Clearpace Launches NParchive Virtual Appliance

Clearpace Software Ltd. is launching a virtual edition of its data compression and storage product – NParchive. The NParchive virtual appliance is the first archive store for structured data to run as a virtual machine and is available since 29 April.

The NParchive virtual appliance provides independent software vendors (ISVs) who leverage NParchive technology in their solutions a straight-forward way to deploy highly compressed archive stores to their customers. The virtualized edition of NParchive is fully functional and is delivered as a self-contained software package that utilizes VMware’s Hypervisor virtualization platform.

Able to compress structured data by 40:1, and optimized to run on commodity hardware, NParchive enables end-users to reduce the cost of storing archived data by more than 95 per cent. However, the NParchive virtual appliance, able to run on any VMware-supported hardware, helps to further reduce TCO by utilising existing hardware within the enterprise, as well as producing energy savings, further speeding deployment and minimising maintenance.

“Simple, low-cost and compliant structured data archiving is our core competency,” says John Bantleman, CEO of Clearpace. “ISVs are able to tap into our expertise to help differentiate their solutions or services, while creating an additional revenue stream. For ISVs and end-users, the NParchive virtual appliance means the financial burden of long-term data retention is greatly reduced. By using NParchive, ISVs can help their customers preserve historical data at a fraction of the cost compared to the expense of using traditional databases and data warehouses on specialised hardware.”

NParchive provides data storage and management technology for the long-term retention of inactive structured data. Data is compressed by 40:1, while maintaining powerful SQL query capabilities and integrating with a range of immutable storage to satisfy compliance requirements.