Alike A3/V7 Documentation
Prerequisites
The Alike Appliance (A3) is a purpose-built backup and DR solution which can be run as a VM or Docker image on any major hypervisor or container. Before installing your A3, have a quick look over its requirements, deployment options, and supported platforms.
After that, please proceed to Download and Install!
- Minimum System Requirements (A3)
- 1GB RAM
- 16GB System disk
- 1GB NIC
- Backup Storage for data--SMB/CIFS, NFS, cloud storage, or custom
- Internet Access to quadricsoftware.com
Additional RAM can help with larger load/environments.
See Backend Tuning for more information on scaling.
Your A3 Can Be Deployed To
The A3 is most commonly deployed as a VM, but it can also be deployed as a Docker container.
- Deploy your A3 as a Virtual Machine on the following platforms:
- - Citrix XenServer 7.5 - 8.2 CU1
- - XCP-ng
- - Microsoft Hyper-V 2012R2 - 2022
- The A3 has been tested as a docker container on the following platforms:
- - Alpine 3.15.5 (A3 Docker reference implementation)
- - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Other Docker platforms may work. Please see our Docker Customization section to learn more.
Your A3 Can Protect
Your A3 protects Hyper-V, Xen, and Windows Physical machines. Xen includes the two major Xen families, Citrix Hypervisor and XCP-ng. If your hypervisor is supported by your vendor, it's supported by us.
- Supported Hypervisors for protection
- - Citrix XenServer 7.5 - 8.2 CU1
- - XCP-ng
- - Microsoft Hyper-V 2012R2-2022
- Supported Physical (Standalone Machine) OSs for protection
- - Microsoft Windows Server 2012R2-2022
- - Microsoft Windows 10 - 11
Note that A3 Physical Backups protect your physical machine at the OS level by protecting its volumes. Your A3 cannot restore a physical backup to physical hardware directly, and some restore paths may not be available, depending on disk layout, boot configuration, etc.