VirtualSharp Adding Free Edition of ReliableDR

At VMworld 2012, VirtualSharp Software Corp., provider of automated DR solutions for private and public clouds, announced a free edition of its ReliableDR that provides customers with production-ready DR replication functionality, heartbeat certification and RTO measurement.

ReliableDR Free Edition is available for download (registration needed).

"Recoverability of the virtual infrastructure is an emerging and significant component of an organization’s overall IT services availability and DR plan. Protection of the VMs needs to be taken into account during the planning stage of a server virtualization deployment, as virtualization presents new challenges and new options for Service Continuity protection," said Dave Russell, research VP at Gartner, Inc.

"Many organizations want to implement DR solutions that leverage their virtualization and cloud investments, but find it difficult or complex to deploy," said Carlos Escapa, co-founder and CEO of VirtualSharp. "Our free edition enables users to experiment or put in production replication-based DR at zero cost."

ReliableDR Free Edition provides
the following production-ready functionality:

• Replication: VMs are copied across data centers
• Heartbeat Certification: automatic heartbeat checks for replica VMs
• Push Button Automation: automated failover of VMs, applications and IT Services
• Failback: VMs can be replicated back to original data center
• Zero Footprint: no software is needed in the production data center

Designed for virtual data centers, ReliableDR Free Edition has a modular and plug-in architecture that is 100% agentless. It supports all versions of vSphere including the Essentials kits. Users also have access to online documentation and the Online Support Forum.