LogicNow: Agile BC for MSPs With MAX Backup From MAXfocus

LogicNow Ltd. announced the version 15 of MAX Backup, its hybrid cloud backup and DR solution.

MAX Backup v15.0 is part of MAXfocus, an MSP and IT support platform.

This release allows MSPs to upgrade their customers from a Backup as a Service offering, to a mission-critical DR as a Service solution. MAX Backup delivers the most up-to-the minute protection by backing-up 80% faster, and minimises time to recovery (TTR) by making standby images available in five minutes after failure. This combination of RPO and RTO puts MSPs in a position to satisfy even the most demanding customer requirements with a single solution.

MAX Backup v15.0 builds on previous releases that focused on the efficiency of backup processes and real-time notification. The release allows customers to use pay-per-use public cloud services such as Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure as recovery targets, reducing overall DR costs with a ‘Bring Your Public Cloud’ model.

Features MAX Backup v15.0:

Standby image – By combining the benefits of a granular, file-level backup with a full and recoverable VM image, it delivers a approach to BC and DR. This means partners have backup flexibility and recovery all from one single product.
Backup accelerator – Large databases, applications and files of 10s to 100s of gigabytes can be tricky to backup efficiently – much of the time used to backup such data is taken up simply determining what changes have been made in the files and require protection. Backup Accelerator reduces the backup ‘pre-processing’ time through continuous monitoring of changes. Daily backups of these large files and databases are up to 80% faster with the v15.0 of MAX Backup.
Cloud recovery targets – The update introduces two Cloud Recovery Targets for our Virtual DR and Continuous Restore features. This will provides IT service providers with the opportunity to move from Backup as a Service to DR as a Service without the need for their own infrastructure, by using a bring-your-public-cloud (BYPC) model. The addition of AWS EC2 and Microsoft Azure support so that users can specify these remote cloud targets for recovery, or one of the existing local recovery targets (vSphere, local VMDK or Hyper-V).

“MSPs want to be able to provide more value to their customers. Backup can easily be seen as a BC box-ticking exercise – as long as everything is safe if the worst happens, then all is well,” said Chris Groot VP, sales, MAX Backup and Recovery. “But we and the MSPs we work with know that with DR, the speed of backup and the speed of recovery is vital. The new features and new direction of MAX Backup v15.0 mean that MSPs can offer DR services where downtime will be measured in minutes rather than hours, positioning them as the best provider of this mission-critical service to their clients.“