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Becausethebackupresidesondisk,itismuchfastertorestore.Thereisnoneedtolocatethetape,loadit,andthen
reloadthedata.Itisfasterandmoreefficient.
BackupProcess
1. Afullbackupofeachfileserverisperformedonceaweek.
2. Incremental/differential
backupsofeachfileserverareperformeddaily,duringoff‐peakhours.
3. Backupscanbemigratedtotapeforlong‐termdataprotectionordisasterrecovery.
RecoveryProcess
1. Userssubmitafilerestorerequesttoadministrators.
2. Administratorsquicklyrestorethefilefromdiskatthepointof
thelastbackup.
ContinuousDisk‐BasedBackups
Keybenefits
Continuousdataprotectionrevolutionizesdataprotectionbyofferingthecorebenefitsofdisk‐baseddata
protection(fasterbackups,near‐instantrestore),whilelesseningsomeofthehardshipsofcurrentbackups.Key
benefitsinclude:
• Helpensurethatdataisalwaysprotected
• Onlycaptureschangedportionoffiles
(block‐levelchanges)
• Simplifiesbackups—eliminatesincrementals,fulls,andsoon
• Canbackupmultiplefileserverssimultaneously
• Minimizesbackupwindowsforprotectedsystems
• Leveragestapebackupsforlong‐termarchivalandoffsitestorage
• Filesinnativeformat,enablingend‐userrecovery
KeyDrawbacks
• May
notprovidetape‐basedbackup,whichisstillneededforlong‐termdataprotectionoroff sitestorage
• Maynotintegratewiththecurrent backupsolution
Recovery
Instant,flexible,andgranularrecoveryisacentralfocalpointforcontinuousdisk‐basedprotection.CPSsignificantly
reducesITadministrationwhileimprovingservicelevels
andend‐userproductivity.Enduserscanfindandretrieve
filesinsecondswithoutcontactingIT.
Keybenefitsinclude:
• Providesinstantaneousrecovery
• Enablesenduserstoretrievetheirownfiles
• Enablesrecoveryoffilesfrommultiplepointsintime
BackupProcess