National Research Council Canada Standardizes on Arkeia Network Backup

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Arkeia Software, a leading provider of fast, easy-to-use, and affordable network backup solutions, today announced that the National Research Council Canada Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (NRC–DRAO) has chosen Arkeia Network Backup to protect large volumes of scientific data, as well as operational data.  Using Arkeia Network Backup, NRC-DRAO has been able to simplify backup management by consolidating backups using a single solution, increasing backup reliability and staff productivity while reducing system complexity.

Web Interface Simplifies Management

"One key aspect of Arkeia is that it's very simple to manage with an easy-to-use web based interface," explains Peter Cimbaro, Network Administrator at NRC-DRAO.  "If we need to install Arkeia on a new machine, it's up and running in minutes.  There is no hassle."

"Arkeia's command-line and web interfaces allow remote management, even across WANs," says Fred Renard, Arkeia VP of marketing.  "Arkeia customers value our comprehensive support for both physical and virtual environments.  Broad platform support reduces costs and improves reliability."

Consolidation Simplifies Backup

Previously, NRC-DRAO employed three backup solutions:  Arkeia for Linux machines, CA ArcServe for AIX, and Symantec BackupExec for Windows.  To simplify backup management, NRC-DRAO selected Arkeia Network Backup as the single solution for consolidation of NRC-DRAO data protection.   Cimbaro describes Arkeia, chosen for its flexibility and ease-of-use, as a "one-stop solution" for all NRC-DRAO's data protection needs.

NRC-DRAO has begun to deploy virtual environments.  Arkeia's support for VMware's vSphere makes it easy to maintain a consistent backup process as new, virtual environments are introduced.  A single backup solution reduces cost, complexity, and risk.  Learn more about Arkeia's support for VMware vSphere (vStorage with changed block tracking), Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix XenServer.

About the National Research Council

The National Research Council Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory(NRC–DRAO), founded in 1960, is Canada's premier planetary research facility.  Located in Penticton, British Columbia, it is home to a national astronomical data center, which includes multiple testing laboratories and equipment.   NRC leads Canada's development of next-generation optical and radial observatories.  NRC-DRAO deploys Arkeia Network Backup agents for Windows. UNIX, and Linux servers as well as specialized agents for Microsoft SQL Server and network attached storage via NDMP.   NRC has relied on Arkeia Software products for over 10 years.

About Arkeia Software

Arkeia Software delivers fast, easy-to-use, and affordable solutions for data backup and disaster recovery.  The award-winning Arkeia Network Backup Suite is designed for mid-sized organizations and safeguards more than 100,000 networks for 7,000 customers in 70 countries.  Arkeia's integrated solution is ideal for the consolidation of disparate backup products.  We protect all major virtual platforms including VMware, Hyper-V, and XenServer—and over 200 physical platforms including AIX, BSD, HP-UX, Linux, Mac OS, Netware, Solaris, and Windows.  Arkeia delivers software and both virtual and hardware appliances, backing up data to disk, tape, and the cloud.  We provide bare-metal disaster recovery, LAN/WAN replication of backup sets, and numerous hot backup agents.  Arkeia's unique source-side progressive deduplication technology reduces storage requirements and accelerates backups, especially of virtual environments.  Arkeia shipped the industry's first network backup solution for Linux in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

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