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The
Technology At Work To Keep Your Systems Working
The NAS
device can be configured to backup multiple Windows 2000 and Windows 2003
servers by partition or by logical drives. There are no file or
folder-level exclusions, because a snapshot of the entire partition is
taken at the block level on the hard drive.
Also, database applications such as Microsoft SQL Server
and Microsoft Exchange Server transfer data in blocks without having to
worry if files are open or if they are in use.
Key
Components Of The Device’s Technology Are:
Base
Image - The first backup taken of a
server is the base image — an exact copy of the currently used space on
the server. The base image is taken for each volume (or partition) on the
server. Once the base image is set all future backups are incrementals.
Remote Storage and Base Remote Backup Image Creation - Your data is stored (in encrypted form) in two secure
online data backup centers, located hundreds of miles apart from each
other. The BASE IMAGE will be sent via a SATA II drive to the primary
remote storage facility. There is generally a three-week turnaround time
required for this base image transfer to occur. Incremental back ups will
occur in the meantime and they will collapse into the base image when the
transfer is complete.
Incrementals -
Incrementals take place at the frequency that you schedule. If you select
24/7 backups at 15 minute incrementals 96 incremental files will be
created each day. If you selected one-hour incrementals, 24 incremental
files will be created each day.
Incremental Forever Methodology -Incremental Forever Methodology differs from regular
incrementals in that only one full backup or base image is required. This
greatly reduces the time it takes to perform subsequent backups as each
incremental takes only seconds to complete.
Synthetic Incrementals - Incremental files are collapsed into synthetic
incrementals (basically one larger incremental file). This is done to
ensure chain integrity and to speed up restorations. The fewer hops from
the current point-in-time back to the base image, the faster your
restoration will be.
Recovery Options - Recovering
files and folders is a simple process where the entire image is mounted
as a volume on the NAS device. The encryption is needed. Files can then
be copied to the destination server over the network. We also provide
utilities enabling your engineers to restore files, folders, Exchange
mailboxes or messages and SQL tables and databases.
Virtualization (Physical to Virtual) Standby Server
Functionality - The
NAS device can “virtualize” failed servers while keeping the system in
the same state as it was before the problem arose. No configurations are
necessary. Once virtualized, the NAS will resume the backup schedule that
was in effect before the failure.
Bare Metal Restore (Virtual to Physical) - When it comes time to restore the virtualized server
back to physical hardware, our bare metal restore process allows
restorations to dissimilar hardware.
On-site and Off-site Solution with Multiple
Restore Points - Multiple
NAS devices can be placed on a LAN. Each NAS device, depending on the
model, can be configured to backup one single server or multiple servers.
Everything comes together in our NAS device to
produce 15-minute incremental snapshots that safely reside within the
device and are ready to be used to restore a file, a file folder, an
email, or a database… all within five minutes.
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