Kroll Ontrack Annoucing PowerControls v7.2

Kroll Ontrack Inc. announced the availability of Ontrack PowerControls version 7.2.

Adding support for StorSimple SharePoint Database Optimiser, in addition to Metalogix StoragePoint and FileStream, it’s a tool for accessing, searching and restoring externalised SharePoint 2013 data. It also addresses the challenge of reassembling shredded files directly from a SharePoint 2013 backup without needing to restore the entire database.

The StorSimple solution uses SharePoint APIs to offload large BLOBs from SharePoint databases. This helps maintain performance levels for SharePoint servers and facilitates SharePoint DR by reducing the size of the databases that must be restored. Leveraging this software empowers IT administrators to granularly rebuild these externalised databases and shredded SharePoint files during the restore process.

“Native SharePoint SQL storage is very expensive and huge database volumes can impact performance, so organisations leverage remote BLOB solutions like StorSimple to externalise BLOB data to reduce storage costs and increase performance,” said Paul Le Messurier, programme and operations manager, Kroll Ontrack. “Ontrack PowerControls 7.2 allows IT administrators to restore individual items without conducting a full database restore.“

Results from a customer survey revealed that 34% of respondents receive requests for restoring SharePoint items, lists, libraries and folders. 41% of those surveyed went on to say they save more than 50% of time responding to these requests leveraging Ontrack PowerControls than using traditional restoration methods.

“Granular item restore with Ontrack PowerControls 7.2 is a game changer in how search and restoration from BLOBs is addressed, and we couldn’t be happier with the result,” said Burzin Patel, marketing director, StorSimple, Microsoft Corporation. “StorSimple customers can easily locate critical files, and restore them with ease, saving significant time.“

In addition to support for StorSimple, it also supports Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1, SharePoint 2013 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1.