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QuorumSoft Introduces New Capability to Eliminate Citrix XenServer Snapshot Backup Problems

Q-Hybrid Backup delivers a powerful alternative to XenServer Quiesced Backups.

BURLINGTON VT — September. 18, 2012 — QuorumSoft, a world leading provider of deduplicating archival solutions for virtualized environments, today announced Q-Hybrid, an innovative new way to perform backups without using XenServer snapshots. Q-Hybrid leverages the powerful XenServer hypervisor-based backup capabilities in the QuorumSoft Alike™. solution with an agent-like approach, which conducts application-consistent backups within Windows virtual machines (VMs).

In addition to addressing longstanding limitations of XenServer snapshots, Q-Hybrid bypasses XenServer hypervisor-based snapshots altogether, greatly reducing their storage overhead costs.

“We developed Q-Hybrid to solve the persistent problems confronting companies that use Citrix XenServer snapshot-based backups,” said Phil Baskette, co-founder and CEO, Quorum Software, Inc. “Q-Hybrid solves two problems simultaneously. We reduce storage costs and we provide full application-consistent protection for all Windows operating systems.”

Q-Hybrid combines the flexibility of and manageability of the hypervisor with the strengths of an agent-based backup. The new feature also protects volumes within VMs that are not visible to hypervisor itself, including iSCSI-based guest drives.

The Q-Hybrid backup capability complements QuorumSoft.s existing Enhanced backup technology, a high performance and scalable agentless approach. Together, these approaches provide unmatched flexibility, power, and coverage for backing up XenServer environments.

Q-Hybrid is being launched as a key capability in a new version of the Alike Backup and Disaster Recovery solution. The new version, Alike v2.5, also delivers other improved capabilities, including the following:

• Backup performance reporting capabilities that assist with capacity planning and help you visualize your resource usage over time.
• A more powerful deduplication architecture that boosts performance in high latency and other network environments.
• New ease of use features, including simplified features for performing single, ad-hoc backups, and user interface features.

About Alike

Flexible, affordable, and easy to use, Alike offers a competitive suite of powerful backup and recovery solutions for XenServer, Hyper-V, and Windows physical platforms. The Alike DR disaster recovery features include enhanced replication and offsite vaulting to secure your assets and protect your business from disaster, while minimizing downtime and maximizing your system’s valuable resources. Put simply, we make software to make your life easier.

For more information or questions about pricing, contact us at any time to get a custom quote based on your needs, or put Alike DR to the test in your environment with our 30-day free trial.