This has always been a sore point with our clients when it comes to backing up virtual machines on XenServer and the lack of support by third parties to simplify this. This week PHD Virtual announced its impending release of esXpress for Citrix XenServer.
The product is still in development but PND are going to show this at Synergy in San Francisco next week.
They have also shown commitment to support XenServer and XenDesktop, hopefully this will open a flood gate and other providers will start to deliver backup solutions for XenServer soon.
PHD Virtual Backup for Citrix XenServer builds on the robust legacy of the award-winning esXpress 4.0. PHD Virtual’s products meet enterprise requirements for flexibility and scalability by using the virtual appliance itself to perform backups, in less time, more reliably, and at a lower cost. They are the only enterprise data protection solutions that operate independent of the hypervisor offering greater stability and more security. PHD Virtual also provides a collaborative path to integrate with all major physical backup solutions (including products from Data Domain, Quantum, Symantec, EMC, HP, IBM, etc.) for end-to-end data protection throughout the enterprise. Today, thousands of customers worldwide trust their mission critical data to PHD Virtual’s solutions.
Using PHD Virtual Backup for Citrix XenServer, customers will enjoy the benefits of:
- The fastest and most cost effective backup that minimizes storage requirements
- The most reliable solution for data integrity with source-side deduplication and enhanced self healing backups
- And since PHD Virtual products will support both XenServer and XenDesktop®, customers can leverage the same solutions across their virtual environment.
PHD Virtual Backup for Citrix XenServer will be commercially available in September.
I would be interested to hear how you are currently backing up your XenServer installation, mail us here.