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PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX,
formerly esXpress 4.0

Since its inception in 2006, PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX has been widely known as the fastest, most reliable and scalable backup and recovery solution for virtualized VMware environments.  With the expansion of the PHD Virtual family of solutions to include support for multiple hypervisors, esXpress 4.0 will become known as PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX

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PHD Virtual continues to extend our product family to meet the expanding needs of the virtualization community. Coming in September, PHD Virtual will be adding VMware ESXi to its line of supported hypervisors.


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Unique Competitive Differentiators

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Make Your Backup Window with Linear Scalability - 16 concurrent backups (VBAs) per hostOther backup vendors can’t meet backup time objectives because their solutions are limited to only 1 or 2 backup streams per ESX host which is like trying to pull a firehose worth of data through a straw. PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX is the only solution that can scale up by running additional, concurrent backups (up to 16 per host) to meet critical backup windows. And because esXpress operates within the virtual layer, there are no additional servers needed to support backup. No Additional Hardware or Software Required Other backup vendors require the implementation of additional hardware and software to operate.  These hidden costs are not evident in the purchase price of their software. PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX is the only 100% virtual solution on the market. No additional hardware or software licensing is required to transport data to your backup targets.
Verifiable and Measurable Source-Side DeduplicationVendors like to throw around the term deduplication – many try to pass off vanilla compression and incremental backups as a deduplication solution. These types of workarounds result in high network utilization during backups, low compression ratios, and long restore times. PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX source–side deduplication reduces network traffic, gives one-pass restores, and deduplicates data across an entire storage target. PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX's detailed deduplication statistics and compression ratios provide quantitative results for better storage management. Native File Level Restores for Windows and Linux Other vendors claim to provide file level restores, but they only support Windows file system or may require additional software to implement restores for additional operating systems. Retrieving data from other file systems can be a delayed, costly process. PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX provides a simple, multi-user, web-based interface for Windows and Linux file level restores, out of the box.
Reliable Change Block Tracking (CBT) Other backup vendors utilize and rely on the consistency of CBT (part of the vSphere vStorage APIs).  Anomalies within CBT can cause your backup data to become corrupt and go undetected. PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX is the only solution that validates the CBT data for each backup, ensuring data integrity and reliability. Secure Virtual Backup AppliancesOther backup vendors require a Windows-based application to manage and perform backups. Constant security patching, Windows viruses and zero day vulnerabilities leave your entire infrastructure at risk. PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX VBAs have no open incoming networks ports.   VBAs are deployed from templates and destroyed after the backup process, rendering them immune to viruses and network hacking.
Distributed Architecture / Fault ToleranceWhy rely on backup solutions littered with single points of failure which could cripple the backup/recovery environment?  Backups need to run reliably, night after night, to assure the data is both recent and accurate. PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX is a distributed architecture and does not rely on Virtual Center or any other single application to run backups, making it the only truly fault tolerant backup solution available. Source-Side Incremental Replication for Disaster Recovery Most backup vendors do not include VM replication with their data protection solution. Their solution requires leaving multiple snapshots continuously on production VMs, lowering performance and increasing storage costs.  PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX replication sends only the compressed and deduplicated data, maximizing bandwidth.  Disaster recover sites utilizing esXpress replication helping you meet both RPO and RTO objectives.
Own Your Backup Data for Compliance Longevity Other vendors store backups in proprietary formats or require separate applications to perform restores. Restoration of data from previous versions may not be possible, violating compliance mandates.  PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX can be restored without the need for the esXpress software or license keys, providing long-term data protection and recoverability. One-Pass Restores from TapeMany backup vendors lack a proper method to backup to tape. Some require multiple steps to restore data written to tape which dramatically increases the recovery time and process complexity. PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX's Date Smart Dynamic Export delivers backups to tape leveraging existing legacy backup products. Data is passed as VMware native files (VMDK and VMX) and the one-pass restores allow for quick, direct restoration from tape directly to the VMware environment.
Don’t pass backup data through the Service ConsoleOther vendors use the Service Console or hypervisor directly to transfer data during the backup and restore process. Moving data through this application layer jeopardizes host performance and stability. This causes the production Virtual Machines to respond unreliably resulting in a poor end user experience. PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX data processing occurs within a VBA (a small virtual machine) outside of the Service Console.  This ensures production VMs continue to perform unaffected during the backup/recovery process. Conduct Backups from vCenter Other vendors control all backups through a single user application, requiring users to remotely connect to another system for backup operation and administration.  Larger environments with multiple administrators are bottlenecked in the control of the backup environment.  PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX provides backup control from vCenter and esXpress’ web-based platform providing simultaneous access for multiple administrators.

 

Find out more about PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX, formerly esXpress 4.0

PHD Virtual Backup for Desktop Virtualization solutions radically alters the notion of how to protect data in virtual infrastructures in one simple way: we use the virtual infrastructure to backup and restore itself!

Featuring:

  • Source-Side Global De-Duplication Across Entire ESX Farm
  • Multi-user Instant File Level Restore
  • High Performance - up to 16 backup streams per ESX host
  • Built-in Incremental Replication

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