Bacula and OCF in Partnership

Bacula Systems SA and OCF Limited have entered into an alliance that enables customers in the HPC, storage, cloud and AI space to protect their IT infrastructure.

OCF’s sector expertise combined with Bacula’s scalable backup and recovery software benefits end-users by de-risking implementation, increasing efficiency, protecting from ransomware, and lowering costs.

Bacula Enterprise software can span complex IT environments due to its large range of integrated compatibility, such as diverse hardware, hypervisors and databases. It also markets with integrated container technology backup such as Docker and Kubernetes.

“Bacula Systems is proud to be working closely with OCF,” said Frank Barker, CEO, Bacula. “OCF’s ability to combine individual technologies including Bacula’s unique backup and recovery software means that together we can deliver complete hybrid HPC, storage, cloud and AI solutions. Some of Bacula’s advanced features are Single File Restore, advanced de-dupe technology and a scalability that goes into the EB.“

“OCF’s expertise in HPC integration perfectly complements Bacula’s capabilities in the HPC domain,” said Laurence Horrocks-Barlow, technical director, OCF. “Today’s announcement underlines our mission to continue to deliver best in class solutions, technical expertise and managed service support to our valued customers.“

“Bacula expects the HPC market to grow at a CAGR of well above 5.5% from 2020 to 2026. The ability of Bacula to process large volumes of data at higher speeds while lowering costs is prompting government departments, defense agencies, academic institutions, energy companies, and utilities to integrate it into their HPC systems,” said Alan Moon, territory manager UK and Ireland, Bacula.