Backup Software
Fortuna are Data Storage Backup Specialists, supplying the correct Backup Software and tape hardware for your application, environment and operating system platform. Backup Software is a subject that nobody likes to speak about. Everybody assumes it is a chore to carry out.
Many companies totally forget about Data Backup and when they do, it is a tick box exercise i.e. a tape drive and a copy of backup software.
Whilst this is ideal in a small user environment, the more servers added, the more costly and complex tape backups become. Most corporates today have multiple operating system installations. Many run separate Linux, UNIX and Windows departments as well as running separate tape backup software and tape hardware solutions. Multiply the single server copies of backup software by the number of tape media by the number of tape drives. Add the on-going maintenance costs for tape hardware and backup software. The costs start to escalate even before adding the number of man hours carrying out restores, checking catalogs and changing media.
If you are replacing or upgrading your existing backup software are you interested in replacing your tape drive hardware? If you are, you might want to consider visiting www.data-storage.co.uk for a broad range of tape drives and libraries for backup applications. Fortuna are able to provide a total solution comprising hardware and software. Please contact us on +44 (0)1256 782030 or E-mail: sales for a discussion.
The ideal solution would comprise of the following components:
- centralised management
- control over existing tape hardware
- operate with multiple operating systems
- integrate with SCSI attach devices, Storage Area Networks (SANs) and Network Attach Storage (NAS)
- fast, reliable and easy to use
- scaleable across LANs or WANs
- full reporting and management
- fully utilise tape drive performance and tape media
- carry out unobtrusive restores
- backup multiple software applications i.e. DB2, Oracle, SQL, Exchange, Lotus Notes, SAP R/3 etc
- cost effective
Backup Software today has evolved to become a heterogeneous backup product able to backup Unix, Windows Server, Vista/XP, Novell, Linux etc from a centrally managed and controlled system. This means backup software can now execute all of the above with the minimum of user intervention. The initial cost of implementing a centralised tape library and backup software might initially seem high but over a 3-5 year period would pay for itself many times over. In addition to this, backup software no longer needs a tape drive to backup to, you can utilise hard disks, optical media etc to perform your backups.
The biggest benefit in using tape media as a backup medium is that it offers high capacity, affordable and removable.
As tape drives get faster the need to reduce backup times and optimise the tape drive performance start to become paramount. Many backup software packages allow multiple streams of data from multiple sources to be streamed concurrently to the tape drive(s) thus ensuring the device continues to stream rather than stopping and starting (shoe shining). This causes unnecessary wear and tear on the drive mechanism which can over a prolonged period create a backup failure.
Symantec Backup Exec also supports Disk to Disk backups and Data De-Duplication solutions.
