Netgear and StorageCraft Launching ReadyRECOVER Platform

NETGEAR, Inc. announced ReadyRECOVER, an addition to their ReadyDATA unified storage (NAS/SAN) platform.

It’s a backup appliance built to run with the ReadyDATA family of storage appliances. SMBs are able to create full backups of servers, desktops and laptops every 15 minutes that can be independently used to restore files, folders, databases or systems to any platform, physical or virtual. Businesses can backup their data forever, without ever needing periodic full system backups.

The company enables incremental backups as full restore points delivering simple recovery point management. The integration of the Readystorage appliance with ShadowProtect backup and DR software from StorageCraft Technology Corporation results in each incremental snapshot functioning as a full recovery point, but consuming a minimal amount of storage space. In addition, each snapshot captures the entire system, the Windows OS, and all settings and data for a full system recovery.

“ReadyRECOVER is a complete hardware and software solution in a single cost-effective backup appliance, relieving businesses of the burden of assembling their own solution,” said John McHugh, GM and SVP, NETGEAR commercial business unit. “By marrying the enterprise features of ReadyDATA with StorageCraft’s best-in-class ShadowProtect software, we offer a solution that enables easy data restoration without a long and complicated process, while suiting the budgetary and usage needs of SMBs.“

This creates synthetic full backups in a VHDX format, ready to recover into a virtual or physical machine. For both server-to-NAS backup and PC-to-NAS backup, its backups require no file conversion, and can independently be used to restore files, folders, databases or Windows-based systems to any platform.

“We’re excited to team with NETGEAR in the development of ReadyRECOVER, leveraging our ShadowProtect backup and recovery software,” said Curt James, StorageCraft’s VP marketing and business development. “NETGEAR and StorageCraft have co-engineered an extremely innovative new backup and DR appliance for SMBs that maximizes BC should disaster occur.“

ReadyRECOVER provides companies
with enterprise backup at an affordable price, complete with:

• Protection for Windows servers, VMs (e.g., Citrix, Hyper-V, VMware, etc.), and PCs, both onsite and offsite

• Simple setup and management

• No incremental restores

• Hardware-independent restoration to any hardware or virtualization platform

• Zero-delay, WAN-optimized replication

• Hardware compression and per-job deduplication for storage efficiency without performance overhead

• Five-year warranty for ReadyDATA, the hardware platform for ReadyRECOVER

“My clients are small businesses, who struggle to replicate backup data to an offsite location because of the limited bandwidth in their offices,” said Mark Dutton, owner of Datamerge, a provider of customer-focused IT and telecommunications solutions. “The WAN-optimized replication enabled by NETGEAR ReadyRECOVER addresses this problem and makes their backup and recovery processes painless and automatic. I recommend ReadyRECOVER as an integrated solution that is easy to install and maintain.“

NETGEAR ReadyRECOVER is available through authorized PowerSHIFT partners and other reseller channels. As a software solution that runs exclusively on NETGEAR Readystorage hardware, it is licensed per machine, with protection for virtual servers starting at $369.99, for physical servers starting at $979, and PC protection for $94.99 in the United States. Customers will enjoy 5-year limited hardware warranty along with 24×7 lifetime technical support and 5-year next business day part replacement.