CA ARCserve - now supporting...

What?  I'm not going to give it all away in the subject line!  What kind of expository writer do you think I am?  I cut my teeth in fiction and dagnabbit, I'm going to make this a little more dramatic if I can! :)

Ok you're still reading, that's good. :)

So now CA ARCserve now supports MS Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8!  See...that was worth the hyperbole and wait.  CA ARCserve r16.5 expands virtual server data protection & disaster recovery capabilities.  Now with Windows 8 and MS Server 2012 under their belt, combined with other enahncements across their file backup, image backup, replication and high availability products, they have an even stronger award-winning product to protect your data.

Enough of the fluff right?  Basically what I find great about ARCserve is its ability to reduce system downtime...because while being able to restore is great, it's that frustratingly large restore window that kills you.  Their remote virtual standby is great as well...which for lack of a time to explain it all, creates remote policies that has recovery points from either D2D or Host Based VM Backup, which can automatically be replicated across a WAN or LAN and then converted into virtual machines within Hyper-V or VMware hypervisors.

Alright...that was a mouthful.  But if you're interested, let's have a chat about it! :)

 

 

 

Windows Server 2012...*blink blink*

*Raises his head from the smoldering ashes of November*

"Where am I?"

Wow...Last week flew by in a torrent of post Thanksgiving madness, and December is starting to show the same kind of horse kick.  So, I need to get back on the horse here and let you folks know I've not forgotten you. :)

First off this month...how to plan for and deploy Windows Server 2012...the operating system built for the cloud...courtesy of my friends at TechNet.

This website here breaks it down...and gives you access to documentation on the hows and whys you should upgrade to Server 2012.  Granted it's Microsoft's article and their opinion...so let me share with you someone else's opinion of Server 2012.  This great article on Techrepublic back in August sort of tells the story...with some compelling reasons to get Server 2012.  Here are some examples from there...

Dynamic Access Control - a sort of baked in centralized security setup.

Hyper-V Replica - This will be something for Small/Medium businesses who really can't deploy a replication solution.

DirectAccess becomes kickass! - Now DA will actually work with IPv4 and can be virtualized.

 

There's a start at least.  I"m out a little early today...but I'll be back to update the deals page tomorrow with some HO HO HO! :)