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Arkeia Software provides worldwide network backup solutions for both physical and virtual environments. Arkeia Software is a private company that was founded in 1996 by three French engineers and is currently based in Carlsbad, California. The company has 50 employees. The company’s backup software is made available as a software application, a physical appliance or virtual appliance.
Arkeia Network Backup Product Suite
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Replication Server
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Technology
Tape Backup »
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Arkeia Software’s suite of backup-and-restore solutions, the Arkeia Network Backup suite, is delivered as a software application, hardware appliance, or virtual appliance. Arkeia Software is the first data protection company to support all three modes of backup server deployment, including heterogenous deployments.
Administrators manage Arkeia, whether installed on a LAN or WAN, through a web-based user-interface. A command-line interface provides equivalent access, but is suitable when scripts or customization is desired.
Arkeia protects over 200 different physical platforms, including virtually all Linux and Windows platforms, as well as AIX, BSD, HP-UX, Irix, Macintosh, Netware, and Solaris, so you can centrally manage backups of all your data. We also support all virtual environments, with a vStorage-based agent for VMware vSphere and a VSS-based agent for Microsoft Hyper-V. We support image backups of Citrix XenServer and Parallels Virtuoso--and soon RHEV.
Arkeia provides hot backup agents for a dozen databases, applications, and directory servers. We support backups to disk and to virtually every tape drive and tape library on the market. Arkeia even supports cloud storage options.
See our Solutions pages for a description of common deployment scenarios. Small organizations might deploy a single Backup Server with several dozen Backup Agents. Large organizations might deploy multiple Backup Servers, Backup Replication Servers, and many thousands of Backup Agents.
Arkeia backs up all the popular database management systems and applications with hot-backup database agents and application agents.
Arkeia Network Backup allows replication of backup images across LANs and WANs. Rather than move physical tapes, Backup Replication Servers move data from one Backup Server to another, throttling network usage to prevent network congestion.
he Arkeia Backup Server controls backup tasks and serves as a hub among Backup Agents. A single Backup Server may control one or thousands of Backup Agents. The Backup Server "pulls" data from Backup Agents installed on backup sources or "client" machines. Backup Servers and Backup Agents are always LAN-connected for speedy, low-latency data transfer. Backup Servers can be managed over a WAN.
In turn, the Central Management Server serves as a hub among Backup Servers. A single Central Management Server typically controls dozens or hundreds of Backup Servers.
All Arkeia Backup Servers deliver the same capabilities, whether deployed as hardware appliances, virtual appliances, or software applications.
One Backup Server Technology, Three Deployment Modes
Arkeia Software is the first data protection company to support backup servers deployed as any combination of system software, physical appliances, and virtual appliances.
The capabilities and features of the Backup Servers are identical across the three deployment alternatives. The same Backup Agents are used across all three, giving system administrators the flexibility to evolve their servers without modifying their agent machines. Similarly, complementary products like Backup Replication operate across all backup server deployments. Several common deployment examples leverage some or all of these capabilities.
Backup Server as a Hardware Appliance
Arkeia’s Hardware Appliances (formerly known as Arkeia's Edgefort appliances) are ideal in many scenarios where the technical resources to deploy, configure, and maintain general purpose computers is not available. Distributed organizations could use our Physical Appliances in ROBO (remote offices / branch offices) offices. Smaller organizations would benefit from an appliance that doesn’t need to be regularly administered and for which the hardware and software are perfectly optimized and balanced. Learn more
Backup Server as a Virtual Appliance
Arkeia’s Virtual Appliances are ideal for companies that have embraced virtualized environments. Rather than dedicate a machine to backups that take place mostly at night and restores that take place only infrequently, companies can safely share hardware resources with applications that demand “full control” of the computer. Service Providers and other companies that deploy very large data centers are ideal candidates for leveraging Arkeia’s Virtual Appliances. Learn more
Backup Server as a Software Application
Arkeia’s System Application deployment, the traditional mode for deploying system software, remains the general-purpose solution, ideal when administrators want to configure their own hardware and operating systems according to company standard practices. RedHat shops can configure their standard platform and deploy Arkeia Network Backup, with just the configuration of disks, networking, and tape equipment desired. You choose. Learn more
Just as Arkeia Backup Servers manage the backup destination (e.g. disk, VTL, tape devices), Arkeia Backup Agents manage the source data to be backed up or restored.
Arkeia offers Backup Agents for over 200 platforms, including virtually all Linux and Windows platforms, as well as AIX, BSD, HP-UX, Irix, Macintosh, Netware, and Solaris. Typically, a single Backup Server will manage between a handful and a thousand Backup Agents, depending on variables including the file volume to be backed up, the network performance, and the length of the backup window.
Backup Agent software is all you need to back up the typical “closed” file for which all write and update operations have been flushed to disk. If a file is being used by a process or otherwise “open”, you’ll need one of Arkeia’s specialized Backup Agents designed for common applications, databases, directories and hypervisors. These specialized Backup Agents are installed after the generic Backup Agent for files is installed. Specialized Backup Agents are never required to back up closed files.
Application agents: Lotus Domino, Novell Groupwise, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, Open-Xchange
Database agents: IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL
Directory agents: Microsoft Active Directory, Novell eDirectory, OpenLDAP,
Hypervisor agents: VMware ESX and ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V
The same Backup Agents interoperate with all Arkeia Network Backup deployments, whether using our Software Applications, Physical Appliances, or Virtual Appliances. This interoperability is also true for all Backup Agent Options. If you require support for an application, database, or virtual machine not listed here, please contact us. See the platforms for which Arkeia Backup Agents are supported
Backup Agent Encryption Option
The Arkeia Backup Agent Encryption Option allows source data to be encrypted on the source computer, before it is transferred over the network. Encryption at the source distributes the load across Backup Agents and ensures that data are secure during network transit. Learn more
Backup Agent Disaster Recovery Option
The Arkeia Disaster Recovery Option allows a system image to be restored to a bare-metal computer. Arkeia support Disaster Recovery on the Windows and Linux platforms. A bootable CD is written on a Backup Server and used to re-image the target machine. Learn more
NDMP Data Sources
One special kind of data source does not require a Backup Agent. Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances that adhere to the NDMP protocol do not need any Arkeia Backup Agent software for either backups or restores. Arkeia Backup Servers can communicate directly with these NAS appliances via NDMP—without loading any additional software on the appliance. Learn more
Managing data at remote sites doesn’t have to be complicated, time-consuming, or expensive. Arkeia Backup Replication works seamlessly with Arkeia Network Backup servers to eliminate the challenges associated with distributed data protection. Arkeia Backup Replication increases flexibility for distributed infrastructures and provides a cost-effective disaster recovery solution.
Arkeia Backup Replication manages the replication of Backup Sets across a wide area network (WAN). Backups across WANs are impractical because they lengthen backup windows and can saturate WAN bandwidth.
Arkeia Software addresses this challenge with Backup Replication. Arkeia Backup Replication replicates backup data to one or more locations, ensuring backup data is protected and readily accessible. Backup Replication also offers interactive, chained, and scheduled duplication of data coming from total, incremental, and differential backups.
Backup Replication is fully managed from the administrator interfaces, whether via the GUI or CLI interfaces. Replication can be scripted through the CLI or they can be invoked or queued through the GUI.
The utilization of WAN bandwidth can be controlled by Backup Replication. By limiting the share of WAN bandwidth used, or by scheduled replication at off-hours, WAN performance impacts can be kept to a minimum.
The Central Management Server (CMS) enables control of dozens or even hundreds of Backup Server to be managed from a single dashboard. The central management server typically runs on the same hardware as a Backup Server, but can run on distinct hardware. The CMS can be WAN-connected to the Backup Servers because only control—not data—pass between the CMS and the Backup Servers.
Improved control through the central dashboard means better information via reporting on backup performance (backup window, disk and tape utilization, failed backups). Further, global data management policies can be implemented to ensure corporate policies and legal or regulatory requirements are being met.
Global Policies
With the Central Management Server, administrators can set consistent policies across locations, quickly and easily. Global data management policies can be implemented to ensure that corporate policy and legal or regulatory requirements are being met. Global policy deployment delivers more control and easier management:
Set global, regional, and granular local policies
Easily change policies to meet new requirements
Set specific encryption, compression, and performance policies
Centralized Administration
The Central Management Server allows multiple Backup Servers to be easily managed from a single point. Capabilities include:
Improved control through the central dashboard leads to better information via reporting on backup performance (disk and tape utilization, failed backups, etc.)
Remote Management
Backup Servers appliances can be monitored, diagnosed, and managed from any location (data center, NOC, other field office, etc.) with the Central Management Server.
Remote Management reduces costs because there is no need to have a local IT resource to manage data protection
Remote Management makes management from a remote location as easy as local management
Arkeia Network Backup Product Suite
Products
Arkeia Network Backup »
Backup Servers »
Backup Agents »
Replication Server
Central Management Server
Disaster Recovery
Data Deduplication »
Technology
Tape Backup »
Platform Support »
Arkeia Software’s suite of backup-and-restore solutions, the Arkeia Network Backup suite, is delivered as a software application, hardware appliance, or virtual appliance. Arkeia Software is the first data protection company to support all three modes of backup server deployment, including heterogenous deployments.
Administrators manage Arkeia, whether installed on a LAN or WAN, through a web-based user-interface. A command-line interface provides equivalent access, but is suitable when scripts or customization is desired.
Arkeia protects over 200 different physical platforms, including virtually all Linux and Windows platforms, as well as AIX, BSD, HP-UX, Irix, Macintosh, Netware, and Solaris, so you can centrally manage backups of all your data. We also support all virtual environments, with a vStorage-based agent for VMware vSphere and a VSS-based agent for Microsoft Hyper-V. We support image backups of Citrix XenServer and Parallels Virtuoso--and soon RHEV.
Arkeia provides hot backup agents for a dozen databases, applications, and directory servers. We support backups to disk and to virtually every tape drive and tape library on the market. Arkeia even supports cloud storage options.
See our Solutions pages for a description of common deployment scenarios. Small organizations might deploy a single Backup Server with several dozen Backup Agents. Large organizations might deploy multiple Backup Servers, Backup Replication Servers, and many thousands of Backup Agents.
Arkeia backs up all the popular database management systems and applications with hot-backup database agents and application agents.
Arkeia Network Backup allows replication of backup images across LANs and WANs. Rather than move physical tapes, Backup Replication Servers move data from one Backup Server to another, throttling network usage to prevent network congestion.
he Arkeia Backup Server controls backup tasks and serves as a hub among Backup Agents. A single Backup Server may control one or thousands of Backup Agents. The Backup Server "pulls" data from Backup Agents installed on backup sources or "client" machines. Backup Servers and Backup Agents are always LAN-connected for speedy, low-latency data transfer. Backup Servers can be managed over a WAN.
In turn, the Central Management Server serves as a hub among Backup Servers. A single Central Management Server typically controls dozens or hundreds of Backup Servers.
All Arkeia Backup Servers deliver the same capabilities, whether deployed as hardware appliances, virtual appliances, or software applications.
One Backup Server Technology, Three Deployment Modes
Arkeia Software is the first data protection company to support backup servers deployed as any combination of system software, physical appliances, and virtual appliances.
The capabilities and features of the Backup Servers are identical across the three deployment alternatives. The same Backup Agents are used across all three, giving system administrators the flexibility to evolve their servers without modifying their agent machines. Similarly, complementary products like Backup Replication operate across all backup server deployments. Several common deployment examples leverage some or all of these capabilities.
Backup Server as a Hardware Appliance
Arkeia’s Hardware Appliances (formerly known as Arkeia's Edgefort appliances) are ideal in many scenarios where the technical resources to deploy, configure, and maintain general purpose computers is not available. Distributed organizations could use our Physical Appliances in ROBO (remote offices / branch offices) offices. Smaller organizations would benefit from an appliance that doesn’t need to be regularly administered and for which the hardware and software are perfectly optimized and balanced. Learn more
Backup Server as a Virtual Appliance
Arkeia’s Virtual Appliances are ideal for companies that have embraced virtualized environments. Rather than dedicate a machine to backups that take place mostly at night and restores that take place only infrequently, companies can safely share hardware resources with applications that demand “full control” of the computer. Service Providers and other companies that deploy very large data centers are ideal candidates for leveraging Arkeia’s Virtual Appliances. Learn more
Backup Server as a Software Application
Arkeia’s System Application deployment, the traditional mode for deploying system software, remains the general-purpose solution, ideal when administrators want to configure their own hardware and operating systems according to company standard practices. RedHat shops can configure their standard platform and deploy Arkeia Network Backup, with just the configuration of disks, networking, and tape equipment desired. You choose. Learn more
Just as Arkeia Backup Servers manage the backup destination (e.g. disk, VTL, tape devices), Arkeia Backup Agents manage the source data to be backed up or restored.
Arkeia offers Backup Agents for over 200 platforms, including virtually all Linux and Windows platforms, as well as AIX, BSD, HP-UX, Irix, Macintosh, Netware, and Solaris. Typically, a single Backup Server will manage between a handful and a thousand Backup Agents, depending on variables including the file volume to be backed up, the network performance, and the length of the backup window.
Backup Agent software is all you need to back up the typical “closed” file for which all write and update operations have been flushed to disk. If a file is being used by a process or otherwise “open”, you’ll need one of Arkeia’s specialized Backup Agents designed for common applications, databases, directories and hypervisors. These specialized Backup Agents are installed after the generic Backup Agent for files is installed. Specialized Backup Agents are never required to back up closed files.
Application agents: Lotus Domino, Novell Groupwise, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, Open-Xchange
Database agents: IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL
Directory agents: Microsoft Active Directory, Novell eDirectory, OpenLDAP,
Hypervisor agents: VMware ESX and ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V
The same Backup Agents interoperate with all Arkeia Network Backup deployments, whether using our Software Applications, Physical Appliances, or Virtual Appliances. This interoperability is also true for all Backup Agent Options. If you require support for an application, database, or virtual machine not listed here, please contact us. See the platforms for which Arkeia Backup Agents are supported
Backup Agent Encryption Option
The Arkeia Backup Agent Encryption Option allows source data to be encrypted on the source computer, before it is transferred over the network. Encryption at the source distributes the load across Backup Agents and ensures that data are secure during network transit. Learn more
Backup Agent Disaster Recovery Option
The Arkeia Disaster Recovery Option allows a system image to be restored to a bare-metal computer. Arkeia support Disaster Recovery on the Windows and Linux platforms. A bootable CD is written on a Backup Server and used to re-image the target machine. Learn more
NDMP Data Sources
One special kind of data source does not require a Backup Agent. Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances that adhere to the NDMP protocol do not need any Arkeia Backup Agent software for either backups or restores. Arkeia Backup Servers can communicate directly with these NAS appliances via NDMP—without loading any additional software on the appliance. Learn more
Managing data at remote sites doesn’t have to be complicated, time-consuming, or expensive. Arkeia Backup Replication works seamlessly with Arkeia Network Backup servers to eliminate the challenges associated with distributed data protection. Arkeia Backup Replication increases flexibility for distributed infrastructures and provides a cost-effective disaster recovery solution.
Arkeia Backup Replication manages the replication of Backup Sets across a wide area network (WAN). Backups across WANs are impractical because they lengthen backup windows and can saturate WAN bandwidth.
Arkeia Software addresses this challenge with Backup Replication. Arkeia Backup Replication replicates backup data to one or more locations, ensuring backup data is protected and readily accessible. Backup Replication also offers interactive, chained, and scheduled duplication of data coming from total, incremental, and differential backups.
Backup Replication is fully managed from the administrator interfaces, whether via the GUI or CLI interfaces. Replication can be scripted through the CLI or they can be invoked or queued through the GUI.
The utilization of WAN bandwidth can be controlled by Backup Replication. By limiting the share of WAN bandwidth used, or by scheduled replication at off-hours, WAN performance impacts can be kept to a minimum.
The Central Management Server (CMS) enables control of dozens or even hundreds of Backup Server to be managed from a single dashboard. The central management server typically runs on the same hardware as a Backup Server, but can run on distinct hardware. The CMS can be WAN-connected to the Backup Servers because only control—not data—pass between the CMS and the Backup Servers.
Improved control through the central dashboard means better information via reporting on backup performance (backup window, disk and tape utilization, failed backups). Further, global data management policies can be implemented to ensure corporate policies and legal or regulatory requirements are being met.
Global Policies
With the Central Management Server, administrators can set consistent policies across locations, quickly and easily. Global data management policies can be implemented to ensure that corporate policy and legal or regulatory requirements are being met. Global policy deployment delivers more control and easier management:
Set global, regional, and granular local policies
Easily change policies to meet new requirements
Set specific encryption, compression, and performance policies
Centralized Administration
The Central Management Server allows multiple Backup Servers to be easily managed from a single point. Capabilities include:
Improved control through the central dashboard leads to better information via reporting on backup performance (disk and tape utilization, failed backups, etc.)
Remote Management
Backup Servers appliances can be monitored, diagnosed, and managed from any location (data center, NOC, other field office, etc.) with the Central Management Server.
Remote Management reduces costs because there is no need to have a local IT resource to manage data protection
Remote Management makes management from a remote location as easy as local management
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