Press releases
AUSTIN, TX and IRVINE, CA — February 7, 2012—Idealstor, a leading manufacturer of
removable disk-to-disk backup solutions, announced today that they are now offering Drive Backup
Server software from backup and recovery publisher Paragon Software Group as an integrated
component of all of their backup systems. Combining the best attributes of Idealstor and
Paragon, this new offering promises to deliver an unparalleled level of protection and backup
portability for Windows servers, virtual machines, databases and desktops.
Idealstor manufactures removable disk backup systems that are designed to replace or augment
tape backup by using SATA disks as portable backup media. Systems range in capacity from 1
removable drive bay up to 8 with the ability to use up to a 4TB disk per bay (max system capacity
currently 32TB). Unlike most disk to disk backup systems on the market today that are simply
designed for storing data like NAS, SAN or RAID, Idealstor uses a combination of hardware and
software making the disks ejectable so they can be sent offsite for storage and disaster recovery.
With the addition of Drive Backup Server from Paragon Software Group, Idealstor is now able
to offer a revolutionary hardware solution that lets you fully recover your servers or virtual
machines anytime, anywhere. Drive Backup Server from Paragon Software utilizes sector-based
backups, giving server administrators the ability to image an entire server including files, data
and applications. When the backup is complete, Paragon lets you dial in the level of recovery you
need including file-based recovery, bare metal system restore and even individual email recovery
for Microsoft Exchange.
“We are happy to welcome Idealstor as our newest partner,” said Tom Fedro, president of
Paragon Software Group. “Idealstor hardware paired with our Drive Backup Server software provides a
complete turnkey solution for customers.”
Traditionally these Paragon system images were sent to local disk storage, which could then
be backed up to tape or the cloud to store this critical data offsite. By combining Paragon’s
software with Idealstor removable disk media, images can now be backed up straight to
portable disk media, which in turn can then be stored in any location — offering companies a
truly powerful and flexible backup and disaster recovery solution.
“We are very excited to announce our partnership with Paragon Software Group and to be able
to offer their award winning disaster recovery software with our backup systems,” said Nandan
Arora, chief technology officer at Idealstor. “We’ve been in the backup game since 2003 and
have never come across a more complete software solution. By bundling Paragon’s Drive Backup
Server with our removable disk hardware we feel we have an unmatched solution in the market that
will allow our customers and channel partners even more options when it comes to protecting their
critical data.”
About Idealstor
Idealstor is a manufacturer of removable disk backup systems that are designed to completely
replace tape media for backup and disaster recovery. Combining the best of disk and tape,
Idealstor offers a fast, affordable and reliable backup system for any sized business.
About Paragon Software Group
Paragon Software Group is an innovative software developer focused on two dynamic growth
markets — data storage and mobile productivity. The company's comprehensive product line for
the data storage market addresses the needs of data security, storage and management for PCs,
servers and networks. A second portfolio of products focuses on mobile productivity
applications for handheld devices. Founded in 1994, Paragon Software has offices in the USA,
Germany, Japan, Poland and Russia delivering its solutions to consumers, small business and
enterprise clients worldwide through a network of Value Added Resellers, distributors and OEMs as
well as online through the company website. Paragon Software provides technology to a host of
world class companies and partners including Cisco, Dell, HP, WD, ASUS, Seagate, LG, Acer,
Logitech, Buffalo, Iomega, Siemens, Lenovo, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, and more. For more
information please visit the company website at www.paragon-software.com.
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Irvine, CA, January 8, 2011 —
Paragon Software Group, developers of disaster recovery software and system
optimization utilities, announced today that the company partnered with
Insight Integrated Systems (IIS), a division of
Insight Investments LLC, the industry expert in technology solutions and financing options, to
provide the Paragon Alignment Tool (PAT) to companies suffering from
disk
drive partition misalignment. Insight Integrated Systems will also offer Paragon’s popular Hard
Disk Manager (HDM) 11 Server for
disaster
recovery and as a cost-effective tool for system migration and virtualization
projects.
With the transition from the
512-byte
to the 4k-byte sector storage standard, many drives are experiencing performance degradation
between 20 and 40 percent due to partition misalignment. Misalignment can appear under a number of
different scenarios. For companies utilizing virtual environments, performance problems are
amplified. “As a leading IT services companies in the U.S., we are in the trenches working side-by-side
with our clients and as a result, we are at the forefront for offering only the best software
solutions for our customers,” said Rob Flannery, SVP of National Sales “We decided to partner with
Paragon because we found their service and products to be top-notch and at an attractive price for
our clients.”
“We see many companies struggle with alignment issues,” said Daniel Eickhoff, director of
channel sales at Paragon Software Group. “The performance issues are critical, but IT managers
are often unfamiliar with the problem of misalignment and unsure about the best course of action to
resolve the issue with minimal impact on their organization — our software simplifies the alignment
process to get their servers humming at full speed again as quickly as possible.
We are proud to be partnering with Insight Integrated Systems to provide their customers with
affordable and proven solutions,” said Eickhoff.
Who May Be Affected by Partition Misalignment?
Computer systems within companies of all sizes are being affected by partition misalignment;
whether running one virtual server or 1,000 — if virtual disks are misaligned, applications,
databases, etc. are running at sub-optimal performance. Almost every storage device, storage system
architecture and application is vulnerable to partition misalignment, including
• Advanced format (AF) hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid
state drives (SSDs)
• Database applications, storage virtualization
environments, RAID and other distributed data architectures
Problems with misalignment increase as the number of storage devices in the network
increases.
Misalignment of the logical partition sectors and actual physical sectors leads to redundant
read/write operations, which results in a critical decrease in I/O performance and drive longevity.
With the Paragon Alignment Tool (PAT) Enterprise Edition, you can quickly and easily align your
drive to eliminate these problems. Other available editions are: PAT ESX, PAT Scriptable Staging
Edition and PAT NetApp Edition.
HDM 11 Server provides a complete backup and disaster recovery software solution for physical
and virtual environments. The product offers the ability to perform instant system recovery and
bare-metal restores to dissimilar hardware. HDM includes4K-aware migration and virtualization
utilities, as well as advanced partitioning and data-wiping tools.
About Insight Integrated Systems (IIS)
Insight Integrated Systems, a division of Insight Investments LLC, is a highly specialized
provider of virtualization, managed services and cloud computing solutions to corporate
enterprises. The IIS highly experienced team of professionals enables businesses to
dramatically increase hardware utilization, reduce server sprawl, reduce the need for new
equipment, reduced planned downtime, provide disaster recovery capabilities and slash operating
costs. For more information, visit www.insightintegrated.com.
About Paragon Software Group
Paragon Software Group (PSG) is an innovative software developer focused on two dynamic growth
markets — data storage and mobile productivity. The company offers software for the storage market,
addressing the needs of data security and storage management through a complete line of disaster
recovery solutions along with advanced system virtualization, migration, and optimization tools. A
second portfolio of products focuses on mobile productivity applications for handheld devices.
Founded in 1994, PSG serves its customers and partners from offices around the world, distributing
its software to SMB and large enterprise clients through a network of value added resellers (VARs),
distributors and OEMs as well as online through the company Web site. PSG provides technology to a
host of world-class companies and partners including Dell, Toshiba, HP, Cisco, Western Digital,
Seagate, LG Electronics, Buffalo, Microsoft, Nokia, ASUS, Samsung, Siemens, Lenovo, Sony, Ericsson,
IOMEGA. For more information please visit the company website at
http://www.paragon-software.com/business/hdm-server.
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FREIBURG, Germany –
December 7, 2011 –
Paragon Software Group (PSG),the technology leader in innovative data security and
data management solutions, today announces the release of
Paragon Migrate to UEFI, the advanced PC system migration solution that allows the safe and
rapid transfer of software environments from BIOS to Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
platforms within a single computer.
Paragon Migrate to UEFI is a simple four-step wizard that allows novice and advanced home
users to adjust and boot their Microsoft Windows systems installed in BIOS mode in the new UEFI
boot mode, enabling the support of large-capacity drives (larger than 2Tib) to be used as the
primary drive under GPT partitioning schemes.
Home and small-office users who move their 64-bit Windows Vista or Windows 7 software
environments from the dated MBR/BIOS configuration to a modern GPT/UEFI platform find that there is
no simple way to replace and adjust booting without reinstalling the operating system from scratch.
While Windows Disk Management supports conversion to GPT for empty drives only, there is no
way to convert the system drive to GPT without losing any data. Windows Management tools do not
provide an option to adjust boot files for UEFI, making it impossible for users transferring
established data or system components within a single computer directly from a BIOS boot mode to a
UEFI-based mode.
Paragon Migrate to UEFI was especially designed to cover all issues caused by migration to
new UEFI-based boot mode, helping users easily transfer their data and significantly simplifying
all system migration operations. In four quick steps, users can migrate a physical system to
any new hard drive or a modern large-capacity drive, and use this GPT-partitioned disk as a primary
boot drive. An easy click-through wizard allows users to select the source MBR system drive
for migration to a new (up to 3TB capacity) drive and copy the data while the software
automatically adjusts the system.
Paragon Migrate to UEFI works with all 512 sector type drives, both external and
virtual.
Key Features of
Paragon Migrate to UEFI:
- Simple, quick transfer of system and data from BIOS to UEFI platform with automated system
adjustment and partition reconfiguration;
- Automatically adjusts the system to operate on UEFI platform;
- Automatically creates a GPT partitioning scheme during migration;
- Simple four-step wizard sets up and performs the migration without any loss of data;
- Supports AFD drives with large capacities (mixed 512/4K sector schemes only, including
virtual);
- Source system remains intact and can be re-loaded in BIOS mode;
· Copy operation using Windows native VSS
technology without restart.
Availability:
About Paragon Software Group:
Paragon Software Group is an innovative software developer focused on two dynamic growth
markets. The company's comprehensive product line for the data storage market addresses the needs
of data security, storage and management for PCs, servers and networks. A second portfolio of
products focuses on mobile productivity applications for handheld devices. Founded in 1994, Paragon
Software has offices in the USA, Germany, Japan, and Russia delivering its solutions to consumers,
small business and enterprise clients worldwide through a network of Value Added Resellers,
distributors and OEMs as well as online through the company website. Paragon Software provides
technology to a host of world class companies and partners including Cisco, Dell, Toshiba, NEC,
Siemens, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, and more. For more information please visit the company
website at
www.paragon-software.com.
Paragon Software is a trademark of Paragon Software Group. All other trademarks are the property
of their respective
owners.
You can find the full article here
FREIBURG, Germany, November 15, 2011 –
Paragon Software Group (PSG), the technology leader in innovative mobile device and
embedded system solutions, announces that the Paragon
Universal File System Driver (UFSD) technology is now
available to OEMs of consumer multimedia devices seeking cross-platform file system support.
With Paragon’s UFSD support for all popular file systems built into modern digital devices,
consumers can enjoy issue-free compatibility between file systems used on their media centers,
digital televisions and set-top boxes, and those used to format storage media, such as portable
HDDs, in order to freely play back recorded video and audio regardless of file system
type.
Critical for reliable HD audio/video recording and playback, Paragon’s UFSD technology
guarantees high-performance, cross-platform read/write access and speedy file transfer in digital
multimedia devices. Paragon UFSD technology can be fully integrated into the VFS (Virtual
File System) stack of the operating system, including ThreadX devices, enabling OEMs to ensure
end-user access to files stored on externally attached NTFS, HFS+ and exFAT file system-formatted
media.
With its deep focus on cross-platform technologies for all existing embedded operating
systems, Paragon is recognized as the first software developer to provide full read/write access
between incompatible file systems. According to Konstantin Komarov, CEO, Paragon Software
Group, “File system incompatibility can be a real issue for a wide range of consumer products,
often delaying or even halting consumer product development. We offer chipmakers an elegant,
cost-effective way of solving the issue and meeting increased customer demand for high-performance
access to large data files, such as HD video.”
Key Features include:
- Full read/write access: Existing files can be read, modified or deleted, while new files can
be created or copied.
- Easy to use:Mount any NTFS, HFS+ or exFAT partition like a native one – no need to perform
special commands to get access.
- Non-Roman characters and languages:File and folder names in national languages, including
Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian.
- Low system requirements: low CPU utilization during data transfer and small memory
footprint
- No limitation to maximum file/partition size.
Paragon’s UFSD technology has been chosen by the number-one SoC provider to the U.S. DTV
market to tackle the incompatibilities between its ThreadX-based digital multimedia devices and
portable storage devices formatted for popular file systems that are not natively supported by the
ThreadX operating system. For more information on this and other cross-platform solutions, please
contact technology@paragon-software.com
About Paragon Software Group
Paragon Software Group is an innovative software developer focused on two dynamic growth
markets. The company's comprehensive product line for the data storage market addresses the needs
of data security, storage and management for PCs, servers and networks. A second portfolio of
products focuses on mobile productivity applications for handheld devices. Founded in 1994, Paragon
Software has offices in the USA, Germany, Japan, and Russia delivering its solutions to consumers,
small business and enterprise clients worldwide through a network of Value Added Resellers,
distributors and OEMs as well as online through the company website. Paragon Software provides
technology to a host of world class companies and partners including Cisco, Dell, Toshiba, NEC,
Siemens, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, and more. For more information please visit the company
website at
www.paragon-software.com
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Irvine, CA — November 9, 2011 — Software developer
Paragon Software Group announced today that
RAND Worldwide is using Paragon’s
backup and disaster recovery software to protect
its remote and classroom laptops. RAND is one of the world’s leading providers of technology
solutions and professional services to the engineering community, targeting organizations in the
building, infrastructure and manufacturing industries. RAND utilizes laptops both in the field
and in their training rooms. As such, they needed
backup
and disaster recovery software that could provide quick and easy system-restore operations for
both scenarios.
For field operations, one of the deciding factors behind selecting Paragon’s software was that
the software could hold a backup image within a hidden and protected partition, while minimizing
accessibility by anyone but an administrator. “Other software we evaluated required the product to
be installed on the machine,” said Doug Dragich, senior systems engineer for RAND Worldwide. “We
needed software that would allow us to prevent a user from running the program and changing any of
the settings or carrying out unauthorized backups or restores. Paragon’s hidden backup capsule
technology ensures the availability and integrity of the backup image, and guarantees a successful
and quick restore when it counts.”
Similarly, RAND needed software that could conveniently restore systems back to their original
state after each training session. “With a couple of clicks, our training staff can easily and
quickly restore a couple of hundred training machines to look just as they did when they were new
for the next training session,” said Dragich.
“More and more, companies like RAND Worldwide depend on Paragon Software’s backup and disaster
recovery tools to simply and effectively protect their users’ systems and data,” said Tom Fedro,
president of Paragon Software Group. “We are very happy to have such an acclaimed company as RAND
join our list of quality clients.”
The Bottom Line
“Paragon’s backup and restore software provided a great way for us to give fast and simple
support to our remote employees should their laptops become compromised; as well as quick restores
for our training machines,” continued Dragich. “Paragon’s backup and restore software has proven
itself many times over with quick, easy and reliable recoveries.”
Backup and Disaster Recovery Software Feature Highlights
Paragon’s
backup and disaster recovery solutions offer comprehensive
features including disk and file-based backup, differential and incremental backups, bare-metal
restore to dissimilar hardware and virtual machines, and a wizard-driven backup scheduler for
convenient “set and forget”-type operation. They also allow for
image-based
backups into a hidden, local partition for self-contained system restore with only a couple of
key strokes. More information and trial downloads of Paragon’s backup and recovery software
solutions for businesses, like
Hard
Disk Manager 11 Server and
Drive Backup 10
Server, can be found at
www.Paragon-Downloads.com or by calling
888-347-5462.
About Paragon Software Group
Paragon Software Group is an innovative software developer focused on two dynamic growth
markets. The company's comprehensive product line for the data storage market addresses the needs
of data security, storage and management for PCs, servers and networks. A second portfolio of
products focuses on mobile productivity applications for handheld devices. Founded in 1994, Paragon
Software has offices in the USA, Germany, Japan, and Russia delivering its solutions to consumers,
small business and enterprise clients worldwide through a network of Value Added Resellers,
distributors and OEMs as well as online through the company website. Paragon Software provides
technology to a host of world class companies and partners including Cisco, Dell, Toshiba, NEC,
Siemens, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, and more. For more information please visit the company
website at
www.paragon-software.com
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Paragon Software is a trademark of Paragon Software Group. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
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FREIBURG, Germany, October 21, 2011 –
Paragon Software Group (PSG), a leader in data backup,
disaster recovery, and
data migration solutions, today announced the
release of three solutions for Mac users working in a dual OS environment or planning to upgrade to
OS X Lion –
NTFS for Mac
® OS X 9.5,
Virtualization Manager for Mac and a beta version of
CampTune X.
Recognizing users’ desire to combine dual OS environments on their Mac with NTFS and HFS+
volumes on a single drive, get full access to any NTFS volume, and transition smoothly to a virtual
environment, Paragon Software has created three utilities addressing needs specific to today’s Mac
users. Dual-boot systems running both OS X and Windows do not have built-in utilities for volume
resizes, leading to available space shortage barriers on HFS and NTFS volumes. Attempting to
retrieve data from devices using an unsupported file system is impossible without specialized
drivers. Even a straightforward upgrade from an older Mac OS to the latest OS X Lion can
introduce unforeseen incompatibility issues with the software.
NTFS for Mac OS X 9.5
NTFS for Mac OS X 9.5 is a standalone application for dual-boot users designed to eliminate
barriers between Windows and Mac operating systems, and ease data manipulation and data
transfer. Simple to install,
Paragon
NTFS for Mac OS X 9.5 adds NTFS file allocation system support to Mac OS X, including OS X
Lion, allowing the operating system to access any NTFS-formatted drive. The program provides the
safest and fastest way to treat data on NTFS volumes in Mac OS X, and allows partitioning
operations with NTFS volumes under Mac OS X.
Key Features include:
§ Updated support of the latest OS X Lion, including 32/64-bit native mode.
§ Support for the latest Thunderbolt devices.
§ Support for extended attributes.
§ Fast volume transfer speed.
§ Full read/write access: Modify existing files, delete files and create or copy new
files.
§ No limitation to maximum file/partition size (must be within Mac OS X and NTFS
specifications).
CampTune X (Beta)
Many dual-boot users face the problem of resizing partitions as the amount of data – either on
HFS or NTFS volumes – increases over time.
CampTune X is a next-generation utility that changes volume sizes in dual-boot Mac OS
X/Windows systems by adding more space to one volume at the expense of another. Simple to
use,
CampTune X is a native utility that adjusts volume size in a few simple clicks without the
need to boot to a special environment.
Key Features include:
§ 32/64-bit native mode for OS X Lion.
§ Correctly treats OS X Lion special volume.
§ Simple and convenient user interface.
§ Works directly in OS X. No need to boot a computer into a special environment.
Virtualization Manager for Mac
Upgrading to a new operating system – with potential incompatibilities between the old
software and the new environment – can sometimes lead to unpredictable results. For Mac OS X
Leopard/Snow Leopard users who wish to upgrade to OS X Lion, creating a virtual clone of a physical
machine in order to save an old workplace after upgrading can add some stability to the migration
process.
Virtualization Manager for Mac is a solution for smooth migration of an Mac OS X environment
to a virtual machine, and allows users to create and run a virtual clone of a physical machine that
can be used anywhere.
Virtualization Manager for Mac is a standalone application that runs the virtual clone of
your OS X-driven environment on another machine without loading into a special environment, or
saves it for use as a backup.
Paragon’s convenient, unique utilities bridge a gap between Mac and PC, making it possible to
easily treat data on diverse file systems, arrange volumes and prepare combine virtual
environments. Paragon Software was the first software developer to implement a full set of
drivers with complete read/write access to partitions of any file system – including Paragon NTFS
for Linux, HFS+ for Linux, NTFS for Mac, ExtFS for Mac, HFS+ Browser for Windows, and ExtFS Browser
for Windows. Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X and HFS+ for Windows are based on Paragon’s own unique
Universal File System Driver (UFSD) technology – specifically
developed to provide full access (read/write, format, etc.) to volumes of the most popular file
systems (NTFS, HFS+, FAT, Ext2/2FS, etc.) under various platforms (Mac, Windows, Linux and
DOS).
Availability:
All technologies are also available for licensing to manufacturers of data storage
systems. For more information, please contact us at
technology@paragon-software.com.
About Paragon Software Group:
Paragon Software Group is an innovative software developer focused on two dynamic growth
markets. The company's comprehensive product line for the data storage market addresses the
needs of data security, storage and management for PCs, servers and networks. A second
portfolio of products focuses on mobile productivity applications for handheld
devices. Founded in 1994, Paragon Software has offices in the USA, Germany, Japan, and Russia,
delivering its solutions to consumers, small business and enterprise clients worldwide through a
network of Value Added Resellers, distributors and OEMs as well as online through the company
website. Paragon Software provides technology to a host of world class companies and partners
including Cisco, Dell, Toshiba, NEC, Siemens, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, and more. For more
information please visit the company website at
www.paragon-software.com.
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Paragon Software is a trademark of Paragon Software Group. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
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Irvine, California and Taipei, Taiwan ROC, October 11, 2011 — Software developer Paragon
Software Group and Acer, a world-class provider of IT products, today announced that Paragon’s
Universal File System Driver (UFSD) technology was
selected to be embedded into Acer’s Android™ Honeycomb-based
ICONIA TAB A500 and
ICONIA TAB A501 tablets. By adding NTFS
support, users can easily transfer music, video, and other data file types between a
Windows-formatted storage device and their tablets.
Paragon’s UFSD technology enables systems and devices to have full access to file systems
which otherwise would not be supported. Acer is licensing Paragon’s UFSD-based
NTFS for Android driver to enhance the
capability of their tablets, since most hard drives are formatted for NTFS. Tablets without
the Paragon driver require users to first reformat their hard drive to the older FAT file system
before they can be used. The USB port is one of the important features of Acer ICONIA TAB A500-series tablets, because
it can be used to attach a hard drive formatted for Windows — thanks to Paragon’s UFSD technology.
Users, for example, can download and stream multimedia content to their USB drive, then later move
just what they want to take with them onto their tablet and go.
Another key advantage of Paragon’s NTFS for Android driver is that it provides the highest
read/write performance possible, which not only minimizes file transfer times between the tablet
and the USB drive, but it is also mandatory for providing flawless playback of high definition,
Blu-ray quality movies and multimedia content.
“We are very excited to have Acer as a strategic partner and for their innovative ICONIA TAB
tablets to include Paragon’s unique USFD technology,” said Tom Fedro, president at Paragon Software
Group. “This collaboration seamlessly extends the capabilities of an Android-based device,
especially for multi-media applications, helping to ensure end users have a predictable and
enjoyable experience with their tablet.”
About Paragon Software Group
Paragon Software Group is an innovative software developer focused on two dynamic growth
markets—data storage and mobile productivity. The company's comprehensive product line for the
data storage market addresses the needs of data security, storage and management for PCs, servers
and networks. A second portfolio of products focuses on mobile productivity applications for
handheld devices. Founded in 1994, Paragon Software has offices in the USA, Germany, Japan,
Poland and Russia delivering its solutions to consumers, small business and enterprise clients
worldwide through a network of Value Added Resellers, distributors and OEMs as well as online
through the company website. Paragon Software provides technology to a host of world class
companies and partners including Cisco, Dell, HP, WD, ASUS, Seagate, LG, Logitech, Buffalo, Iomega,
Siemens, Lenovo, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, and more. For more information please visit the
company website at
www.paragon-software.com.
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Paragon Software is a trademark of Paragon Software Group. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
You can find press release here
IRVINE, Calif., October 5, 2011 –
Backup and disaster recovery software
developer Paragon Software Group released its Paragon Alignment Tool (PAT) ESX version — developed
to facilitate partition alignment of virtual systems remotely. PAT ESX requires minimal virtual
disk space (only 3 – 4MB per partition) to perform partition alignment with no need for additional
space on the system for snapshots or copies of the processed volume. Should an unexpected
interruption occur, the alignment operation can be continued without loss of data or need for
restoration. The software supports VMware ESX, VMware ESXi, vCenter and vSphere.
“With the growing trend in resource consolidation through virtualization, we are seeing
significant increases in the number of virtual servers and workstations,” said Tom Fedro, president
of Paragon Software Group. “Due to the
transition
of the storage standard from 512B to 4K sectors, the appearance of partition misalignment and
performance issues in these systems are increasing. Our customers’ need to resolve these issues
drove the development of PAT ESX.”< /div>
PAT ESX is a utility that provides easy and comprehensive management for virtual disk
alignment operations. Installed on a virtual machine within the ESX/i environment, management is
performed from a Windows XP SP3+ or later operating system. PAT ESX enables access to all virtual
disks remotely to check their state and perform alignments in an unattended mode. PAT ESX allows an
administrator to browse data stores, select target virtual machines, and then connect to virtual
disks to determine whether partition alignment is required. PAT then recommends alignment options
if needed.
Partition Alignment Tool Benefits
- Increase virtual machine operations’ performance up to 300 percent
- Externally control, manage and align dozens of virtual drives belonging to different
virtual machines (no need to install software on every virtual machine)
- Decrease hardware costs by eliminating the need to have storage dedicated for migration
functions
Paragon Alignment Tool Features
- Remotely check, control and manage virtual disk alignment
- Minimal disk space needed to perform alignment
- No additional server space needed to store snapshots or copies of the processed volume
- Alignment operation can be continued after an unexpected interruption (restoration not needed;
there is no data loss)
- Provides advanced alignment operation settings (administrator can choose between fast alignment
settings or more secure data operations, which may be more time consuming)
- PAT does not require root access to the server (no need to create new-user accounts); the
software works under an existing account with administrator privileges
- Supports scheduling; VMware ESX, VMware ESXi, and vSphere; and change block tracking (CBT)
- Ability to set partition alignment software operations according to your needs
“As virtual environments continue to expand in large enterprises, partition alignment is
becoming more and more critical to the IT departments that manage them, as any non-aligned system
will be the weak link in a virtual setting,” continued Fedro. “PAT ESX is specifically designed
with a powerful feature set and easy to use interface to ensure there are no weak links.”
The Partition Alignment Challenge
Virtual hard drives are using page sizes similar to those of found with newer Advanced Format
Drives. Misalignment is very common for this type of drive, which results in redundant read/write
operations, and critically affects overall performance and (indirectly) hardware lifespan. The same
holds true for virtual hard drives — even a simple migration of a virtual machine from one VMware
ESX Server to another could end up with a misaligned virtual drive. The situation aggravates when
the host’s hard drive and virtual drives are both misaligned — the number of redundant read/write
operations doubles.
PAT ESX is the latest edition of Paragon’s popular backup and disaster recovery product line
including
Hard Disk manager and
Drive
Backup. Visit the Paragon Software Group Web Site to read more about
PAT for ESX.
About Paragon Software Group
Paragon Software Group is an innovative software developer focused on two dynamic growth
markets—data storage and mobile productivity. The company's comprehensive product line for the
data storage market addresses the needs of data security, storage and management for PCs, servers
and networks. A second portfolio of products focuses on mobile productivity applications for
handheld devices. Founded in 1994, Paragon Software has offices in the USA, Germany, Japan,
Poland and Russia delivering its solutions to consumers, small business and enterprise clients
worldwide through a network of Value Added Resellers, distributors and OEMs as well as online
through the company website. Paragon Software provides technology to a host of world class
companies and partners including Cisco, Dell, ASUS, Seagate, Buffalo, Iomega, Siemens, Lenovo,
Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, and more. For more information please visit the company website at
www.paragon-software.com. # # #
Paragon Software is a trademark of Paragon Software Group. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
FREIBURG, Germany, September 14, 2011 – Backup and recovery software developer
Paragon Software Group today unveiled the new edition of
Paragon Backup & Recovery 11 Home, the essential computer system
backup and the strongest recovery software available on the market. In case of any data loss, this
11th edition allows PC users to recover their systems from
four different emergency environments, such as WinPE 3.0, Linux, DOS or native
Windows.
Paragon Backup & Recovery 11 Home is the most cost-effective solution available to home
users. It includes the
Paragon Adaptive Restore 3.0 feature to safely restore operating systems even on dissimilar
hardware, a system migration tool for home Windows environments and
P2P Adjustment as standard features. With
Paragon Adaptive Restore 3.0, partitions or hard drives can easily be restored and checked
if the system boots after migration. If not, the
P2P Adjust OS Wizard can be used to adapt an operating system that has been transferred
using other software or recovery methods.
The 11th edition of
Paragon’s Backup & Recovery Home is the most reliable way to safeguard data with
complete disk backup and restore functionality. With user-friendly handling of recovery procedures,
Paragon Backup & Recovery 11 Home is not only effective at backing up data, but – more
importantly – offers a convenient, comfortable way to restore the system from backup files, even on
2.2 Tb or larger hard drives or on Solid State Drives (SSDs), including the latest Advanced Format
Drives (AFDs).
Key new features of
Paragon Backup & Recovery 11 Home include:
●
Latest WinPE 3.0 on boot disk – Future-proof backup and recovery software! Containing the
Windows 7 Kernel and allowing users to add new drivers, the software guarantees the most reliable
recovery process on the market now and in the future.
●
Paragon Adaptive Restore 3.0 – Restore a system backup on completely different hardware, or
migrate the operating system to a new computer and avoid time-consuming reinstallations of
applications and reconfigurations of your operating system. Paragon Adaptive Restore analyzes which
boot drivers are missing on the new hardware and helps install them to the migrated operating
system.
P2P Adjust OS Wizard – Start up a Windows physical system on a different hardware platform
(P2P) by allowing injection of all required drivers and the other actions crucial for this type of
migration.
Including the third generation of Paragon’s Adaptive Restore™ technology, it now can:
○ Analyze all installed drivers inside a target system to report on
devices without drivers.
○ Search for and install any missing drivers from the built-in Windows
repository.
○ Notify the user about boot critical devices without drivers
(HDD/RAID controllers, etc.), automatically prompting to provide a path to a driver
repository.
○ Name all devices according to their model description, not some
alphanumeric code, which requires additional deciphering.
○ Determine and install drivers not only for boot critical devices,
but for physically connected NICs as well.
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Network support for WinPE 3.0 – Easily access backups directly from the Paragon recovery
environment, or add network card drivers, if necessary.
●
Support for hard drives bigger than 2.2 TB – Support for the latest generation of hard
drives, including SSDs and AFDs, providing support for new GPT partition tables.
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MBR -> GPT conversion – Easily convert MBR-formatted hard drives to GPT without data
loss.
●
Superior write-operations by using asynchronous backup – Increased backup processing speeds,
especially for backups on USB 3.0 external hard drives and on internal hard drives.
●
Partition alignment for bare metal restore – When transferring partitions to a new hard
drive, Paragon Backup & Recovery 11 Home enables the correct alignment and allows the device to
deliver best performance, especially for misalignment issues of restored partitions arising from
transfers from old 512-byte sector sizes to newer 4-kilobyte sized sectors.
●
Encrypted Backup – Avoid unauthorized access to backup files with secure encryption.
Availability:
Free editions of “express” tools are available at:
http://www.paragon-software.com/free/
For corporate backup and disaster recovery solutions, please visit:
http://www.drive-backup.com/
About Paragon Software Group
Paragon Software Group is an innovative software developer focused on two dynamic growth
markets. The company's comprehensive product line for the data storage market addresses the needs
of data security, storage and management for PCs, servers and networks. A second portfolio of
products focuses on mobile productivity applications for handheld devices. Founded in 1994, Paragon
Software has offices in the USA, Germany, Japan, and Russia delivering its solutions to consumers,
small business and enterprise clients worldwide through a network of Value Added Resellers,
distributors and OEMs as well as online through the company website. Paragon Software provides
technology to a host of world class companies and partners including Cisco, Dell, Toshiba, NEC,
Siemens, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, and more. For more information please visit the company
website at
http://www.paragon-software.com/# # #
Paragon Software is a trademark of Paragon Software Group. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
You can find press release here
IRVINE, Calif., August 30, 2011 – At 11:29 a.m. EDT on July 8, 2011, Paragon Software Group reached a milestone in the company’s brief history as it soared into the heavens on the final flight of America’s Space Shuttle Atlantis. Selected by NASA’s Prime Bioastronautics contractor, Wyle, Paragon’s backup and disaster recovery software, Hard Disk Manager (HDM) 11 Professional now orbits the Earth on the International Space Station. HDM 11 serves as the primary backup and recovery software for the latest generation Ultrasound system also launched on Atlantis.
The International Space Station’s primary goal is to provide a platform for scientific research. Human subject research is managed by Wyle as part of the Bioastronautics Contract. Certification of the next generation ultrasound required being able to successfully restore the new ultrasound system to its launch configuration. Lockheed Martin, one of the subcontractors operating with Wyle, the prime contractor on the Bioastronautics Contract, needed a recovery solution that could meet its stringent specifications. As is often the case with space-related operations, a customized software solution was needed.
“At Paragon, we provide our clients with superior customer service regardless of where they are, now that extends to outer space,” said Tom Fedro, president of Paragon Software Group. “It was important to Wyle and Lockheed Martin to ensure that the astronauts operating on the Space Station could quickly and easily restore their systems back to an operable state — with the customized version of Hard Disk Manager, they can recover in a matter of minutes without any additional tools.” Paragon developed a custom-restore script that automated the system restore process via a USB-bootable flash drive with the click of a button.
Bioastronautics personnel evaluated several back-up and recovery tools. Of the tools available Paragon’s HDM 11 came closest to meeting the project’s needs. The Paragon team stepped in to close the gap, providing a customized solution which minimized user interaction.
HDM 11 Server provides a complete data backup and disaster recovery solution. A virtual add-on component is available for virtual environments. Both versions offer the ability to perform bare-metal restores, file-level recovery, includes advanced data wiping algorithms, and automatic partition alignment. Additionally, HDM 11 Server enables data back up or migration of an active server with locked volumes, files or folders.
About Wyle
Wyle, with more than 40-plus years experience, is the leader in life sciences research, space medical operations and engineering for the enhancement of human performance and safety in air and space. The company has provided direct support to more than two-thirds of all humans who have traveled in space. As a supplier of trusted services and solutions, Wyle has 4,800 highly specialized and dedicated employees at 50-plus primary facilities nationwide. The company generates annual revenues of approximately $1.1 billion from its core customers, the Department of Defense, NASA, and the nation’s leading aerospace contractors. For more information please visit the company website at www.wyle.com.
About Paragon Software Group
Paragon Software Group is an innovative software developer focused on two dynamic growth markets—data storage and mobile productivity. The company's comprehensive product line for the data storage market addresses the needs of data security, storage and management for PCs, servers and networks. A second portfolio of products focuses on mobile productivity applications for handheld devices. Founded in 1994, Paragon Software has offices in the USA, Germany, Japan, Poland and Russia delivering its solutions to consumers, small business and enterprise clients worldwide through a network of Value Added Resellers, distributors and OEMs as well as online through the company website. Paragon Software provides technology to a host of world class companies and partners including Cisco, Dell, ASUS, Seagate, Buffalo, Iomega, Siemens, Lenovo, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, and more. For more information please visit the company website at www.paragon-software.com.
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Paragon Software is a trademark of Paragon Software Group. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
You can find press release here
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