SnapShot Backup v3.0 R2 by Ardeo Logic

Located in Toronto, Canada, Ardeo Logic Inc., provider of VMWare Backup solution, announced the latest release of SnapShot Backup with SAN-Link Technology, the fastest backup and restore solution for VMWare on the market.

SnapShot Backup with SAN-Link Technology enables, customers to deploy and benefit from the only backup and restore solution available that was custom built to integrate VMWare servers and SAN Arrays for The Zero Impact Backup.

SAN-Link architecture provides customers with speed, reliability and scalability to meet their needs. SnapShot Backup with SAN-Link Technology performs backups up to 1000X times faster than traditional backup by using SAN Array snapshots.

"Ardeo Logic is focused on the backup and recovery needs of today and tomorrow’s virtual environments," said Ivan Tsarynny, president and CEO, Ardeo Logic Inc. "We are working closely with our clients and as the result, we have developed SnapShot Backup to be the industry’s fastest, the most reliable and scalable data protection solution for the VMWare platform, that does what our clients asked for:

• Safe, Instant backup in seconds instead of hours to keep business running 24x7x365,
• Restore individual files and guest VM server directly from SAN snapshots,
• Prevent data transfer over LAN; eliminate network impact, storage duplication Media Servers."

SnapShot Backup for VMWare is the New Generation of Backup for VMWare. SAN-Link Technology seamlessly integrates VMWare into your existing SAN arrays, discovers VMDK files and uses SAN Snapshot for backup and granular restore directly from SAN snapshot. Intuitive Windows interface makes restore, monitoring and administrative tasks easy and fast.

This latest release delivers certified support for NetApp, HP LeftHand and EMC Celerra iSCSI SAN arrays, notification and advanced Policy Management.

SnapShot Backup v3.0 R2 for VMWare offers:

• SAN snapshot based and traditional vStorage/VCB backup & restore
• File, disk & server level restore
• Backup options include VM snapshot, VSS file system and RAM quiescence
• VM’s vmdk files can be located on multiple LUNs and Data-stores
• vSphere 4, ESX, ESXi, ESXi FREE and vCenter support

Pricing and Availability
SnapShot Backup for VMware is available now from $499 per VMWare server CPU socket, site license discount program is available and no hardware is required.