Zenith Infotech ARCA Now Available

June 17th, 2009 by fusion2

The Zenith Advanced Recovery and Continuity Appliance (ARCA) is a network-attached storage device for Windows Servers that comes preloaded with all backup, recovery and virtualization software it needs to protect your business. It’s a perfect complement to existing tape backups because of its ability to provide near-term, near-line recovery from a single file, database or mail message, up to a full production server, in minutes. When compared to other backup or storage solutions, the Zenith ARCA offers a unique set of features that set it apart.

Block Level Transfer for More Efficient, Reliable Backups

15 Minute Incremental Snapshots for More Frequent Recovery Point Objectives

Total Windows Server Backup Preserves OS and Applications, not just Data

Restore systems in a fraction of the time of conventional backups

Automatic and Non-Disruptive with No Backup Windows Needed

Exchange Granular Recovery, restore down to the message level

Instant Fail-over Server Virtualization, right on the ARCA

Bare Metal Restore, even to dissimilar hardware

Industry Standard Encryption to keep your backups safe

Multiple Replication Schemes

Integrated Management and Reporting

The ARCA meets the RPO standards of higher priced continuity solutions by storing 48 hours of backups at 15-minute intervals, 14 daily backups, 5 weekly backups and 30 Day backups forever!

ARCA Models
	ARCA 100T G2	ARCA 2100RV G2	ARCA 3100RV G2	ARCA Vault 1000
Form Factor	Tower	2U chassis (6 hot swap drive bays)	2U chassis (10 hot swap drive bays)	1U chassis (4 hot swap drive bays)
CPU	Athlon Dual Core	Opteron Quad Core	2xQuad Core Opteron	2xQuad Core Opteron
RAM	4GB	8GB	16GB	16GB
Operating System Volume	250GB (250 GBx1)	250GB (2×250GB RAID1)	250GB (2×250GB Raid1)	250GB (2×250GB Raid1)
Data Volume	1 TB (1TBx1)	2TB (1TBX3 RAID5)	4.5TB (1TBx6 RAID5)	None provided (Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator preinstalled)
Attach additional storage (iSCSI, FC, USB or CIFS)	N0	No	No	Yes
System Cache + Sparse Volume	Included in OS Volume	1TB (1TBx1) Cache + Sparse	1TB (1TBx1) Cache 250GB (250GBx1) Sparse	1TB (1TBx1) Cache 250GB (250GBx1) Sparse
Network Interface(s)	1×10/100/1000 Mbps	2×10/100/1000 Mbps	2×10/100/1000 Mbps	2×10/100/1000 Mbps
Number of Windows Servers Supported for Backup	2	6	15	0
ARCA Replication Licenses	25	25	25	25