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Backup Software 2010Presented by W. Curtis PrestonExecutive Editor & Independent Backup Expert
When I was in the IT Department When I started as “backup guy” at 35B company in1993: Tape Drive: QIC 80 (80 MB capacity) Tape Drive: Exabyte 8200 (2.5 GB & 256KB/s) Biggest Server: 4 GB (‟93), 100 GB (‟96) Entire Data Center: 200 GB (‟93), 400 GB (‟96) My TIVO now has 5 times the storage my data center did! Consulting in backup & recovery since „96 Author of O‟Reilly‟s Backup & Recovery &Using SANs and NAS Webmaster of BackupCentral.com Founder/CEO of Truth in IT Follow me on Twitter @wcpreston
Agenda Backup and restore problems New backup & restore features New products
BACKUP & RESTOREPROBLEMS
So much data, So little time Every year we digitize more and moredata, creating more and more storagethat must be backed up Yet the tolerance for traditional backupmethods is waning No one wants their systems to beinaccessible or slow during backup They also want their systemsimmediately restored with no data loss
SecurityData loss notifications laws:Requiresencryption ofpersonal databy law (MA):
Remote & Mobile Data
Remote & Mobile Data Important data No (or limited) IT personnel Poor bandwidth Using tape for remote data is anopen invitation for data loss orsecurity issues 60-80%* of corporate data resideson PCs and laptops – not onservers* Source: Gartner
Server Virtualization
Server Virtualization 10s to 100s of remote offices inyour datacenter (servers w/poorbandwidth) The difference is you could berequired to simultaneously restoreall of these remote offices Physics is the problem Can only utilize traditional backuptechniques for so long
BACKUP & RESTOREFEATURES
Virtual Full Backups Available with many products Get the power of a full without the datatransfer Resulting full is the same as a normalfull Restores are the same Do not need previous tapes Incremental backups based on the full
Backup Software Target Dedupe Target dedupe built into backupsoftware allows some of thebenefits of appliance dedupewhile using generic storage Not quite as powerful orscalable as most appliancesolutions but may be moreaffordable for SMBs
Source Dedupe Designed to back up remote dataover very slow connections Remote sites Mobile systems Best suited for environments wherebandwidth is a primary concern Showing up in many backup products
Dedupe to Tape? Concern is that you would needdozens of tapes to restore asingle file Best used for long term storageof data that you will notfrequently restore from Must have a good plan for whathappens when you do need it
Cloud Backup & Archive Not your father‟s Internet backup Pricing plans much moreaffordable, especially for homedata Perfect for remote data sets,smaller companies, or personal Investigate possible futureinsourcing if it‟s ever possible
Backups Into Archives? Typically this is a no-no Old grape juice is not wine, and oldbackups are not archives Unless you turn them into archives Must give them greater context thantypical backup Full-text search of content of files Full-text search against metadata (owner, From:,etc.) Separation from host & application requirement
BACKUP & RESTOREPRODUCTS
Disclaimer There are hundreds of backupproducts out there and I haveonly a few minutes Inclusion or exclusion of aproduct does not equate to meendorsing it or rejecting it Products are listed alphabetically
ARCserve Aimed at SMBs One of the longest-runningproducts Investigate new features Deduplication SRM reporting in dashboard
Avamar Self-contained source dedupe Largest installed base (source) Good for remote sites, Vmware Gets around any VSS issues,since it can be run inside theVM w/o usual performanceissues
Backup Exec Aimed at SMBs Investigate new features OSTEnterprise vault EngineIntegrated source/target dedupeWork-around for VMware VSS issue
CommVault Aimed at SMB & ME, aiming higher CommVault Technology Engine Backup, Archive, CDP, near-CDP from oneengine Integrated target dedupe, source is coming Backups can offer some archivefunctionality via full-text search Main Commserve runs on Windows Depends on VMware for VSS
NetBackup Aimed at enterprise Workaround for VMware VSS Investigate these features Synthetic Fulls, cumulativesCDP capabilities w/RealtimeTarget & source dedupe built-inStorage lifecycle policiesSAN clientOST
NetWorker Aimed at enterprise Depends on VMware for VSS All dedupe built into DD or Avamar Investigate these features Controlling of Avamar backupsSaveset consolidationSeveral cloning enhancementsMajor cloning enhancements by Q4 10DD Boost by Q4 10CDP features via RecoverPoint
TSM Aimed at enterprise Now uses full DB2 database Investigate these features CDP features via Fastback Active Data Pools (6.2) Simultaneous operations Backup to copy pool Migrate disk to tape Copy active data
Vmware-specific Products All have worked aroundVmware‟s VSS issues PHDVirtual ESXpress Integrated Source dedupe Veeam Backup & Replication Near-CDP style recovery Vizioncore vRanger Pro Object Recovery for Exchange
Cloud Backup EMC Mozy Iron Mountain Connected LiveVault Microsoft DPM Carbonite Crashplan Asigra service providers
Interesting CDP-like products MS DPM (near-CDP) NetApp Snapmanager Snapmirror Snapvault, OSSV Falconstor (CDP, near-CDP) iNmage (CDP) AppAssure (CDP) Cofio (Unified backup)
THANK YOU!
Backup Software 2010 Presented by W. Curtis Preston Executive Editor & Independent Backup Expert. When I was in the IT Department When I started as “backup guy” at 35B company in 1993: Tape Drive: QIC 80 (80
