Today, the international Russian software firm, Veeam Software, announced the release of their second generation fast and secure copy program - Veeam FastSCP 2.0 for VMware ESX Server.

Veeam FastSCP is an easy-to-use tool that is used to perform file management in a VMware ESX environment. According to the company, FastSCP allows a user to copy files from ESX to Windows, Windows to ESX or ESX to ESX. The software doesn't require any ESX server reconfiguration and it has a Windows Explorer-like user interface that is familiar to any Windows user.

The company claims that FastSCP is over 6 times faster than SCP when used to copy ISO files to an ESX Server, to make a backup copy of an existing virtual machine or to copy virtual machines and templates between ESX servers.

Ratmir Timashev, Veeam Software president and CEO said, "The new version is built on customer feedback, and brings the product to the next level with new functionality, scalability, security and ease-of-use."

The new version includes a number of major improvements:

• ESX to ESX direct copy. FastSCP 2.0 allows a user to copy files directly between ESX servers or within one ESX server. Copying is fast and secure and doesn't require any configuration or setup.
  
• Multiple ESX Management. The new version allows a user to work with several ESX servers at the same time within a single interface. All servers are displayed as a folder tree in the Windows Explorer-like UI. The user can easily navigate through the folder tree and switch from one server to another.
  
• Complete File Management & Windows Integration. FastSCP allows a user to work with ESX servers just like one works with files and folders in Windows. FastSCP supports both Drag-n-Drop and Copy & Paste.

Posted by David Marshall on February 26, 2007 07:49 PM