NetVault: Backup 8.0 for Mac OS X Leopard

BakBone Software today announced NetVault: Backup 8.0 for Mac OS X Leopard. The newest release of BakBone's award-winning, flagship data protection solution introduces several enhancements to the software to support Mac environments: improved storage management efficiency, improved data availability to reduce system downtime and improved security & compliance. The combination of BakBone's robust enterprise-class features and scalability with a native Aqua user interface make NetVault: Backup 8.0 a unique solution for Mac environments that require an integrated, cost-effective data protection solution.

NetVault: Backup offers broad, cross-platform support for Mac OS X, Linux, Windows and Solaris environments and has won multiple awards for its ease of use, reliability and extensive features. Version 8.0 of NetVault: Backup for Leopard includes improved storage management efficiency, improved data availability to reduce system downtime and improved security & compliance.

Key product highlights for NetVault: Backup 8.0 for Leopard include:


Improved storage management efficiency
- NetVault: Backup Database Check Utility -- Validates data integrity to reduce system downtime and optimizes database to reduce database size.
- Granular Source Device Selection -- Specifies devices prior to restore job execution and can be used for data copy.
- Audit Tool -- Gathers key information about the NetVault: Backup 8.0 server and client.

Improved data availability to reduce system downtime
- Restartable Backups -- Increases job control and allows operators to pause running jobs and restart later.

Improved security & compliance
- Encrypted Backup Copy -- Copies (D2D2T, data copy, duplication) encrypted backups for extra security if the original is lost.
- Enhanced Client Firewall Setup -- Enables users to manage single clients outside firewalls, without making NetVault: Backup domain-wide network changes.

"Designed specifically for Apple's Xserve and Mac Pro product lines, BakBone's NetVault: Backup for Mac OS X offers our users a familiar native Mac user interface for simple and flexible data protection across heterogeneous environments," said Jeff Drescher, vice president of marketing, BakBone. "NetVault: Backup has enjoyed tremendous growth and support within the Mac community since its initial launch. With 8.0's richer feature set, we expect customers requiring greater levels of flexibility and scalability in their departmental and workgroup environments to benefit from these new enhancements."


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