Arkeia Network Backup V9.1

Arkeia Software, Inc. announced Network Backup version 9.1 which delivers enhancement to its Progressive Deduplication.

Backup sets can now be replicated in deduplicated form to both private and public cloud storage, offering a cost-effective alternative to tape for offsite storage.
 
Replication in data deduplicated form reduces the WAN bandwidth required to move data offsite. The destination of these replications can be another customer site, a private cloud managed by an Arkeia partner, or a public cloud such as Amazon Web Services.
 
The version 9.1 upgrade also delivers expanded management tools for Arkeia’s Progressive Deduplication engine and introduces a newly-designed dashboard (screen shot attached) giving access to key backup server information on a single web page. Version 9.1 delivers a German localization of the Arkeia web user interface, complementing the existing English and French interfaces.
 
Multi-Tenant Architecture
Maintains Data Privacy in the Cloud
Introduced earlier this year with version 9.0, Progressive Deduplication is a patented technology acquired with the purchase of Kadena Systems in 2009. This deduplication technology offers compression multipliers twice those of fixed-block technology and at speeds twice those of variable-block technology.
 
Version 9.1 supports multi-tenant replication management within a single backup server. A single Arkeia backup server can safeguard deduplicated backup sets from multiple end-users. It maintains private deduplication pools for each end user, guaranteeing data privacy.
 
Offsite Storage in the Cloud
Offsite storage of backup sets is a requirement for protection against data loss due to theft or natural disaster. Network replication is becoming an important alternative to the traditional solution of writing magnetic tapes and transporting them by truck to offsite storage.
 
The primary challenge to offsite replication has been the high cost of WAN bandwidth. Replication of deduplicated backup sets typically requires a factor of 5 less bandwidth for data transmission and an equal reduction in data storage requirements. The enabler of this solution is efficient deduplication made possible by Progressive Deduplication technology.
 
Cloud-Backup Services Delivered by Arkeia Partners
MSPs and VARs offer cloud backup services made possible by Network Backup. These Arkeia partners install an Arkeia backup server on an end-user’s LAN—either as a software application, a hardware appliance, or a virtual appliance. The MSP/VAR then installs an Arkeia replication server into their own datacenter or in the public cloud. Using Network Backup’s web user interface, the MSP/VAR remotely manages the end-user’s backups and offsite replication of the backup sets. This backup service delivers a recurring revenue stream to the MSP/VAR.
 
"Arkeia has made possible an important new business for our company," reports Jean-Christophe Le Got, Managing Director of reseller TAIX SAS in Paris, France. "We deploy Arkeia backup appliances in our customers’ offices and use them to back up our customers’ data. We then replicate the data off-site nightly for safe-keeping, allowing our customers to comply with regulations for off-site data storage. Arkeia’s reliable and flexible software and appliances permit us to deliver a valuable service to our customers."
 
As part of Arkeia’s strategy to develop the Cloud-Backup Services business model through its channel partners, Arkeia is offering to its Premier Partners a no-cost Replication Server license. MSPs and VARs will be able to install an Arkeia Replication Server in their private cloud or in the public cloud and use this server to deliver an offsite replication service to their end users. MSPs and VARs will be able use their Arkeia expertise to complement their existing product-centric revenue model with a services-centric recurring revenue model.
 
Availability and Pricing
Arkeia Network Backup version 9.1 is in beta test, with availability expected in January. The release is free to all Arkeia customers on current maintenance contracts. Pricing starts at  60 € (vat net) for a perpetual license for one backup server, including one year of maintenance, or 240 € vcat net) for an annual subscription.

To participate in the beta program