Unitrends, a provider of disk-based all-in-one backup appliances, has launched a new version of all-in-one backup appliance software, which features a new Adaptive Deduplication data reduction capability, vStorage-based (VDDK) VMware ESX and ESXi Backup, and new features associated with its D2D2D (Disk-to-Disk-to-Disk) archiving subsystem.
The company claims that Unitrends Release 5 optimises backup and disaster recovery processes for more than 100 different versions of operating systems and applications.
The Release 5 features a hybrid compression/deduplication data reduction mechanism that adapts dynamically to reduce the storage footprint of the content it is protecting while overcoming the overhead, high costs, and slow recovery times associated with other deduplication implementations, the company claims.
The new version offers a vStorage API-based VMware protector that provides direct support from Unitrends appliances for VMware ESXi 3.5 and ESXi backup 4.0 as well as VMware ESX 3.5 and ESX 4.0. It also includes a new SQL Server backup option for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2005.
In addition, Release 5 provides a new archiving system for disk-to-disk-to-disk (D2D2D) that supports all of the features of Unitrends’ past archiving systems and adds capabilities for appending archives.
Release 5 is available on all Unitrends all-in-one server backup appliances that are offered in separate configurations for backup, disaster recovery and combined backup and disaster recovery processes, both on premise and offsite.
Mark Campbell, chief operating officer of Unitrends, said: With the availability of Release 5, we have expanded on this mission with compelling features for data reduction, VMware protection and true rotational archiving.
“This, combined with our integrated, simple and elegant interface, gives users the single-pane-of-glass management they need for the reliable protection of all their operating systems and applications.
