R1Soft
Encyclopedia
R1Soft is a division of BBS Technologies an international computer software
company, dealing in the area of Continuous Data Protection
, disk-based online backups
, disaster recovery
, and bare-metal restore
in both Windows
and Linux
servers.
s.
Once a Senior Network engineer for EV1 Servers, David Wartell identified the market opportunity for an affordable high performance backup software that could meet the needs of mass market hosting and cloud servers that often had no reliable backup method.
and small and medium enterprises. By focusing on only two operating systems (Windows and Linux) R1Soft has developed highly specialized device drivers that determine what data blocks need to be copied before the backup operation starts. This reduces typical server backup Windows form hours to minutes, even on large data sets.
Backup Software
Other Tools
-based software company. It was formed in August 2006 by David Wartell.
In December 2007 BBS Technologies Inc., commonly known as Idera, an international computer software
company, dealing in the area of Microsoft SQL Server
, acquired R1Soft.
Computer software
Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it....
company, dealing in the area of Continuous Data Protection
Continuous data protection
Continuous data protection , also called continuous backup or real-time backup, refers to backup of computer data by automatically saving a copy of every change made to that data, essentially capturing every version of the data that the user saves...
, disk-based online backups
Remote backup service
A remote, online, or managed backup service is a service that provides users with a system for the backup and storage of computer files. Online backup providers are companies that provide this type of service to end users ....
, disaster recovery
Disaster recovery
Disaster recovery is the process, policies and procedures related to preparing for recovery or continuation of technology infrastructure critical to an organization after a natural or human-induced disaster. Disaster recovery is a subset of business continuity...
, and bare-metal restore
Bare-metal restore
Bare-metal restore is a technique in the field of data recovery and restoration where the backed up data is available in a form which allows one to restore a computer system from "bare metal", i.e...
in both Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
and Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
servers.
History
R1Soft was founded in 2006 as Righteous Software Inc., a privately held company. Originally focused on Continuous Data Protection for Linux, R1Soft expanded their product capable of performing backups every 5 minutes to Windows and Virtual MachineVirtual machine
A virtual machine is a "completely isolated guest operating system installation within a normal host operating system". Modern virtual machines are implemented with either software emulation or hardware virtualization or both together.-VM Definitions:A virtual machine is a software...
s.
Once a Senior Network engineer for EV1 Servers, David Wartell identified the market opportunity for an affordable high performance backup software that could meet the needs of mass market hosting and cloud servers that often had no reliable backup method.
Products
R1Soft provides Continuous Data Protection and disaster recovery for Windows and Linux servers to Cloud computingCloud computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
and small and medium enterprises. By focusing on only two operating systems (Windows and Linux) R1Soft has developed highly specialized device drivers that determine what data blocks need to be copied before the backup operation starts. This reduces typical server backup Windows form hours to minutes, even on large data sets.
Backup Software
- Windows Server data backup and restore
- Linux Server data backup and restore
- MS SQL Server Backup
- MySQL Database Backup
- Multi-tenant backups for resellers
- Self-service File Restore for Web Hosting Control Panels
Other Tools
- Hot Copy Linux Snapshot technology
- Hyper-V Virtual Disk Explorer
Market Share
- November 2008: 90,000 servers.
- June 2010: 185,000 servers.
- November 2011: 200,000 servers.
Registered Trademarks
- R1Soft
- Continuous Data Protection
- Disk Safe
- True Granular
- Righteous
- Righteous Software
- Lights Out Data Center
- Righteous Bare-Metal
Righteous Software Inc. merger
Righteous Software Inc., commonly known as R1Soft, was originally a Houston, TexasTexas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
-based software company. It was formed in August 2006 by David Wartell.
In December 2007 BBS Technologies Inc., commonly known as Idera, an international computer software
Computer software
Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it....
company, dealing in the area of Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database server, developed by Microsoft: It is a software product whose primary function is to store and retrieve data as requested by other software applications, be it those on the same computer or those running on another computer across a network...
, acquired R1Soft.
See also
- R1Soft Continuous Data Protection
- R1Soft Hot copy
- R1soft Hyper-V VHD ExplorerR1soft Hyper-V VHD ExplorerR1soft Hyper-V VHD Explorer is an application used to mount Hyper-V Virtual Disks in Windows Explorer for Windows Server 2008 R2 computers, produced by R1Soft...
- EV1 Servers