Are you suffering from unnecessary headaches?
Corporate data is no longer stored solely in the
head office. More and more data is being created and
stored on remote servers and laptops. Tape-based backup
systems are good but there are some inherent headaches
associated with this approach for companies with growing
data storage volumes and a multi site computer estate:
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Backup windows are being stretched or overrun |
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Lack of centralized control, monitoring and
management of remote server data backup and
recovery process |
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Ongoing expenditure on new tapes and off-site
storage |
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Too much IT and non-IT resource time is taken
up performing and managing the daily backup
process |
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The time to recover does not meet the internal
business continuity service level demands |
To understand whether you and your company are
suffering from unnecessary headaches ask yourself
these questions:
| 1. |
How many hours does it take to do a restore
today and what is the financial impact to the
business in lost revenue and productivity? |
| 2. |
Are my backup window objectives being met? |
| 3. |
Am I meeting my backup and recovery service
levels today? |
| 4. |
How frequently do I have to update my tape
infrastructure and how much am I spending on off-site
storage? |
| 5. |
How confident am I that I can recover my data
on any device, any place and anytime? |
| 6. |
Does my current backup and recovery strategy
and technology enable me to meet the compliance
regulations that govern my business - without
fail? |
| 7. |
Do I know what the total cost of ownership of
my tape infrastructure really is? |
More and more companies are now at a point when the
existing tape-based infrastructure just cannot cope
with the growing business and governance requirements,
at the right price. As a result they are looking for
a faster, better and cheaper operational data backup
system coupled with a cost effective Disaster Recovery
solution for its distributed IT estate.
A disk-to-disk-to-tape backup & recovery and long
term data archiving solution will relieve those headaches
by improving operational efficiency and reliability
thereby reducing business risk and provide a better
return on investment than a tape-based system.
It gives you:
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Reduced cost and risk |
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Faster backup times & reduced mean time
to recove |
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Instant verification of data integrity |
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Central control and management of distributed
data backup and recovery |
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End user self-service restore capability (Desktop
& Laptop users) |
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Reduced IT resource overhead |
In order to appreciate its advantages and applicability,
key solution concepts are outlined below.
| Automated |
Backups can be scheduled to run
unattended at a particular time or frequency. |
| Secure |
Data is encrypted before leaving
the device and remains so until recovered. SSL
is used for network encryption and 448 bit Blowfish
for storage. |
| Networked |
Data is transferred via any TCP-IP-enabled
network connection. This removes the cost and
effort of daily physical data shipment. |
| On-line |
A full copy of the most recent data
is kept available for immediate recovery, eliminating
the response times associated with near-line and
off-line systems. |
| Disk-to-disk |
Backups are held on disk for designated
periods, enabling faster recovery, before being
archived to tape for long-term storage. Writing
to disk also improves backup speed and data integrity
verification. |
| Incremental |
Only files that have been modified
or added since the last backup will be identified
for backup by the system. |
| Sub-file |
Changes to a file can be extracted
at the binary or delta block level. For example
if a Word document is edited only the changed
bytes of that document will be extracted and sent
through to the backup server. Both binary and
blocking techniques can be selected according
to file type and size. |
| Progressive |
The backup server is able to update
files using the daily incrementals. This means
every recovery is a full, updated file. |
The two primary advantages are a reduction in the size
of the backup, thereby reducing data transfer and storage
requirements, and speed of recovery, a direct result
of the ability to perform full point in time restores
from disk. This makes the solution well suited to data
backups and recovery in distributed or networked environments
while automation with remote management removes the
effort associated with manual and tape based solutions.
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