Arkeia Network Backup V9.1 Available

Arkeia Software, Inc. has completed beta testing of Network Backup version 9.1.

The new release is now available for download from the Arkeia web site

Network Backup version 9.1 offers advances in Arkeia’s Progressive Deduplication technology that reduces backup data volumes at twice the rate of fixed-block deduplication technology and at twice the speed of variable-block technology. Backup sets can now be replicated in deduplicated form to both private and public cloud storage, offering a cost-effective alternative to off-site storage of backup tapes for protection against data loss.

"We tested Arkeia Network Backup v9.1 during Arkeia’s beta program and are delighted with the performance improvements that it delivers", reports Stephane Brotons, director of operations at TAIX SAS in Paris, France. TAIX places Arkeia backup appliances in customer LANs and offers a hybrid cloud backup to its cloud data center. "Arkeia’s Progressive Deduplication makes Arkeia Network Backup the ideal platform for our hybrid cloud backup services. Replicating our customers’ deduped backup sets to our cloud servers speeds data transfer, reduces bandwidth requirements, and raises the limit on the volume of data than can be protected by cloud backup. Arkeia requires the absolute minimum of bandwidth necessary for replication – reducing our costs compared to solutions from alternative backup software vendors."

Reduce Replication Bandwidth by 80 Percent
Due to the high cost of WAN bandwidth, many mid-market customers have found it expensive to implement off-site replication. Progressive Deduplication reduces the bandwidth required to move data off-site, whether to another business location, a private cloud managed by an Arkeia channel partner, or a public cloud such as Amazon Web Services. With V9.1, deduplicated backup sets can be transmitted using 80 percent less bandwidth, with an equal reduction in data storage requirements, depending on the size and type of data.

V9.1 supports multi-tenant replication management within a single backup server, using private deduplication pools to guarantee data privacy. This capability provides cost savings for IT service companies offering backup and replication to multiple end users. Typically, an IT service company installs an Arkeia backup server on the end user’s LAN and administers it remotely. The backup server can be deployed as a software application, a hardware appliance, or a virtual appliance. Backup sets are replicated nightly to the service provider’s datacenter or to the public cloud.

New Web Dashboard and New German Localization
Users will also find added management tools for Progressive Deduplication and a redesigned dashboard with backup status information assembled on a single page in Arkeia’s web user interface. V9.1 is available in English, French and now German localized versions.

Availability and Pricing
This new release is free to all customers on current maintenance contracts. Pricing starts at $800 for a perpetual license for one backup server, including one year of maintenance, or $240 for an annual subscription. All Arkeia Premier Partners can receive a Replication Server license at no cost.

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Backup sets replicated in de-dupe form to private and public cloud storage