vFoglight – Single View into Multiple Layers of Virtual EnvironmentsWith the explosion of server virtualization technology, the number of virtual machines running in the typical datacenter has grown exponentially. Server virtualization has changed the way IT needs to manage systems and data. It provides greater resource utilization, improved flexibility, substantial savings and better responsiveness to the business needs.For more information, please review the product page.
Vizioncore’s vConverter™ is enterprise-class software that significantly reduces the time, cost and effort required to convert physical and virtual machines to VMware®, Microsoft®, XenServer™ or Virtual Iron™. vConverter is suitable for ongoing disaster recovery needs, as well as for server consolidation initiatives where large numbers of physical servers need to be virtualized.New features in vConverter 4.0 include:
Ongoing physical server protection via “Continuous Protection” mode
Reduced cutover window via preplanned synchronized cutover feature
Guaranteed consistency of source and target systems via cold cloning option
Faster conversion of high I/O systems thru support for VMware Raw Device Mapping (RDM)
Virtual appliance feature enables conversions where no service console is present
File-or block-level cloning
For more information, please visit our products page.
Welcome to the first edition of the BakBone Channel Newsletter for APAC.
This issue represents a starting point in BakBone APAC increasing and maximizing communication with our channel partners. We hope that everyone who receives this newsletter finds it a useful and efficient way to keep abreast of whats new with BakBone. With each edition we hope to inform our channel community across the APAC of the perks and unique advantages of working with BakBone.
Our monthly newsletter will feature new product releases, customer success stories, promotions & campaigns as well as some general news and events happening around the APAC region. We also welcome contributions from anyone out there that has a view or experience they would like to share with other BakBone partners. We hope you will enjoy reading this issue as much as we enjoyed putting it together. Thank you.
- The Editor, Kenneth Chia (kenneth.chia@bakbone.com)
Tandberg RDX® Quikstor™ – Now with 500GB Cartridge
’Where Smarter Storage Begins’
Tandberg RDX® QuikStor™, a cartridge-based removable disk storage system is an alternative medium for data backup and archival for the SMBs, SOHO (Small Office Home Office), Small Departments, as well as Professionals.
Providing fast, affordable and random access data protection solution for servers and workstations, the Tandberg RDX QuikStor aims to replace entry level tapes with its superior performance, brilliant ROI and scalability.
Product Highlights
Available in 80GB, 160GB, 300GB & 500GB cartridges
Transfer rates up to 162GB/hr
CDP with RDX FileKeeper (see below*)
SATA or USB 2.0 high speed interface
Performance of a hard disk, handling of a tape system
Backward & forward compatibility
Shock proof design, ruggedized cartridge
3 years limited warranty for drives & cartridges
Drag and drop files or use Symantec Backup Exec QS
High Performance, High Archivability & High Reliability
Datastor Australia welcomes Graham Timm to the fold.
Graham was previously the Quantum/ATL Regional Director for APAC, and brings many years of valuable expertise in IT Storage to compliment Datastor’s team of storage specialists. He has joined our Sydney office and is very keen to get amongst customers to offer his expertise and prowess.
We sincerely wish him a long and successful stay at Datastor.
BakBone has been busy in product delivery over the last few months. In addition to new APM’s for VMware and Sharepoint, BakBone has delivered numerous new versions of key product options. Please find a list below of every new product release BakBone has delivered in the last 3 months: -
At the recent Tandberg International Distributors Conference being held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Datastor Australia has earned the following Awards:
Award #1 APAC Distributor of the Year
Award #2
Sales Manager of the Year – Andrew Huntley (Datastor)
(this award won for the 2nd year running -
2006 winner was Mark Stevenson)
In a series of upcoming Webinar’s Matt Thompson-Moltzen from BakBone Software will cover the basics on installing and setting-up NetVault. Each session is separate and will cover the basics such as: -
Formula One Team Finds Backup Strategy Flexibility and Performance with BakBone
June 2, 2008–BakBone Software(R) , the leading provider of heterogeneous integrated data protection solutions, has added the Honda Racing F1 Team to its customer base. The Northamptonshire-based team, which entered the world of Formula One racing in 1999, deployed BakBone NetVault(R): Backup to make its data protection strategy more flexible and cost effective while protecting 30 TB of Windows, Exchange and SQL applications data across 40 servers.
Employing over 600 people, the Honda Racing F1 Team currently stores nearly 100 TB of data on a virtualized storage area network (SAN) that supplies this information to approximately 80 file servers and 700 clients as well as a number of Linux and UNIX-based systems. Because the multi-platform environment restricted the number of available backup solutions, the IT team was previously running EMC NetWorker. However, the software eventually started showing functionality limitations that were preventing the team from moving forward. The Honda Racing F1 Team enlisted the help of NCE, a reseller with which the company already had a successful history, to identify a new solution, and they were introduced to BakBone NetVault: Backup. [read more]
BakBone’s Newest Release of NetVault: Backup Delivers Full Adoption of VMware Technology and Techniques, Providing the Industry’s Most Flexible Deployments.
May 19, 2008–BakBone Software(R) the leading provider of heterogeneous integrated data protection solutions, has taken VMware data protection to the next level by offering a solution that protects both individual and entire groups of VMware(R) ESX Servers. The newest release of BakBone’s flagship data protection solution, NetVault(R): Backup 8.1, supports individual ESX Servers as well as full virtual data centers, all integrated and managed from the NetVault: Backup GUI. Unlike many other offerings, users do not need to create and run scripts, giving BakBone customers the flexibility to deploy data protection in virtual environments and manage the solution under one umbrella. [read more]
Adding LTO-4 Half Height drives doubles performance and creates fastest 2U tape library on the market
Oslo Norway, (2 June, 2008): Tandberg Data, a global supplier of data protection solutions, today announced the availability of the fourth generation LTO Half Height tape drives (LTO-4 HH) in the StorageLibrary T24, StorageLibrary T40+ and StorageLibrary T80+. The StorageLibrary family is available with a choice of 12, 24, 40 or 77 slots, offering compressed capacities up to 123.2TB and performance up to 6.9TB/hr. The StorageLibrary family is attractively priced and provides outstanding value for IT managers that require scalable, reliable and future proof backup and data protection solution. [see more]
LTO-4 HH boosts capacity of 1U tape autoloader to 12.8TB and transfer rates to 576GB/hr
Oslo Norway, (2 June, 2008): Tandberg Data, the global supplier of data protection solutions, today announced the availability of its StorageLoader LTO with fourth generation LTO Half Height tape drives (LTO-4 HH). The StorageLoader LTO is the ideal entry-level automated backup solution, offering exceptional storage performance and capacities in a compact 1U form factor.
The StorageLoader LTO is available with a choice of LTO-1, LTO-2, LTO-3 and LTO-4 Half-Height drives offering compressed storage capacities up to 12.8TB, transfer rates up to 576GB/hr and is available with LVD SCSI or SAS connectivity. [see more]
We would like to remind all BakBone Customers that the End of Full Support for NetVault: Backup 7.4.x is May 30, 2008. NetVault: Backup 7.4.x will move into Sustaining Support phase. Sustaining Support will not include the following: telephone support, escalation support or response time adherence, or bug fixes and enhancements. For further details visit: www.bakbone.com/eol
Customers with current maintenance contracts are advised to upgrade to NetVault: Backup v8.0 Update 3 or v8.1 which will be available for download after May 31, 2008 at: http://www.bakbone.com/support/product_upgrades
Top new features in NetVault: Backup v8.1 includes:
* OES 2 support
* VTL space availability checks
* nvtrigger enhancements
* Error checking to identify priority errors, chronological savesets, etc.
* Improvements to Filesystem, APM backup, media spanning, and duplication performance
* Introduction of VMware Plugin
for more information, see www.bakbone.com/supportportal
