CA ARCserve Backup leverages VMware vSphere 4
JOHANNESBURG – September 22, 2009 – Workgroup’s dedicated Computer Associates (CA) division has announced that CA’s ARCserve Backup will now leverage VMware vSphere 4 to simplify and speed up backups, extending the business benefits of VMware’s next-generation virtualisation platform.
ARCserve Backup support for vSphere 4 has been engineered to help eliminate the need for extra storage on a proxy server, which, says Ligia de Gouveia, CA product manager at Workgroup, can dramatically reduce backup windows and the need for hardware upgrades.
Earlier this year, CA delivered a new release of ARCserve Backup that included one-step granular file recovery from an image-level backup, which can significantly reduce restoration time, she says. Combined, the new features are designed to provide extremely high levels of efficiency and backup and recovery performance for vSphere 4.
“Benchmark tests conducted by CA demonstrated that ARCserve Backup with VMware vSphere 4 delivered a 60 percent reduction in the backup window compared to backups performed with earlier versions of VMware virtualisation and ARCserve Backup.”
With this announcement, CA has delivered a holistic approach to data protection by integrating ARCserve Backup with VMware vSphere 4. The combined solution is designed to help IT administrators reduce management overhead and accelerate backups, helping customers maximise the benefits of virtualised backup and recovery as they build internal clouds to deliver IT as a service.
Contact information
Workgroup, Ligia de Gouveia, (011) 654-6221, ligiadg@workgroup.co.za
