Zenith ARCA Replication
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.
ARCA Replication Software enables automated delivery of backup image files to a remote ARCA or ARCA Vault. The entire backup chain is replicated, giving you multiple levels of redundancy. In the event you need to failover to another site for testing or disaster scenario, you’re covered.
”Solution Overview
When Zenith Infotech required a new replication platform for their ARCA business continuity appliance, they turned to Breakthrough to develop a turnkey solution which could seamlessly integrate with their existing technologies.
Breakthrough developed the Image Replication Suite and licensed the solution to Zenith for inclusion in the ARCA product offering. It also serves as an upgrade path for existing BDR customers. The platform consists of six interconnected software systems providing configuration, scheduling, replication, notification, serving, and interactive transfer capabilities.
Reliability and security were primary requirements, as well as the need to natively support StorageCraft base and incremental backup image chains. A client-side replication agent (Breakthrough Copy) communicates with remotely distributed ARCA units running Breakthrough Vault as a background service. Replication is monitored and reported in real-time, with multi-pass redundancy, auto-reconnect, and byte-level resume capabilities built into the standard solution.
The Zenith solution also benefits from Breakthrough's built-in platform features including transfer acceleration, AES-256 packet encryption, in-flight data compression, bandwidth throttling, and selective transport modes.
Thousands of customer installations rely on Zenith's ARCA Replication to transfer critical backup images off-site every day. Two configurations are typically leveraged - a direct ARCA to ARCA replication setup where each ARCA mirrors the other; and a hub-and-spoke ARCA to VAULT configuration which centralizes the storage of multiple ARCA units to a central VAULT.
ARCA to ARCA Replication
ARCA to Vault Replication
Licensed Technologies
Breakthrough Vault, Copy, Config, Service, Mail, and Link applications.
For More Information
Visit the Zenith ARCA web site to learn more about their all-in-one business continuity solution.
For detailed documentation relating to the ARCA Replication solution, refer to Zenith's online documentation or contact us to learn how Breakthrough's technology can be integrated into your next service offering.