Virtualized backup for BOTH VMware and Citrix XenServer environments

PHD Virtual is the only provider of virtualized backup and recovery solutions purpose-built for VMware and Citrix. Our solutions are unique because they leverage the power of virtualization to backup virtualization. Built on PHD's award winning Virtual Backup Appliance (VBA) Architecture, PHD Virtual Backup doesn’t require separate physical backup/proxy servers, additional software or agents like alternative solutions.

The PHD VBA™ Architecture Advantage

PHD Virtual Backup delivers superior:

Performance • Scalability • Ease of Use • Cost Effectiveness

Performance

Built on PHD’s award winning Virtual Backup Appliance (VBA™) Architecture, PHD Virtual Backup is optimized for fast and efficient virtualization backup and recovery.  The PHD VBA™ provides:

Multiple Data Streams – The VBA uses multiple data streams to enable parallel processing of backups so backup jobs complete faster allowing you to meet your backup window.
Simultaneous Backup and Restore – The VBA can process backup and restore jobs concurrently allowing you to meet your RPO and RTO reqiurements without impacting your backup window.
Built-in Source Side Deduplication – TrueDedupe(TM) Technology deduplicates redundant backup data at the host enabling faster backups while reducing potential network bottlenecks. 
Virtual Full Backups – Every backup is a “virtual full” backup regardless of whether it is a full initial backup or subsequent incremental backup.  This enables faster processing of subsequent backups while providing quick single step restore.

Scalability

PHD Virtual Backup deploys as a virtual appliance enabling seamlessly scalability for large and distributed deployments.  Unlike other solutions that require a separate physical backup/proxy  server, PHD Virtual Backup efficiently scales without requiring additional servers, operating systems, software or agents providing:

100% Virtualized Footprint – Deploys as a virtual appliance directly onto the virtualization platform without requiring a separate physical backup / media server to be deployed outside the virtual environment.
Seamless Scalability – Multiple VBA’s can easily be deployed to scale up or scale out seamlessly within the virtual infrastructure.  Unlike alternatives, there is no need to deploy and manage multiple physical servers to scale.
Distributed Processing – Multiple VBA’s can easily be deployed to meet processing / performance needs for backup and recovery or enable fault tolerance. 

Ease of Use

Using PHD Virtual Backup is simple because it deploys as a virtual appliance and is integrated into the hypervisor management console.  Other solutions require the deployment and configuration of a separate server and operating system in addition to the vendors backup software.  In addition, these solutions introduce a separate management console for backup and recovery that adds complexity.  PHD Virtual Backup provides superior ease of use through: 

Virtual Appliance Deployment – Comprised of a completely integrated virtual backup appliance and a small management console plugin, PHD Virtual deploys quickly without the need to setup and configure a separate server, operating system and associated components. 
Integrated Management – PHD Virtual Backup is integrated directly into the hypervisor management console providing a single pane of glass to manage virtual machine backup and recovery from VMware vSphere client or Citrix XenCenter.
Simple Wizard Based Configuration – Configuration of backup and restore is done through intuitive wizards with powerful “set it and forget it” scheduling capabilities to provide easy and scalable management.
Flexible Recovery – Multiple recovery options allow you to quickly restore full virtual machines or individual virtual disks while also enabling recovery of individual files or application objects directly from backup storage.

Cost Effectiveness

PHD Virtual Backup provides higher ROI and lower TCO than alternative solutions because it provides optimized backup without requiring additional servers, software or hardware.  With built-in source-side deduplication, PHD Virtual Backup dramatically reduces backup storage requirements and optimizes network based backups.  PHD Virtual Backup provides a more cost effective solution through: 

Flexible Host Based Licensing – Simply license each virtualization host. There is no complex pricing or increasing costs based on the number of sockets in your servers or the number of virtual machines you choose to deploy.
No Backup Servers or Proxies – Deployed as a virtual appliance, there is no additional cost to acquire and deploy one or more physical backup/proxy/media servers.
No Additional Software or Hardware – The integrated virtual appliance solution eliminates the need to acquire operating systems, agent software or additional hardware (such as a host bus adapter) required by other solutions.
Built-in Source Side Deduplication – Backup storage is dramatically reduced and optimized leveraging source-side deduplication which stores only unique data across all virtual machine backups.  PHD Customers regularly achieve a 25:1 deduplication ratio, reducing on-going backup storage needs by 96%.

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