Arkeia Software Delivers Backup Agent for VMware vSphere 5

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Arkeia Software, will demonstrate Arkeia Network Backup v9.0 at VMworld 2011, in Booth #347.  VMworld 2011 is being held at The Venetian and The Wynn in Las Vegas, Nevada, August 29 – September 1.  Arkeia Software, a leading provider of fast, easy-to-use, and affordable network backup solutions, today announced beta availability of Arkeia Network Backup v9.0 for VMware's vSphere 5.  

Support for vStorage APIs for Data Protection (VADP) for Faster Backups and Recovery

The Arkeia Network Backup Agent for vSphere 5 uses VMware's latest vStorage APIs for Data Protection (VADP).  The agent supports VMware's Changed Block Tracking (CBT) for fast incremental backups, file-grain restores for fast data recovery, and both vCenter and vApp for flexible management of large vSphere deployments across multiple physical hosts.  Learn more at www.arkeia.com/vstorage.

"With Arkeia, customers enjoy a single consolidated data protection solution across both physical and virtual environments," explains Fred Renard, VP of marketing at Arkeia Software.  "Arkeia delivers cutting-edge backup agents for the latest environments from all major virtualization vendors, as well as agents for over 200 physical platforms and hot-backup agents for major applications and databases."

Arkeia Virtual Appliance for VMware Essentials Bundle

The Arkeia Virtual Appliance (AVA) is a preconfigured, ready-to-deploy backup server available for VMware ESX and ESXi.  The Arkeia Virtual Appliance for VMware Essentials bundle delivers a turn-key backup solution combining one AVA with one Arkeia vStorage backup agent for one VMware vSphere 5 host.  Bundles with more Arkeia vStorage backup agents are available.

Pricing and Availability

A beta release of Arkeia's Backup Agent for VMware vSphere 5 is available now.  Go to www.arkeia.com/software-downloads.  General availability is expected in October, 2011.  The Arkeia Backup Agent for vStorage unit price is $1,500. The Arkeia Virtual Appliance price starts at $2,000.  The Arkeia Virtual Appliance for VMware Essentials bundles start at $3,000.

About Arkeia Software

Arkeia Software delivers fast, easy-to-use, and affordable solutions for data backup and disaster recovery. The award-winning Arkeia Network Backup Suite is designed for mid-sized organizations and safeguards more than 100,000 networks for 7,000 customers in 70 countries. Arkeia's integrated solution is ideal for the consolidation of disparate backup products. We protect all major virtual platforms including vSphere, Hyper-V, and XenServer—and over 200 physical platforms including AIX, BSD, HP-UX, Linux, Mac OS, Netware, Solaris, and Windows. Arkeia delivers software and both virtual and hardware appliances, backing up data to disk, tape, and the cloud. We provide bare-metal disaster recovery, LAN/WAN replication of backup sets, and numerous hot backup agents. Arkeia's unique Progressive Deduplication™ technology reduces storage requirements and accelerates backups, especially of virtual environments. Arkeia shipped the industry's first network backup solution for Linux in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Arkeia and Arkeia Network Backup are trademarks or registered trademarks of Arkeia Software, Inc.  All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

Arkeia Software Contact
Britton Spagnuolo
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