Unitrends Recovery-Series Unveils Physical Backup and Recovery Appliances With Tiered Flash Storage

Unitrends, Inc. unveiled the next generation of its Recovery-Series family of purpose-built backup appliances (PBBAs).

With its portfolio, which includes 11 models that scale from 1TB to 97TB of raw storage, Unitrends sets a standard in backup and recovery performance with tiered flash storage and makes cloud adoption much ~~more~~ affordable for companies of all sizes.

Tiered Flash Storage Boosts Performance
Unitrends is bringing the value of flash storage, at new price points, to its Recovery-Series appliances ranging from 1U and above. Tiered flash storage delivers backup performance, restore and DR processes, and scalability and flexibility. Additionally, customers have the ability to implement policies around flash cache usage to optimize performance as data grows and prevent performance degradation, even as appliances age.

In addition to tiered flash storage, Unitrends has made a number of product enhancements that drive superior performance, including upgrades to the hardware’s CPU, advancements in its memory and RAID, and improvements in compression capabilities.

The result is backup and DR performance both locally and in the cloud, including:

A 300% improvement in backup processing time
A 300% improvement in recovery point objectives (RPOs)
A 125% improvement in RTOs (RTOs)
A 200% improvement in local archiving

“Leveraging SSD for tiered flash storage in purpose-built backup appliances will increase performance and potentially give Unitrends an edge in performance-intensive use cases,” said Dave Simpson, senior analyst, storage, 451 Research. “With its new appliances, Unitrends also made cost improvements and added features, including increased capacity using 6 TB enterprise drives, hardware RAID, and integrated archive and cloud, allowing companies to focus on their business, not their backup or recovery performance.“

Affordable cloud adoption
The Recovery-Series family caters to organizations of all sizes – from small businesses and remote office/branch office (ROBO) locations to large enterprises. The product line features three low-cost physical appliances for small businesses and two 3U form factor appliances, along with a 4U model, for enterprises with high-volume storage needs. Small businesses with a modest IT budget can purchase the Recovery-201 desktop appliance, which is priced at approximately $1,200, or the Recovery-602 or Recovery-603 1U half-height rack appliances, which start around $4,000. Companies with large storage requirements can choose from two new 3U appliances – the Recovery-933S, which includes 37TB of raw storage, or the Recovery-936S, featuring 73TB of raw storage – or the 4U 943S appliance with 97TB of raw storage.

Additionally, Unitrends is making hybrid cloud adoption by offering its No Limits cloud service to Recovery-Series customers at price points suitable for entry-level companies. The No Limits cloud replication service, along with the company’s DR as a Service offering, comprise the Unitrends Cloud, which is augmented with Recovery Assurance for vSphere and Hyper-V environments.

“Unitrends is revolutionizing the PBBA market once again with our third-generation Recovery-Series family,” said Mark Campbell, chief marketing and technology officer, Unitrends. “These flash-enabled devices are built from the ground up to handle the increasing demands of administrators coping with growing virtual and physical data volumes, compressed backup and recovery windows, and the incorporation of the hybrid cloud.“

This Recovery-Series appliances are available and can be purchased direct or through the channel. Pricing varies by appliance. For a limited time, customers can save up to 20% on select 2015 Recovery-Series appliances and obtain free hardware refreshes for life.

More information on this promotion, which ends March 27, 2015