Our engineers are all excited about our next big release – Vembu Backup, DR, File Sharing & Collaboration v 6.1 and there is a reason behind it. Our next release is a revolutionary design change the way backup data is handled. Without further ado – let me quickly get into the feature list of the new release and explain why it’s going to be an exciting release for MSPs.

At a high level – Below are the new features MSPs can expect in our next release

1. Vembu SGFS – Block Level Storage File System where all backup data are stored as blocks

2. Variable-length global deduplication (maximum storage reduction)

3. Data blocks in SGFS can be compressed and encrypted for further storage reduction and enhanced security

4. Backup Data stored  in SGFS can be mounted as a volume and files restored for the Windows explorer interface.

5. A full disk image backup can also be browsed for  file / folder level restores directly from SGFS mounted volume

6. Disk Image / BMR backups can be instantaneously booted as VHD or VMDK files directly from the mounted SGFS volume

7. Reverse Incremental Backups and instantaneous point-in-time restores with no merging time

8. Integrated Backup & DR and File Sharing  & Collaboration from one unified centralized platform

9. WAN accelerated backups with increased network efficiency and lot’s more…

All the above features are made possible with our user space, high performing file system which has in-built supports for variable length deduplication, compression and encryption.

Backup & DR and File Sharing & Collaboration

Starting from Vembu v 6.0 we are merging both Backup & File Sharing solution into a single platform where both these services can be offered from a central Vembu server. The idea is for MSPs to offer both BDR and File sharing solutions to small businesses based on business requirements and ability to monitor and manage the solution from a central platform. This means there is one less server / screen to manage and improve monitoring efficiency and offer a full blown data management solution to business customers. Because of the new design and all the performance improvements we have made to the product, our file sharing module also gets a new facelift with the strong backend infrastructure to ensure better stability and reliability

There’s a lot more to discuss… but I would like to keep this post short. For those who are interested in learning more about our new release, please feel free to contact me at len AT Vembu DOT com so that we can arrange for a one-on-one technical meeting and share with you more in-depth technical information.

With this upcoming release we are very confident of satisfying  all the backup, file sharing  & collaboration  requirements of our MSP partners. For those MSPs who are all using more than 3 backup solution and longing for a consolidated backup platform, Vembu v 6.1 is the solution for you – feel free to get in touch with our partner relations team (storegrid-partner@vembu.com) to register for a free BETA access to v 6.1 once when it is made available. We are shooting for end of Jan 2014 for this release to be made available to all of our partners.