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Overland-Tandberg RDX USB Devices Support VMware ESX/ESXI Hosts and VMs

With NetJapan software

Overland-Tandberg, a storage brand that unifies the strengths of Sphere 3D Corp. subsidiaries Tandberg Data GmbH and Overland Storage, Inc. announce that two configurations of its RDX removable storage product line have been independently tested and confirmed by VMware, Inc. to be supported by USB devices when attached to production ESX/ESXi hosts and VMs.

As vSphere Hypervisor ESX/ESXi is the standard in the virtualization world, including hyperconverged and converged systems, this confirmation of testing and support enables SMBs to build backup and archiving solutions for challenges in modern data center environments. RDX resellers and channel partners benefit from the opportunity to grow into these expanding virtualization markets.

Dominik Zingg , GM EMEA, NetJapan, Inc., said: “As a leading software vendor, NetJapan is helping organizations to meet data protection and compliance requirements. In reaching this target, we found the RDX products as the ideal partners for our software to deliver high-speed recovery and data loss avoidance. So, we see the ESXi testing with the RDX configurations as a major step forward to fulfill the upcoming market needs. Securing VM’s on a ESXi environment with ActiveImage Protector fully supports the access and auto-eject of RDX devices.

RDX removable disk-based technology provides fast backup and restore with a durable and ruggedized form factor. The RDX product family delivers cost-efficient, long-term storage and archive solutions to SMBs with growing storage needs. Ruggedized RDX HDD and SSD cartridges are shockproof, can sustain a one-meter drop onto a concrete floor, are protected against electro static discharge events and support an archival lifetime of more than ten years. 

RDX meets the needs of current and upcoming compliance rules like the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). By providing offline cartridges for archiving, RDX solutions can play a role in security and DR for VMware to protect virtualized environments against crypto trojans, ransomware or other treats.

The RDX QuikStor single drive removable disk system is for use in virtualized SMB environments, providing enterprise performance and fast access, with transfer rates of up to 1,188GB per hour and capacities up to 5TB per cartridge.

Equipped with an iSCSI interface, the RDX QuikStation removable disk appliance is a fit for larger environments with virtual and mixed configurations. With up to 40TB of removable storage and up to 1,000MB/s, it satisfies the requirements of capacity and transfer rates.

Hugo Bergmann, product line director, RDX business stated: “Achieving this acknowledgement of VMware testing and support as a pass-through USB device is an important milestone for the RDX technology as it is becoming the defacto standard for data protection for many SMB/SME customers that are transitioning their servers to hypervisor environments.

For more details on the RDX USB Devices tested for Pass-through from an ESXi Host to a VM in ESXi 6.5, visit this VMware Knowledge Base link.

The RDX QuikStor and QuikStation solutions are available from Overland-Tandberg resellers and channel partners; RDX drive prices (<$200 MSRP) and RDX QuikStation 4 (<$2,000 MSRP) and RDX QuikStation 8 (<$4,000 MSRP.

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