Unitrends V7.3 of Data Protection Software

Unitrends Inc. introduced Unitrends Release 7.3, a new version of the data protection software powering the company’s portfolio of physical and virtual backup and recovery appliances.

It combines the functionality of private cloud DRaaS and meta-bare metal recovery for Cisco UCS servers with application and platform support.

Known for providing recovery for physical Windows systems, it extends this same feature to the private replication target of Unitrends Recovery Series physical appliances. This enables cloud service providers and companies using a private cloud to leverage physical DRaaS capabilities.

This launch also positions the company as the a data protection provider offering meta-bare metal recovery for UCS servers. This functionality maximizes protection of USC servers, networks, storage and configuration data, enabling customers to restore UCS fabrics more intelligently.

“Release 7.3 underscores Unitrends’ fundamental commitment to helping our customers play IT safe with the next-generation capabilities they need to meet the challenges of an increasingly demanding IT environment,” said Subo Guha, VP of product management and marketing, Unitrends. “With industry-leading solutions consistently delivered at a price point and level of ease that meets our customers’ needs, we truly provide the best cost-to-value ratio in the data protection industry.“

Additional features:

• Simplified deployment of Unitrends Enterprise Backup: Accelerates installations of enterprise backup, the company’s software-only backup and recovery virtual appliance, through better storage integration capabilities.

• Expanded application and platform support: Extends existing compatibility with more than 100 different versions of servers, OSs, storage platforms, hypervisors and applications with support for Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1, Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 and vSphere 5.5.

• vSphere template protection: Enables backup and recovery of vSphere templates, which can be restored as new VMs.

• DNS support for Linux and Mac OS X: Provides optional use of a DNS instead of static IP when adding Linux and Mac OS X clients to a system.

The company is committed to optimizing its data protection appliances so IT departments can manage storage demands despite limited resources and budget.

The version includes the following performance enhancements: 

• Faster Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V backups residing on clustered shared volumes: Improves backup performance by up to 200% by enabling parallel backups of VMs residing on clustered shared volumes in Hyper-V 2012 R2.

• Improved de-dupe rates and replication performance for vSphere: Achieves higher retention and up to 50% faster replication performance by optimizing de-dupe capabilities for vSphere environments with high change rates.

• Faster replication of synthetic backups: Expedites synthetics replication by up to 40% by optimizing communication between a replication source and target.

• Improved de-dupe signature algorithm: Offers 10% faster dedupe and replication rates by making signatures only one part of the de-dupe algorithm.