<span style="font-family: Calibri"><span style="font-size: small">I recently had the opportunity to upgrade a customer’s Quest (Vizioncore) vRanger Pro implementation to version 5.3.  I was pleasantly surprised with the performance and ease of use of the product compared to previous versions.</span></span>

<span style="font-family: Calibri"><span style="font-size: small">Version 5.3 is a maintenance release of 5.2 that was released last August that also adds <a href="http://communities.quest.com/community/vranger/blog/2011/12/01/introduction-to-the-new-deduplication-option-for-quest-vranger-v53">deduplication support</a>.  The product now includes</span></span> full VMware ESX and ESXi support, as well as VMware HotAdd support for faster speeds when making network backups of ESXi. The latest version of the platform also features the ability to run as a low-resource usage virtual appliance when replicating ESXi virtual machine data.

<strong><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Calibri">Key Features in vRanger 5:</span></span></strong>

<span style="font-family: Calibri"><span style="font-size: small"><strong>Full VMware ESX and ESXi Support </strong>— Provides a wide range of backup and recovery capabilities, plus replication</span></span>

<strong>Flexible Enterprise-Class Deduplication</strong> — NetVault SmartDisk vRanger Edition offers flexible enterprise-class deduplication with an SMB price

<strong>Virtual Appliance for ESXi</strong>— Uses low-resource Virtual Appliances to replicate ESXi VM data, including differential replication

<strong>VMware HotAdd Support</strong> — Delivers faster speeds when making network backups of ESXi

<strong>Fully integrates with vCenter</strong>— Enhances security for compliance with support for granular ESXi service lock-down and eliminates host login requirements as root

<strong>vRanger 5 is Certified VMware-Ready for vSphere 5</strong>