SmartFiler Virtual Backup Appliance

The SmartFiler Virtual Backup Appliances run on VMware Player, VMware Workstation, or VMware ESX and operate identical to our physical backup appliances, except that you do not use a dedicated physical appliance. It is ideal for small businesses that do not need to backup terabytes of data as well as medium enterprises that have already invested in VMware ESX virtualization and SAN storage infrastructure. The virtual appliance solution enables them to use their existing desktop PCs or servers with VMware Player or Workstation and implement a comprehensive onsite and offsite Remote Backup solution. Implementing SmartFiler Virtual Backup Appliance solution is simple and requires only Minimal IT expertise. You simply Extract the downloaded appliance backup software onto a hard disk on the local network for onsite backup and extract another copy of virtual appliance onto a removable hard disk for Offsite Backup. Similar to our physical appliance solution, you complete the initial full backup with both hard disks on the local network, and then relocate the removable hard disk to a remote offsite location, and Connect it to another desktop running VMware Player or Workstation. The SmartFiler Virtual Backup Appliances are available in various storage sizes, starting from 10GB.