The Barracuda Backup Server 1090 is recommended for production environments with up to 50 TB of data. It provides 128 TB of usable local storage, which gives you headroom for deduplication ratios, multiple recovery points, and long-term retention. It is a 4U rack-mounted appliance and is typically deployed in large enterprise and mid-size data center environments where both high storage capacity and high-speed connectivity are required.

Yes. The Backup Server 1090 runs a hardened Linux OS that is substantially less exposed to ransomware than Windows-based backup systems. All backups are stored with 256-bit AES encryption both locally and in Barracuda Cloud. If a ransomware attack hits your production environment, your team can remove the malware, delete the affected files, and restore clean data from the Barracuda appliance, often in less than an hour. Backup data stored in the cloud remains unaffected by attacks on your local network.

The Backup Server 1090 supports bare metal restores for physical servers, fast image-based restores for virtual machines, and granular file-level recovery. For VMware and Hyper-V environments, Barracuda LiveBoot lets you boot a protected VM directly from deduplicated backup storage in minutes if primary storage is lost. Customers with an Instant Replacement and cloud subscription can also use Cloud LiveBoot to run VMs from Barracuda Cloud Storage while their on-premises environment is being recovered.

The Barracuda Backup Server 1090 w/ 10GBE Fiber NIC (model BBS1091a) includes a standard 2-port SFP+ fiber transceiver module in addition to the two 10GB RJ45 copper network interfaces. This gives you the flexibility to connect directly into a 10Gb fiber switch fabric, which is common in larger data center environments. If your switching infrastructure uses copper, both models provide the same two 10GB RJ45 ports and identical backup and recovery capabilities.

No. Barracuda Backup carries no per-agent or per-application licensing fees. You pay for the appliance and your cloud storage subscription, and you can protect as many servers, workstations, and applications as your environment requires without additional per-seat costs. This makes the total cost of ownership more predictable as your environment grows, and removes the friction of tracking individual agent licenses across your infrastructure.