Druvaa inSync v3.1 for Laptops

Druvaa Software, known for its enterprise laptop backup offering, Druvaa inSync, released an upgrade for its product. The new v3.1 release showcases its focus on ‘laptop backups’ and brings some very unique and exciting features which include the ‘Dynamic bandwidth scheduling’ and “Managed client updates”.

The inSync product is laptop backup software designed for remote enterprise users and mobile workforce. The product uses file-fingerprint and data deduplication technology to save only a single copy of content (documents/emails/attachments) duplicated across users. Within an enterprise where over 80-90% data is duplicate on PCs, inSync saves over 90% backup time, bandwidth and storage. With several other unique features and highly usable interface inSync has a good customer following which includes names like NASA, Emerson, Brunswick, MetLife, ESET, Serco and others.

"Remote backup is a widely spread and but very underserved problem. With our unique application aware data deduplication approach and WAN Optimization, we believe Phoenix would be a killer proposition”, says Milind Borate, CTO, Druvaa.

New features and highlights include:

• Managed Client Updates
• Dynamic Bandwidth and CPU Scheduling
• 2X Performance Improvements for Full PC Backup
• Synchronize on Log-off and Shutdown

The new managed client update feature enables the backup administrator to selectively push client updates remotely to the backup users. Another important addition is the new ‘Dynamic bandwidth and CPU scheduling’, which enables the administrator set a percentage or absolute value based limit on client for bandwidth and CPU utilization. The bandwidth limit can be selectively set based on whether the user is synchronizing data using a WAN/VPN based connection or over the local LAN network. InSync is first of its kind of products to introduce these features for enterprise backups.

Although the new release brings about 2X performance enhancement for full-PC backup and bare-metal restore, it does not include the planned and much anticipated ‘blackbird’ data deduplication and storage engine. The new blackbird storage engine targets application aware deduplication compared to current chunk based approach for significantly better bandwidth and storage utilization.

Product highlights:

• Source based Data Deduplication – 90% better bandwidth and storage utilization
• Continuous Data Protection – Time based, from-the-past restores
• WAN Optimization – Better protection for remote and mobile workforce
• Search Based Recovery – Faster search based file restores
• Bare Metal Restore – Backup and restore complete PC