Quest Software: NetVault LiteSpeed for SQL Server HA Edition

Quest Software, Inc. announced the availability of NetVault LiteSpeed for SQL Server High-Availability Edition, a product suite that delivers enhanced protection for SQL Server databases by combining backup and compression with CDP technology.

The new bundle pairs NetVault LiteSpeed for SQL Server 7.0, the latest release of Quest’s core SQL Server backup product, with NetVault FastRecover, the company’s patented CDP solution.

With this new software, LiteSpeed customers can augment their SQL Server protection strategy with NetVault FastRecover, which complements LiteSpeed by adding near-instantaneous restore and site-to-site replication capabilities.

A finalist for the 2012 Best of Tech Ed Award in the Backup and Recovery category, NetVault FastRecover captures byte-level changes in SQL Server as they occur, and, using Quest’s patented FlashRestore technology, enables administrators to recover critical databases to any point in time in just seconds following a corruption or data loss, meeting strict recovery time and recovery point objectives.

NetVault FastRecover also enables customers to replicate between data centers to protect critical remote offices and branch offices against site disaster.

In addition to SQL Server, NetVault FastRecover also provides backup and FlashRestore capabilities for Oracle, Microsoft Exchange, and Windows file-system data.

The newly released NetVault LiteSpeed for SQL Server 7.0 also features enhancements designed to help organizations further speed SQL backups and reduce storage requirements, including:

• Support for Microsoft’s new AlwaysOn Availability Group databases, enabling SQL Server 2012 customers to create secondary copies of critical databases for HA
• Fast Compression support for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) backups, meaning TSM customers now can leverage LiteSpeed Fast Compression technology, which deduplicates data at the server level during backups, so users can maintain backup performance while reducing their storage footprint by up to 85%
• Improved backup templates, for simplified management of the entire SQL Server environment
• Enhanced ‘restore as compressed’ functionality, enabling customers to save disk space when a restore to a non-production environment is needed.

John Maxwell, VP, data protection product management, Quest Software, said: "In the face of continuously shrinking budgets, IT departments need to constantly find ways to do more with less. With NetVault LiteSpeed for SQL Server High-Availability Edition, Quest has leveraged the breadth of its data protection portfolio to create a cost-effective bundle that enables customers to ensure a high-level of protection and availability for critical SQL Server databases, both on-prem and in remote and branch offices."

LiteSpeed for SQL Server High-Availability Edition supports SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008/R2, and 2012, and initially will be made available to customers at a limited-time discount price of $4,995, a 35% discount off standard list pricing.