Arsenal Digital Solutions Delivers Comprehensive On-Demand Data Protection for Virtual Servers.Arsenal's ViaRemote Expands its Industry Leading Virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. Capabilities to Help Simplify Data Protection of Virtual Server Environments CARY, N.C. -- Arsenal Digital Solutions USA, Inc., the leader in on-demand On-Demand refers to a service or feature which addresses the user's need for instant gratification and immediacy of use. In most cases the value proposition for an on-demand service is wrapped up in the fact that the user or consumer of the service avoids a significant up-front data protection, today announced new enhanced virtual servers capabilities for ViaRemote([R]). Available as a core component of its ViaRemote platform, the capability enables companies to enjoy the business and technology benefits available from virtualizing servers, such as consolidated backup operations and faster restores, while reducing the cost and complexity of protecting data on those virtualized server platforms, such as VMware Virtual machine software from VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (www.vmware.com) that allows multiple copies of the same operating system or several different operating systems to run in the same x86-based machine (see virtual machine). . The solution is integrated with Arsenal's unique s3[R] architecture and is available as a standard capability of the ViaRemote service offering. The capability handles both file and block level data for leading virtual server environments across all major operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . In addition, ViaRemote for virtual servers now enables an industry leading two-stage de-duplication See deduplication. technology process and a level of service capability and integration unmatched in the market. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. International Data Corporation, in 2007 approximately half of the world's 4.2 million servers will be virtualized. Greater than 50 percent of these virtual servers are running business-critical applications like databases and email. Although virtualization technology See VT. See also virtualization. has achieved significant gains in reducing overall server acquisition and management costs, data protection challenges of automating and simplifying backup remain. Arsenal's solution addresses the inefficiencies inherent in traditional backup solutions by reducing the amount of total data backed up by 95 percent and the time to backup by 90 percent - all while optimizing server processing and networking resource utilization. "Virtual server environments like VMware are a vital component of our customers' data protection strategies," said Gerald Longoria, vice president, product management, Arsenal Digital. "Delivering support for virtual servers as a standard capability through Arsenal's managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality model, we're enabling a substantially more efficient backup and recovery process. By doing so, we're helping organizations take fullest advantage of server virtualization (1) Running applications in separate, isolated partitions within a single server. The "virtual machine" method can run different operating systems simultaneously, whereas the "OS virtualization" method runs applications for only one operating system (see virtual machine and OS while avoiding the expense and complications that often characterize the data protection aspects of those initiatives." How it works To backup data within individual virtual machine (VM) instances, an agent needs to be installed in every VM that needs to backup data. Once configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: , the individual ViaRemote agents de-duplicate data and automatically backup changed blocks securely to an Arsenal data center. Restores within an individual VM instance can be easily and quickly done using a web restore portal that is provided as part of the standard ViaRemote service. ViaRemote for virtual servers also enables customers to backup full images of all virtual machines running on a host machine. In this case, a ViaRemote agent is installed on the host machine itself. Once installed, the agent de-duplicates the data across all VM instances running on the host machine and backs up only changed blocks within each image file. ViaRemote for virtual servers also supports backing up virtual machines using VMware Consolidate Backup (VCB VCB Vietcombank (Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam) VCB VMware Consolidated Backup VCB Visitor and Convention Bureau VCB Vacuum Circuit Breaker VCB Value Control Box VCB Virginia Commerce Bank ). Pricing and availability Arsenal ViaRemote for virtual servers is immediately available as a capability in the standard ViaRemote offering from Arsenal and its partners. All customer pricing for ViaRemote offerings is available from Arsenal sales or sales partners. For more information, please visit: www.arsenaldigital.com or call (919) 466-6700. About Arsenal Digital Solutions Arsenal is the worldwide leader in on-demand data protection. With nearly a decade of experience and a global managed customer data footprint The amount of geographic space covered by an object. A computer footprint is the desk or floor surface it occupies. A satellite's footprint is the earth area covered by its downlink. See form factor. 1. of more than 20 petabytes (PB), Arsenal is the data protection partner of choice to many of the world's top network service providers - including the top five providers worldwide - OEMs and ISVs. Its service model, which leverages Arsenal's s3[R] architecture, makes it easy for customers to protect their data and eliminate the need for significant IT investment in traditional software/hardware models. ViaRemote and s3 are registered trademarks, and Arsenal Digital Solutions is a trademark, of Arsenal Digital Solutions USA, Inc. All other trademarks and service marks mentioned herein are property of their respective owners. |
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