July 11, 2007
R1Soft Releases MySQL CDP Add-On Module

Houston, Texas–(July 11, 2007)—R1Soft (http://www.r1soft.com), a developer of near-continuous data protection products for Linux and Windows, today announced the release of its sought-after MySQL data protection add-on module, designed to support large or frequently changing databases that can not tolerate down time and performance loss during backups.

The new module was initially announced in March, 2007. As stated in the previous announcement, R1Soft becomes the first to offer such a data protection product for MySQL databases, which generally store transaction-based data that changes frequently. Because of these constant changes, legacy data protection solutions, such as tape backups, or free utilities like mysqlhotcopy face many drawbacks, including their inability to store numerous point-in-time snapshots and their demands on system resources.

“There are over 10 million active MySQL deployments and almost every one of these systems needs a hot backup utility that does not interrupt continuous transactions.  With our product, we are able to use a granular approach, allowing databases to be backed up as often as four or five times an hour.  By using our kernel level near-Continuous Data Protection system for Linux we are able to provide consistent point-in-time backups for MySQL without any down time to the database.” said David Wartell, R1Soft founder and CEO.

The module is available as a premium add-on to R1Soft’s flagship CDP Server product, providing data protection on both Linux and Windows platforms. Features of the module include the ability to execute Bare-Metal restorations for an entire MySQL Server, as well as the ability to back up busy MySQL Servers without interruptions. The module also provides an easy to use Web interface, designed for both server administrators and end users.

R1Soft’s CDP products diverge significantly from traditional backup technologies, which essentially copy files at intervals from hard disks to another medium, such as a tape drive. These methods only provide data protection on a daily or weekly basis, resulting in large losses of data in the event of a disaster. R1Soft’s CDP Server, however, monitors changes to the disk as they happen, thereby reducing backup windows to seconds or minutes. It also affords even busy servers a significantly higher level of reliability in the event of a disaster, without the consumption of a large amount of system resources.

For more information about Righteous Backup Server, please visit http://www.r1soft.com or call 800-956-6198.

To download R1Soft products including the MySQL add-on module please visit http://download.r1soft.com.

About Righteous Software
Founded in 2003, Righteous Software is a provider of innovative disk-based backup solutions. Offering low cost, scalable and integrated products, the company has quickly been recognized by industry leaders as the standard for Linux disk-based backups.