New Product Releases

UltraBac Version 9.1 was released to the public on Wednesday, December 9th. Two new agents were also released in conjunction with 9.1.

The VMDK (virtual machine disk) Agent is now available for purchase with UltraBac or UBDR Gold for the introductory price of $395. The option provides the ability to create ESX and GSX VMDK files during a regular Windows image backup. Subsequent differential and incremental backups can automatically update the base VMDK file. This produces more up-to-date data in case a quick restart is needed. With the new direct write to ESX Datastores feature, a VMDK upload is not necessary in case a disaster occurs. This saves businesses time and storage costs.

UltraBac Software also introduces the MySQL Agent to the UltraBac suite of products. It was written directly for the popular open source database, allowing for quick and easy restores. The list price for the agent is $695.

The new features for Version 9.1 include Windows 7 compatibility, VMware Thin Disk Provisioning, and customized reporting options. Thin Disk Provisioning allows users to assign and commit VMDK space on demand. Virtual disks may be created without provisioning all of the storage required up front. The virtual disk starts small and is allocated on demand as the space is used. By developing the product using VMware's vStorage API, Version 9.1 is able to assist with dramatically increasing virtual machine storage utilization.

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