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NetJapan, Inc., released its disc imaging backup tool for Linux server
ActiveImage Protector Linux Edition
As of January 20

January 12, 2011

NetJapan, Inc., (Jiang, Guan Cheng, President/CEO, its principal office located in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan) today released its disc imaging backup tool for Linux server named ActiveImage Protector 2.8 Linux Edition (hereinafter referred to as “ActiveImage Protector Linux Edition”).

Background

Linux has proven to be very popular OS because of its compact size and reasonable price. In recent years, virtualization is considered to be the top priority in enterprises while enterprise Linux adoption is on the rise because of sluggish economy. As the number of virtual machines increases, maintenance and support workload squarely falls on the shoulders of system administrators. In the meantime, the advent of secure and simple backup/restore solution which supports Linux environment has long been awaited. One of the reasons why there has been no such backup/restore solution is that it is very difficult to develop backup/restore solution which supports a number of Linux distributions and their upgraded versions.

Also, there is a problem in backup of Linux environment. The traditional backup methods of Linux system are “file-based” and “disk-dump”. First, since “file-based” backup/restore requires restoration of configurations and update, unless you are an expert in Linux, it may take some time to get familiar with it. Alternatively, “disk-dump” method which requires more time and disk space is not very efficient to use.

ActiveImage Protector Linux Edition, developed to address those issues, supports many of Linux distributions. ActiveImage Protector Linux Edition has command line interface which is easy to configure the settings and simple to operate. The use of Linux native snapshot driver enables to create “sector-based” backup image of hard disk or by volume without having to shut down the operating system. Unlike the traditional “disk dump”, ActiveImage Protector Linux Edition provides analysis of file system to exclude unused sectors from backup target. ActiveImage Protector Linux Edition enables fast backup with less disk space to back up only used sectors and create compressed backup image. These features of ActiveImage Protector Linux Edition help you reduce administrative burden.

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What is ActiveImage Protector Linux Edition?

ActiveImage Protector Linux includes advanced disk imaging backup technologies for Linux environment which NetJapan, Inc. has accumulated over the years. The use of ActiveImage Protector Linux provides secure backup/restore on Linux server through simple operations and enables fast backup with less disk space by using Smart Sector to back up only used sectors with snapshot in Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 format.

The use of Linux native snapshot driver enables to create full backup of Linux server hard disk or by volume without having to shut down the operating system. ActiveImage Protector Linux Edition also supports bare metal recovery and provides the function to retrieve individual files in the backup image. ActiveImage Protector Linux Edition supports backup of LVM as well as volume type backup which facilitates backup in enterprise environment.

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Main Features of ActiveImage Protector Linux Edition

• Use of Linux native snapshot driver
• Hot imaging /Cold imaging of Linux server
• Fast backup with less disk space (by using Smart Sector)
• Backup/restore with easy operation of Console Wizard
• Command Line Interface which is easy to configure the settings
• Command Line Parameter which can be executed from other management tool
• Scheduled Backup
• Secure and automated backup of database with flexible script execution
• Differential backup substantially saves storage space
• Creation of boot disk to avoid any problem to occur when restoring
• RAID, Linux software, is supported
• Image File Mount function enables to restore respective files
• Remote Management function enables to manage backup over network
• Fast bare metal recovery (BMR)
• Flexible Storages (local, network share folder, etc.)

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System Requirements

1. OS：
   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4/5 (i386, x86_64)CentOS 4/5 (i386, x86_64), the respective versions from Fedora Core 2 to Fedora Core 6 (i386, x86_64), the respective versions from Fedora 7 to Fedora 13 (i386, x86_64), Ubuntu Linux 5.04/5.10/6.10/7.04/8.10/10.04 (i386, x86_64)
2. Memory (RAM)：
   512MB is required. (1024MB or above is recommended.) 1024MB is required in recovery environment.
3. Hard Disk Space：
   20MB of available hard disk space is required at setup.
4. CD-ROM Drive ：
   Required to boot up recovery environment.
5. Supported File System：
   Linux Ext2/Linux Ext3/Linux Ext4/Linux Swap/Linux LVM (volume group and logical volume)/Linux RAID

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Retail Price, Release Date and Sales Projection

Pricing schedule for a license of ActiveImage Protector Linux Edition is listed below. The price is inclusive of one-year support service fee. Media kit is optional and not included. If you are interested to know the information about bulk discount for 10 or more licenses, please refer to NetJapan Inc. web site:
 

Product Name	Release Date	The number of Licenses	Special Price set for Sales Promotion Campaign (without tax)
ActiveImage Protector 2.8 Linux Edition	January 20, 2011	1 - 4 licenses	\108,000/License (Catalog Price: \145,000)
		5 - 9 licenses	\101,700/License (Catalog Price: \135,600)

 
NetJapan Inc., distributes ActiveImage Protector Linux Edition through contracted system integrator vendors, business partners, major distributors’ online shops, and BizNetJapan (https://biznetjapan.jp/) designed for business users and run by NetJapan Inc. Annual sales of \100,000,000 is projected.

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Contact, Trademark

• If you are interested in the product, or if you are our customers, please contact Corporate Sales Dept., NetJapan Inc.
  （TEL）03-5256-0877 　 （FAX）03-5256-0878 　E-mail:corporate@netjapan.co.jp
• ©2011 NetJapan, Inc. All rights reserved.
  ActiveImage Protector is a registered trademark of NetJapan Inc.
• Other brands and product names mentioned in this new release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
• For more detailed information about the product, please visit：http://www.netjapan.co.jp/e/product/storage/aip/
• Screen images are available to download from：
  http://www.netjapan.co.jp/nj/press/e_images/