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Becausethebackupresidesondisk,itismuchfastertorestore.Thereisnoneedtolocatethetape,loadit,andthen
reloadthedata.Itisfasterandmoreefficient.
BackupProcess
1. Afullbackupofeachfileserverisperformedonceaweek.
2. Incremental/differential
backupsofeachfileserverareperformeddaily,duringoffpeakhours.
3. Backupscanbemigratedtotapeforlongtermdataprotectionordisasterrecovery.
RecoveryProcess
1. Userssubmitafilerestorerequesttoadministrators.
2. Administratorsquicklyrestorethefilefromdiskatthepointof
thelastbackup.
ContinuousDiskBasedBackups
Keybenefits
Continuousdataprotectionrevolutionizesdataprotectionbyofferingthecorebenefitsofdiskbaseddata
protection(fasterbackups,nearinstantrestore),whilelesseningsomeofthehardshipsofcurrentbackups.Key
benefitsinclude:
Helpensurethatdataisalwaysprotected
Onlycaptureschangedportionoffiles
(blocklevelchanges)
Simplifiesbackups—eliminatesincrementals,fulls,andsoon
Canbackupmultiplefileserverssimultaneously
Minimizesbackupwindowsforprotectedsystems
Leveragestapebackupsforlongtermarchivalandoffsitestorage
Filesinnativeformat,enablingenduserrecovery
KeyDrawbacks
May
notprovidetapebasedbackup,whichisstillneededforlongtermdataprotectionoroff sitestorage
Maynotintegratewiththecurrent backupsolution
Recovery
Instant,flexible,andgranularrecoveryisacentralfocalpointforcontinuousdiskbasedprotection.CPSsignificantly
reducesITadministrationwhileimprovingservicelevels
andenduserproductivity.Enduserscanfindandretrieve
filesinsecondswithoutcontactingIT.
Keybenefitsinclude:
Providesinstantaneousrecovery
Enablesenduserstoretrievetheirownfiles
Enablesrecoveryoffilesfrommultiplepointsintime
BackupProcess