Veritas, the information management business unit of Symantec, announced the latest version of its enterprise protection solution data, Veritas NetBackup™ 7.7.
Among its new capabilities, the leading solution includes features that greatly enhance the efficiency of backing up and recovering data through cloud storage, thanks to support for new cloud providers and increased performance up to thirty times.
"Today, many companies have included cloud storage in their backup options to gain the benefits of resilience, agility, incremental pricing, or simply to modernize older storage methods," said Ana Pinczuk, Senior Vice President. Veritas Backup and Recovery.
"NetBackup 7.7 is designed to leverage these storage alternatives in the best way possible, enabling businesses to easily and uncompromisingly integrate cloud storage into the backup practices they use."
Αυτή η τελευταία έκδοση βελτιώνει σημαντικά την απόδοση και τη διαλειτουργικότητα των backup που αποθηκεύονται σε περιβάλλοντα cloud, όπως αυτά της Amazon Web Services (AWS), της Google, της Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), της Verizon, και της Cloudian. Το NetBackup 7.7 συνεργάζεται ιδανικά με περιβάλλοντα VMware®, vSphere Virtual Volumes, Microsoft® Hyper-V, NetApp clustered Data ONTAP® (cDOT) και Microsoft SQL Server™, ενώ παρέχει αυξημένες δυνατότητες διαχείρισης που επιτρέπουν στους users to autonomously manage the creation of backup and recovery, using easy-to-use interfaces, in combination with other integrated tools.
“As the volume of business data continues to grow, businesses need better tools to adequately protect data that's all. NetBackup 7.7 is designed to deliver faster and easier recovery with improved performance and more efficient storage techniques to manage data protection at every tier of storage," said Phil Goodwin, Research Director, Storage Systems and Software at IDC.
[Pullquote]"These new enhancements allow businesses to take advantage of the increased efficiency and flexibility of cloud backup, increasing performance and expanding their options among cloud backup service providers."[/ pullquote]
The new cloud connector of NetBackup 7.7, specifically designed to optimize backup and recovery processes through the Amazon Simple Service (Amazon S3). The new connector uses multi-streaming and other techniques to fully harness the network bandwidth, significantly reducing backup and recovery times, compared to previous versions. In addition, NetBackup 7.7 supports cloud gateways such as NetApp and AWS, using a clustered approach to back up cloud environments.
NetBackup's innovative Auto Image Replication (AIR) capability also works with cloud backup, enabling businesses to effectively store catalogs and backup data on cloud platforms, while achieving effective de-duplication. New clever policies for Microsoft Hyper-V and Microsoft SQL Server help businesses increase their flexibility and provide the necessary managerial capabilities to the people authorized to do so.
Long-time customers have commented that the Veritas NetBackup 7.7 platform simplifies infrastructure management by providing advanced, automated processes and controls that adequately protect complex physical and virtual machinesgraphics environments.
"Datalink and Veritas have a long, shared success. NetBackup is the solution we use to store and retrieve our data, ”said Mike Spindler, Practice Director, Data Protection and Storage at Datalink. "We are excited about Veritas NetBackup 7.7, cloud enhancements and enhanced array based snapshots data protection. "This will help our customers reduce costs and complexity, enabling them to better meet their business needs."
Veritas NetBackup 7.7 is available through the company's channel, as well as directly via Veritas. For more information about NetBackup 7.7, you can visit: http://veritas.symantec.com/backup.
