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Enterprise Backup Software
The root of business continuity
Backup and restore software plays an important role in any
company’s IT infrastructure and SMBs cannot afford to ignore it
 The
backup needs of SMBs are essentially the same as those of enterprises except
for the data/storage sizes but there are some important differences that should
be considered. Budget and technical expertise for one are frequently strained
in SMBs and an effective backup strategy must take these issues into consideration.
If you look at the difference between an SMB and an enterprise, generally within
an SMB’s IT department you either have fewer people or at a minimum you
do not have people with specific storage specialization or storage knowledge.
They would not have a dedicated person for backup and recovery, let alone for
managing storage. So if they need to recover files, there is no one to go to.
For such situations, an automated backup solution becomes critical. If a server
crashes, clearly IT is going to do the recovery, but if a user’s files
are involved, the user usually prefers to recover it by himself or herself.
SMBs would look at buying a product that is easy to use and manage. A lot of
the factors change dramatically—in an SMB environment performance is not
critical, but the ability to easily install software is. To be able to start
the software up, make it do what it should and have it keep running is the most
important factor. A backup application should protect all of your computers,
support the most popular operating systems, and back up all the data necessary
to restore your computer in the event of a failure. Some backup strategies protect
only file servers and business-critical application servers. A complete backup
strategy needs to protect servers, desktops, and notebooks, which can remain
unprotected because they are often not connected to the network during scheduled
daily backups.
Protection should also encompass the operating systems, device drivers, applications,
application settings, and user settings on the computers in your network. When
a computer fails, you should not be forced to spend countless hours locating
applications files, loading application CDs, reinstalling applications, and
reconfiguring settings. Backup and recovery software make it easy to recover
all your applications and settings.
Many IHVs sell products that come with bundled data protection software, which
automates high performance backup and recovery, from disk or tape, over unlimited
distances. These also encrypt data using AES 256-bit on tape and disk, enabling
companies to comply with industry and governmental regulations.
Enterprise Backup Software
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 Features:
Its application protection features helps mid-sized businesses protect
up to 20 clients with coverage for five applications including Microsoft
Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, or Oracle and SharePoint; the backup to
disk feature is licensed for up to 10 TB of capacity for backup-to-disk
or EMC Disk Library; tape support helps users back up to tape with a 40-slot
Auto Changer license. Its other capabilities include data deduplication,
CDP, replication management, advanced VMware backup in a virtualized environment
and Video Instructor-Led Training.
Price: Approx Rs 8,41,300
Contact: Praveen Sahai
Telephone: +91-80-6622-5049
E-mail: india_mktg@emc.com
Website: emc.com
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 Features:
Its licensable modules share a common platform that provides back-end
services and advanced capabilities, such as encryption, reporting, deduplication,
and content indexing. The software indexes managed data across all tiers
of storage (including laptops)—online, archive and backup—into
a single virtual pool to meet information access and eDiscovery requirements.
A search-engine-like interface provides instant access to information.
Price: Starts from Rs 70,000
Contact: Vivek Anand
Telephone: +91-22-4070-0101
E-mail: vanand@commvault.com
Website: commvault.in
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 Features:
It combines data deduplication technology, storage resource management
(SRM) reporting and security measures into one backup solution. It provides
integrated support for VMware, Hyper-V and Xen platforms; a dashboard
with Storage Resource Management (SRM); centralized management and administration;
backup and restore; CA XOsoft replication integration; WAN Bandwidth-optimized
remote office backups; access control and auditing; and encryption key
management.
Price: Rs 40,920
Contact: Ajit Jose
Telephone: +91-22-6641-3857 / +91-98208-91302
E-mail: ajit.jose@ca.com
Website: ca.com
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 Features:
It provides secure protection for data, applications and systems on a
single machine or a small network without requiring an expert. It supports
Windows, Linux or NetWare with backup to disk, tape or DVD/CD. It is easy
to add machines for protection, share backup devices and manage all this
from a simple interface. It can backup data to tape, disk or DVD/CD or
a combination of these media; add the D2Any2Any option to automatically
move and/or copy disk backups to tape. It also includes automated disaster
recovery, encrypts backup data and automatically tunes multiple concurrent
backup streams.
Price: Rs 49,000 onwards
Contact: Aravind Vasudevan
Telephone: +91-99001-57827
E-mail: aravind.vasudevan@hp.com
Website: hp.com
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 Features:
It provides data and system recovery of virtual and physical systems and
support for the entire Windows Server 2008 portfolio. It automatically
copies recovery points (backups) to a remote server using FTP or to an
external hard drive or network share to enhance your disaster recovery
efforts. You can eliminate backup windows by capturing an entire live
Windows system, without disrupting user productivity or application usage,
and centrally manage backup and recovery tasks for multiple servers across
your entire organization (via Backup Exec System Recovery Manager).
Price: Rs 52,402.38 per server and Rs. 3,302.19
per workstation
Contact: Kamal MK
Telephone: +91-98450-53035
E-mail: Kamal_MK@symantec.com
Website: Symantec.com
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