Quantum releases all in one data protection, disk-based backup and dedupe appliance
Acronis announced the release of their new VMware disaster recovery product, vmProtect 6 last week at VMworld 2011. The product is designed for vSphere servers (v4.0 or later) using ESX and ESXi hypervisors. According to Acronis, vmProtect 6 “provides businesses with a simple-to-deploy, easy-to-manage disaster solution to back up and quickly recover their VMware virtual environments.”
VmProtect 6 can run a virtual machine directly from a backup image while simultaneously performing a restore, allowing businesses to get back up and running quickly. VmProtect 6 has the following features:
• Web-based interface that allows remote management from most browser-enabled devices, including smart phones.
• Multiple virtual machines can be backed up and restored simultaneously.
• Both image and file-level recovery. A restore can include a complete VM image or only specific files, directories or volumes.
• Includes compression and deduplication.
• Provides for physical-to-virtual (P2V) and virtual-to-virtual (V2V) migrations. Physical servers and non-vSphere VMs can easily be migrated.
VmProtect 6 can be installed as a virtual appliance or on a physical Windows server. Backups are agentless so no additional software has to be installed in the protected VMs.
Acronis vmProtect 6 is priced and $499 per CPU. License includes unlimited P2V and V2V migrations. Integration with Acronis Online Storage is optional.
Quantum also introduced the vmPRO 4000 appliance, which includes backup software, deduplication and disk storage. The vmPRO is designed for small to mid-size businesses and remote office.
