arkeia announced a new generation of all-in-one backup appliances. The new generation delivers larger internal disk capacity and RAID-6 for more secure local data storage. The fully integrated and optimized Arkeia Network Backup v9 software delivers advanced Progressive Deduplication™, integrated bare-metal disaster recovery, and out-of-the-box support for VMware vSphere virtual environments. Read the press release
Third generation Arkeia appliances—models 120, 220, and 320—are available now. Model 620 will be available in Q4 2011. Appliances bundle Arkeia Network Backup and agent software for up to 60 client machines. Pricing begins at $3,500. For full specifications visit: www.arkeia.com/backupappliance.
Arkeia Announces Support for VMware vSphere 5.0
During VMworld 2011 Las Vegas, Arkeia Software announced beta availability of Arkeia Network Backup v9.0 for VMware’s vSphere 5.
The Arkeia Network Backup Agent for vSphere 5 uses VMware’s latest vStorage APIs for Data Protection (VADP) for faster backups and recovery. The agent supports VMware’s Changed Block Tracking (CBT) for fast incremental backups and file-grain restores, and both vCenter and vApp for flexible management of large vSphere deployments across multiple physical hosts. Read the the press release
Learn more at www.arkeia.com/vstorage
Multi-tenancy Cloud Storage Solution for Hosting Providers
Arkeia has made available a multi-tenant cloud storage solution that is ideal for hosting providers by replicating data to the cloud and reducing cost and complexity of tape transport by truck.
Arkeia also offers special pricing that adapts to the pricing models that hosting providers offer to their customers. Replication of backup sets to the cloud eliminates the complexity and delays of transporting tapes by truck, and allows hosting providers to offer and respect aggressive recovery time objectives (RTOs). Read the the press release
Learn more on backing up to the cloud
Australia's Largest Hosting Provider, Netregistry, Uses Arkeia Network Backup
“Arkeia Network Backup’s reliability is superb. We depend on Arkeia to keep our customer’s data safe. Nothing could be more important.” Adam Cassar, CTO at Netregistry
Netregistry uses Arkeia to protect over 800 servers, including Hyper-V, Linux, Mac, Unix, VMware, Windows, and Xen platforms. Netregistry’s state-of-the-art hosting infrastructure delivers disaster recovery and backup management solutions without the complexity and delay imposed by tape technology. With two large datacenters in the Sydney area, Netregistry replicates data daily from each datacenter to the other over a wide area network (WAN). Data recovery is never slowed due to tape transport by truck. Read the the press release
Arkeia Simplifies Backups in Physical and Virtual Environments at USC Education Savings Plans
“USCI selected Arkeia Network Backup following a competitive bake-off that evaluated Acronis Backup and Recovery, Symantec Backup Exec, and Arkeia.” Gaelen Mines, Senior Network Admin at USC Education Savings Plans
USC Education Savings Plans, Inc. (USCI) replaced CA ArcServe with Arkeia Network Backup to protect a mixed environment of virtual and physical servers. “We needed a product that delivered functionality and performance, along with ease-of-use. Arkeia has also proven to be extremely reliable—unlike our past experience with other backup solutions. Today, we protect more than 50 machines and five VMware vSphere hypervisors," stated Mines. Read the press release
Upcoming Events
The IT Security Expo - Nurnberg, Germany
October 11-13, The Convention Center Dublin
VMware User Group - Atlanta, United States
October 24, Georgia World Conference Center
VMware User Group - Chicago, United States
October 31, Renaissance Shaumberg Convention Center Hotel
VMware User Group - Southwest Ontario, Canada
November 2, Bingemans