Remote data backup appliance maker 3X Systems today introduced version 3.0 of its product line for private cloud environments at small-to-medium sized businesses. The upgrade offers, among other new features, bare metal recovery, which means that if, say, a laptop crashes and has to be replaced, all the data and software applications that were on it, including updates, can be installed on the new machine so that it operates exactly like the old one.
Bare metal recovery is just one of a number of upgrades in the new version of 3X’s 500 and Tera Series backup appliances. Also new is a feature called “granular recovery,” which allows a system administrator to restore specific files on a computer, such as a lost document or e-mail, from the backup appliance.
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