Zenith Infotech, a leading provider of backup and disaster recovery, and remote monitoring and management solutions, today announced the availability of its new near-line business continuity appliance, ARCA. Distributed exclusively through the technology 'channel,' ARCA is a network-attached storage device for Windows Servers preloaded with backup, recovery and virtualization software.

Available in four models, ARCA provides a reliable, affordable business continuity solution for companies of any size looking to deploy a stand-alone system they can maintain and monitor independently. Through its unique ARCA to ARCA replication feature, technology solution providers can virtualize failed servers remotely in a fraction of the time typically required of other restoration options. The appliance meets the RPO standards of higher priced business continuity solutions by indefinitely storing 48 hours of backups at 15- minute intervals, 14 daily backups, 5 weekly backups and 30 day backups.

ARCA is the newest product in Zenith Infotech's popular BDR business continuity solutions series and features:

1. Block-level transfer for more efficient and reliable backups

2. 15-minute incremental snapshots for more frequent recovery point objectives

3. Total Windows Server Backup, which preserves OS and applications as well as data

4. Exchange granular recovery, allowing restoration down to the message level

5. Instant standby server virtualization resident directly on the ARCA appliance

6. Bare metal restore, even to dissimilar hardware

7. Industry standard encryption to ensure secure backups

8. Multiple replication schemes for NAS-to-NAS replication

9. Integrated management and reporting directly on the device

"ARCA is a perfect complement to any organization's existing tape backups because of its ability to provide near-term, near-line recovery from a single file, database or mail message, up to a full production server, in minutes," said Akash Saraf, Zenith Infotech CEO. "It's an ideal solution for organizations who understand the criticality of investing in a solid business continuity plan, yet don't require the breadth and scope of a large monitoring and support structure."

Zenith Infotech's BDR business continuity solutions, introduced in 2007, offer a comprehensive disk-based technology for backup and disaster recovery needs in the small-to-midsize-business market. With more than 10,000 customers throughout North America and Europe, the product gives technology solution providers a proven business continuity solution that can be offered under their own brand.