Zmanda Inc., a provider of open source backup and recovery software, announced Tuesday the release of a new version of its Amanda Enterprise product. With expanded application support and disaster recovery options for Microsoft Windows databases and applications, this new version provides complete heterogeneous open source backup and recovery solution.
Using Amanda Enterprise, system administrators can backup multiple Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X clients to a single master backup server running on Linux or Solaris. The installation and configuration process has also been simplified to make it easier to get up-and-running.
With this latest version of Amanda Enterprise, online backup support for Windows databases and applications has been extended to include Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange and Oracle. By protecting the Windows System State, including Active Directory, Amanda Enterprise provides fast system restoration and bare-metal recovery to dissimilar hardware and virtual environments, protecting both user data and operating environment.
Amanda Enterprise utilizes Microsoft's Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to ensure reliability during hot backups so that administrators can backup user files without impacting data access by users and applications. Usability enhancements were also made to allow custom reporting and native Windows restore to Amanda's scheduler and rapid point-and-click restore features.
Zmanda’s Amanda Enterprise and Zmanda Recovery Manager (ZRM) for MySQL solutions are designed to make it simple and affordable to backup and recover data in an increasingly complex and heterogeneous IT environment. Amanda Enterprise is an enterprise-grade network backup solution based on Amanda, an open source data backup and recovery software. ZRM for MySQL is the first mission-critical backup and recovery solution designed for MySQL databases. Zmanda's headquarters are located in Sunnyvale, California.
"Amanda Enterprise is the only open source backup and recovery solution on the market that supports business critical applications using open source, open formats, and native tools for Windows," said Dmitri Joukovski, vice president of product management, Zmanda. "By leveraging VSS, this enhanced version of Amanda Enterprise allows organizations to reliably and effectively backup Windows files, databases and applications without disrupting the productivity of their users."
Amanda Enterprise is an enhanced and supported version of open source backup and recovery software. Amanda Enterprise allows users to backup, archive, and recover servers, workstations, desktops and business-critical applications across a network. The backup data and archives can be stored on disks, tape, optical devices or online storage services such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). Additionally, Amanda is a backup and recovery solution certified by the Department of Homeland Security, as being free of security defects.
According to IDC, the open source software market is projected to grow 26 percent annually to reach US$ 5.8 billion by 2011. The same report cites the principle drivers for commercial open source software adoption include: customer choice and leverage with proprietary software vendors; venture capital backing for open source solutions; more comfort with subscription business models; and increased interest in open source software from large enterprises organizations.
Targeted at mid-level and enterprise customers, Amanda Enterprise 2.6.4 will be available for download by next month, through Zmanda's online store at a starting price of US$ 20 per Windows desktop and US$ 100 per server protected.
