Arkeia Doubles Storage Capacity of Rack-Mounted Backup Appliances

SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Arkeia Software, a leading provider of fast, easy-to-use and affordable network backup solutions, today announced a firmware upgrade to its R320 and R620 disk-based backup appliances, doubling the maximum capacity to accommodate a larger range of storage and data protection applications in remote offices, regional offices, and enterprise data centers.

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Arkeia R320 and R620 backup appliances, 2U in height, will now support up to 48TB maximum raw capacity. Capacity beyond the internal limit of 24TB is now provided by fibre-channel-connected, third-party disk arrays.  Because Arkeia's Progressive Deduplication™ technology reduces the size of backup by a ratio of typically five to one in typical backup sets, users can effectively manage 240TB of non-deduped data.

Arkeia Taps Partners to Deliver Add-on Storage
Arkeia channel partners can now connect third-party disk arrays via fibre channel to already-deployed Arkeia appliances.  All model R320 and R620 backup appliances are field-upgradeable from 12TB to 24TB, and now to 48TB.  The additional disk will simply expand the volume of target storage, raising the ceiling for on-premises backup storage. 

"Arkeia's award-winning appliances are a great solution for our customers of any size," said Ron Griffin, Director of Business Development at Padova Technologies, Inc.  "The data needs of small to medium companies continue to increase and data protection appliances that can grow with customers' needs over time is invaluable.  None of our customers wants to provision up-front the full capacity that they'll need in two or three years.  With Arkeia's field-upgradeable appliances, our customers enjoy a scalable data protection solution that respects cap-ex planning constraints."

"Complexity, cost of management, and total cost of ownership of backup and recovery solutions need not be high in order to achieve high capacities, particularly when deduplication is used to conserve storage resources," said Bill Evans, Arkeia CEO. "Doubling the maximum disk capacity of Arkeia's popular backup appliances means they will appeal to even more mid-market organizations, as well as better accommodate the growing needs of current Arkeia customers.  Arkeia channel partners can leverage established storage hardware relationships to quickly deploy third-party storage disk arrays and expand Arkeia appliance capacity."

Expand Backup Capacity Without Re-engineering Backup Architecture
"The combination of Arkeia's data deduplication technologies with increased capacity  of its rack-mounted appliances makes for a very appealing solution for companies that need to expand their backup infrastructure in an easy and efficient way without having to adopt more costly and cumbersome upgrade alternatives," said Deni Connor, founding analyst of Storage Strategies NOW.  "Arkeia's R320 and R620 appliances are a great way for organizations to go from standard backup operations to deployment of more advanced data protection strategies without the need to re-engineer their backup architecture.  Arkeia is a compelling choice for a singular backup solution that delivers a multitude of backup strategy options."

Availability and Pricing
Arkeia R320 and R620 appliances are available now. Appliances bundle Arkeia Network Backup and agent software for up to 60 client machines. Pricing for appliances with fibre-channel connectivity begins at $27,400. For full specifications visit: www.arkeia.com/backupappliance.

About Arkeia Software
Arkeia delivers data backup and recovery solutions to protect more than 100,000 networks in 70 countries. The Arkeia Network Backup Suite is designed for mid-sized organizations that require fast, easy-to-use, and affordable data protection. The company's appliances, virtual appliances, and software back up critical data to disk, tape, and cloud storage. Arkeia protects all major virtual platforms including VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, and more than 200 physical platforms including Windows, Mac, Linux, Netware, Solaris, AIX, BSD, and HP-UX. The company's patented source-side Progressive Deduplication™ technology helps users realize better performance at a lower cost by reducing data volumes. Arkeia's deduplication is crucial to accelerating replication of on-premise backups to private or public clouds.Products are sold through resellers and managed service providers worldwide.  The company was founded in1996 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

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