Availability of N2WS Backup & Recovery V3.1. With DR and Data Management Capabilities on AWS

N2WS Software, Inc. announced the availability of Backup & Recovery 3.1.

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This release deepens performance, cost-optimization and automation capabilities on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide: data replication between Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) buckets across regions and accounts; fast Amazon Elastic Block Storage (Amazon EBS) snapshot copy to S3 for long-term archiving; custom tag integration; recovery drill scheduling and cross-region DR for Amazon Elastic File System (EFS).

As organizations expand their footprint on AWS, IT admins are tasked with managing an increasingly large and complex environment. They require the tools to help centralize and automate key backup and recovery processes, as well as provide storage management and simple cost-optimization tools.

“Our customers are always looking for new ways to simplify their backup and recovery processes on AWS. N2WS Backup & Recovery v3.1 builds on the success of version 3.0, where we introduced a complete, new user experience. Today, we unveil our latest release which adds greater flexibility and granularity, while ensuring customers are equipped to confidently build their DR strategy. Importantly, it allows them to make the right decisions about where backups are stored for audit and compliance,” said Gil Sasson, VP, R&D.

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With the release of version 3.1, customers can better protect critical AWS workloads, prove compliance, and gain total confidence in their DR strategy with capabilities including:

Optimized data lifecycle management: Lower storage costs by immediately archiving snapshots to Amazon S3, without needing to keep the original EBS snapshot.
Amazon S3 replication: Automatically sync S3 buckets across AWS Regions or AWS accounts.
DR testing: Schedule regular DR dry runs, check recovery configurations, and prepare for any disaster scenario.
Custom tags: Integrate existing tag schemas and streamline backup policies for more intelligent data management.

Reporting improvements: Provides detail in the Snapshot Report: new details include volume size, valid data size, and the size of changed data.

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Cross-region DR: Ensure HA for Amazon EFS workloads with cross-region DR
The company also announced an initiative for AWS Marketplace to empower their partners to sell and provision Backup & Recovery via the AWS Marketplace Consulting Partner Private Offer (CPPO) and Service Provider Private Offer (SPPO) programs. This offering helps partners meet customer requirements and streamline the procurement process. Service providers can provide their customers with a one-stop shop for AWS services that includes Backup & Recovery along with consulting and professional services.

The firm’s Backup & Recovery version 3.1 is available for use by visiting AWS Marketplace.

Protect up to 5 Amazon EC2 instances for free with N2WS Backup & Recovery free edition.

“Gett stores a lot of important data, including backups and customer information, on Amazon S3. With N2WS version 3.1 we will be able to have even more protection for this data across different regions for additional security. We can also implement cross-region DR for our 20 Amazon EFS volumes, and with custom tags deployment, is made even easier. This will be a real time-saver for the IT team as we look to further streamline our backup and recovery process,” said Danny Michael, global head, IT, Gett.

“As organizations grow on AWS, data protection continues to be our top priority. AWS customers can benefit from these new capabilities, allowing them to add an additional layer of protection for their environments with scalable (BU and DR) DR plans, while optimizing costs and processes. By leveraging tools such as Consulting Partner Private Offers (CPPO) and Solution Provider Private Offers (SPPO) in AWS Marketplace, customers can contract directly with N2WS partners around the world,” said Chris Grusz, director, AWS Marketplace, Amazon Web Services, Inc.

“Recent research by ESG shows that now, more than ever, organizations are focusing spend on data protection. As more critical workloads are hosted on the cloud, it’s vital that organizations regularly review their backup and recovery practices. These latest developments by N2WS will help support this process, ensuring businesses can meet data management and RTO objectives on AWS. It also gives the N2WS network of partners a great opportunity to provide an essential backup service to their customers,” said Christophe Bertrand, senior analyst, ESG

Resources:
Blog: N2WS Backup and Recovery v3.1 – Taking next-gen AWS cloud backup to a new level
N2WS customer Gett simplified their backup and recovery operations on AWS and saved $100k in a year.
Trial version
Release notes for the latest v3.1.x CPM release
Video: Upgrade how-to video

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