Barracuda Networks Launches New Barracuda Message Archiver Models For Enterprises

Published 8th May 2008

Basingstoke, UK - 7th May, 2008 – Barracuda Networks, Inc., the worldwide leader in email and Web security appliances, today launched the Barracuda Message Archiver 850 and 950 models for enterprises and large organisations searching for an affordable solution to preserve and index all emails. The Barracuda Message Archiver 850 and 950 models also help organisations to efficiently store and manage emails while also satisfying regulatory compliance criteria for saving email...

“One of the biggest challenges facing larger organisations today is the need to balance making sure that their email server continues to operate efficiently while also future proofing their network for compliance,” said Stephen Pao, vice president of product management for Barracuda Networks. “The Barracuda Message Archiver 850 and 950 enable enterprise customers to achieve legal and regulatory compliance needs while making more efficient use of storage technology by providing increased performance, reliability and scalability inside the IT organisation.”

The Barracuda Message Archiver 850 can archive and index email for up to 4,000 users, and the Barracuda Message Archiver 950 has enough processing power to handle 6,000 users. Both models include dual-redundant power supplies and hot-swappable RAID arrays. In addition to offering the full set of storage capabilities – including single instance storage and built-in storage and redundancy through internal or external mirroring – offered with all Barracuda Message Archiver models, the Barracuda Message Archiver 850 and 950 models also include a hardware-based iSCSI host based adapter for high-performance interaction with Storage Area Networks.

Pricing and Availability
The Barracuda Message Archiver 850 and 950 are available immediately priced at £20,249 (€28,349) and £30,349 (€ 42,499) respectively with no per user licensing fees. For more information, please visit www.barracuda.com/archiver.