The Arkeia Virtual Appliance (AVA) for backup provides simple, reliable and affordable data protection for enterprises seeking to optimize the benefits of virtualization. The AVA offers all the features of the Hardware Appliance, but permits you to use your own choice of hardware.
The Arkeia Virtual Appliance for backup also enables enterprises to leverage the capabilities of virtual environments while taking advantage of the unique features included in the all-in-one system. This allows enterprises to benefit from features such as high-availability, load-balancing, and storage provisioning that are already integrated into various virtualization platforms. When complemented with Arkeia’s Central Management Server, a remote administrator can manage backup policies and review compliance.
Virtual Appliance Benefits
- Save Time - Deploying an Arkeia Virtual Appliance is as easy as flipping a switch. Save time by not having to deal with any hardware components or the installation of an OS and associated software packages.
- Reduce Complexity - With the Arkeia Virtual Appliance you don't have to worry about compatible hardware and different packages for different Operating Systems. There is one package that is distributed in the Open Virtualization Machine Format, allowing enterprises to deploy the Arkeia Virtual Appliance in various virtual environments.
- Scale - The Arkeia Virtual Appliance can scale horizontally and vertically with minimal effort. Individual appliances can scale to support terabytes of backup data with a single click. Multiple Arkeia Virtual Appliances can be deployed rapidly and easily to support petabytes of data, with the ability to all be managed from a central interface.
- Accessible - The Arkeia Virtual Appliance conforms to the Open Virtualization Machine Format, a platform independent, efficient, extensible, and open packaging and distribution format for virtual appliances.
Arkeia Virtual Appliance Installation Video
5-minute narrated video, demonstrating how easy Arkeia Virtual Appliance for VMware deployment is.
Arkeia Virtual Appliance Range
Today, the Arkeia Virtual Appliance for backup runs on VMware vSphere ESXi and ESX platforms. Four models are available with storage capacities and agent number that can be specified at the time of order and extended in the field.
Arkeia's VMware vStorage agent can also be deployed in an independent virtual appliance, bringing you further flexibility and scalability by leveraging your vSphere insfrastructure.
| Arkeia Virtual Appliance Model | Free AVA for VMware | AVA-1000 | AVA for VMware Essentials | AVA for VMware Essentials Plus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disk Storage Capacity | 250GB | 1TB upg. to 64TB |
1TB upg. to 64TB | 1TB upg. to 64TB |
| Bundled Agents | 1 VMware vStorage Agent |
1 Type-3 agent | 1 VMware vStorage Agent |
3 VMware vStorage Agents |
| Tape Drive License | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Tape Automation License | N/A | Optional | Optional | Optional |
| Data Deduplication License | N/A | Optional | Optional | Optional |
| Maintenance (updates, upgrades and support) Included |
N/A | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year |
Arkeia Virtual Appliance for VMware Unique Features
- Unified Backup Solution - Deploying an Arkeia Virtual Appliance to backup both your virtualized environments and physical servers. One single backup solution to manage both.
- Tape Management - Arkeia solutions can handle backup to disk, tape and cloud. Arkeia's tape management allows you to archive off-site a copy of your backups.
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