Say 'hello' to my little friend!

We’re very excited to introduce a new addition to LiteSpeed brand – we’ve released LiteSpeed Engine for SQL Server, which is now available with LiteSpeed for SQL Server Enterprise.  Let’s nail some questions that you may be having:

• What is LiteSpeed Engine for SQL Server?  It’s a very light weight, drop and go compression and encryption ‘engine’ for SQL Server.

• Why is that important?  By offering LiteSpeed Engine for SQL Server, customers who already have a backup and recovery strategy in place using their own scripts and processes can now get the compression and encryption that is offered by LiteSpeed – without changing their current backup processes.

• What’s the difference between LiteSpeed Engine and LiteSpeed Enterprise?  LiteSpeed for SQL Server Enterprise offers the full monty – a very comprehensive backup and recovery solution that provides not just compression and encryption, but also Maintenance Plan management, Object level recovery, Fast Compression, etc.  Now, LiteSpeed Engine for SQL Server, as stated in the previous bullet, simply offers the compression and encryption capabilities of LiteSpeed which fits into an already established backup and recovery process.

• Can you give a brief usecase for this?  LiteSpeed Engine provides much more flexibility and choice to you as to how to deploy LiteSpeed.  For example, on your ‘mission/business critical’ systems, the full implementation of a backup and recovery strategy offered by LiteSpeed Enterprise will be very valuable.  On those less critical systems, or pre-production environments, or those databases that already have a backup and recovery plan in place, LiteSpeed Engine will be the missing piece that gives compression and encryption.

• How do I get LiteSpeed Engine for SQL Server?  Currently, LiteSpeed Engine is available to evaluate by downloading from our LiteSpeed for SQL Server page on Quest.com.  Take a look – we’d love your feedback.

• Is there any other resource where we can see how LiteSpeed Engine for SQL Server will work?  Yes!  We have a brief video that provides an overview of LiteSpeed Engine for SQL Server and how to configure.

We’re really excited about our introduction of LiteSpeed Engine for SQL Server and are confident that the flexibility now available in how you decide LiteSpeed fits into your backup and recovery strategy will blow you away.

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