Asempra Technologies' Business Continuity Server, version 2.5, protects against data loss and downtime by delivering continuous availability to Windows applications and data.
Business Continuity Server, version 2.5, is all-inclusive continuous availability software that gives companies real-time data protection and disaster recovery following failure. It reduces the cost of mid-market IT continuous availability by combining the needs of data protection, disaster recovery, business continuity, e-discovery, recovery management and compliance and governance into one solution. Asempra Technologies Inc. uses Virtual On-Demand Recovery technology in BCS that allows access to data within seconds or minutes after failure.
The Business Continuity Server (BCS), version 2.5, includes:
- Near-zero data loss
- Instantaneous application availability
- Usable data on the first recovery
- Regulatory compliance by protecting historical data
- One solution for several backup and recovery needs
- Real-time continuous data protection, application failover, snapshot, disk-based backup, replication and seamless tape backup integration in one solution
There are a number of product upgrades in version 2.5, such as support for Windows applications running in a VMware infrastructure, integration with tape, Microsoft clustering protection and enhanced scalability and performance. Using on-the-fly defragmentation, the server reportedly boosts storage usage and connected storage performance.
Microsoft has given Asempra's Business Continuity Server the "Certified for Windows" designation, and it also received IBM's System Storage Proven certification.
System requirements: Ships as a full-contained appliance, equipped with all software and server hardware. It includes a Fibre Channel or iSCI host adapter. Must have Microsoft Exchange Server (Enterprise Edition) 2003 and Exchange Server 2003 SP2 for Exchange granular recovery.
Pricing: $15,000 includes an unlimited license for the BCS Host Continuous Protection Agents, BCS software, the BCS appliance hardware with a Fibre Channel or iSCI host adapter, and a capacity protection license.
