Quantum Corp. has announced the integration of Q-Cloud with Symantec OpenStorage technology (OST), providing NetBackup and Backup Exec customers with multiple options for leveraging Q-Cloud’s business-class cloud backup at consumer prices. These customers can now directly access Quantum’s Q-Cloud backup and disaster recovery services.
Q-Cloud now directly supports NetBackup and Backup Exec software, enabling both backup applications to stay completely aware of all copies of data backed up to a Q-Cloud DXi appliance. OST offers backup control across distributed sites and tiers of storage, providing application-aware replication for both NetBackup and Backup Exec. That capability can also leverage the deduplication-powered replication of OST-certified DXi appliances to move data between sites.
“The combination of Q-Cloud and NetBackup or Backup Exec can offer a very cost-effective approach to customers who want to leverage their existing software with the easy scalability of cloud,” said Henrik Rosendahl, Senior Vice-President, Cloud Solutions, Quantum. “This makes the advantages of Q-Cloud available to many customers that previously had limited choices for their cloud solutions,” Henrik added.
DXi Accent deduplicates the data on the backup server and sends only new data to Q-Cloud. This approach eliminates the cost of on-premise hardware at remote locations, minimizes WAN costs, provides visibility from the backup application to the backup in the cloud, and enables backups to be stored securely and reliably in the cloud.
