Arkeia Expands Supported Platforms for Network Backup

Arkeia Software, Inc. announced updated support for ten platforms.

These platforms represent a fraction of the over 200 platforms protected by Arkeia Network Backup which include Windows, Mac, Linux, Netware, Solaris, AIX, BSD, and HP-UX OSs and derivatives, as well as VMware, Hyper-V, and Xen virtual environments.

Broad Platform Support Reduces Complexity,
Using a single network backup solution to protect all platforms reduces costs and complexity because only a single environment needs to be managed and no sharing of storage resources is required. Broad platform support maximizes protection because a single policy can be applied to all platforms, whether physical or virtual, and a single mechanism can be employed to move data offsite.

"Arkeia is recognized worldwide for having delivered the first professional network backup solution for Linux in 1999," said Bill Evans, Arkeia’s CEO. "Since then, we have expanded the range of protected platforms to over two hundred processor-and-operating-system pairs. We believe that broad support is ‘table stakes’ for any credible mid-market network backup solution. None of our customers wants to install, manage, and maintain more than one backup product. With Arkeia, our customers enjoy reduced costs and improved reliability of backups by protecting both virtual and physical platforms, with a single comprehensive solution."

Backward Compatibility of Servers and Agents
Reduces Costs
Proposition includes support by backup servers for multiple generations of backup agents, typically for a period of eight years. This support allows customers to upgrade backup servers without requiring the simultaneous update of backup agents. Today, Arkeia v9.1 servers support agents for v9.0, v8.2, v8.1, v8.0, v7.0, v6.0, v5.3, v5.2, and v5.1.

This backward compatibility reduces costs by giving administrators control over when – and whether – they choose to upgrade agents. Because a single backup server can protect many hundreds of clients, deployments with mixed agent versions are common.

Recent and upcoming deliveries
of platform support include:

Ubuntu 12.04 backup servers and agents in April 2012;
Fedora 17 backup servers and agents in May 2012;
OpenBSD 5.1 backup servers and agents in May 2012;
Mac OS X 10.8 backup agents in August 2012;
Windows Server 2012 media servers and backup agents in September 2012;
Windows 8 backup agents in September 2012;
Open Enterprise Server 11 SP1 backup servers and agents in September 2012;
openSUSE 12.2 backup servers and agents in September 2012;
Ubuntu 12.10 backup servers and agents in October 2012;
Fedora 18 backup servers and agents in November 2012.

New releases are made available after their corresponding OSs are declared available. For x86-based OSs, native packages are delivered for both x86-32 and x86-64 processors. These new releases are free to all customers on current maintenance contracts. Packages may be downloaded from the company’s web site.

List of protected platforms