Backup and Recovery Software Data Protection with Backup Deduplication

Backup and Recovery Software Data Protection with Backup Deduplication

  • AIMstor Backup centralizes all your backup needs with top-down policy management, data classification and next generation architecture to meet the needs of modern data centers, private clouds and distributed enterprise environments.

    TOTAL CONTROL OF RPO

    Control your RPO
    Set your Recovery Point Objectives to your business needs. Mix and match batch and continuous data movement anywhere it is needed.

    PERFORMANCE ENHANCED

    Designed for performance
    Global deduplication together with changed-byte transfer drastically shrinks your backup window, and can often eliminate it completely. Restores are done without rehydration, accelerating your recovery time with the maximum possible speed.

    DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE

    Distributed architecture
    Next generation approach allows easy connectivity and management for central and remote sites, physical and virtual machines, file and application data.

    FAST DEPLOYMENT

    Fast Deployment
    Users can deploy AIMstor on any hardware in minutes and fine tune their policies to their own recovery and retention needs. Using our Workflow User Interface, AIMstor configures and sets policies and data flows that match your environment in minutes.

    UNIFIED DATA PROTECTION

    Unified data protection
    AIMstor was built to unify many different data protection technologies into a single, downloadable and easy to use application. See our other pages on Replication, CDP, Bare Metal Restore and the rest to learn more.

  • Feature
    Benefit
    Backup Snapshot Performance
    AIMstor provides granular snapshots for fast and intelligent recovery of your data. Snapshots can be real-time capable and save data to the last hour, minute or second.
    Disk-to-Disk Backup
    Maximize backup and restore speed and availability. AIMstor allows you to use your existing disk resources as an intelligent repository for a high performance D2D backup solution.
    Eliminates Backup Windows
    Because data is captured as it changes there are no bulk data transfers or file system scans, and because the backup process causes no overhead to the source machine, there is no longer a requirement for a backup window.
    Eliminates Client Side Overhead
    Unlike traditional backup processes, AIMstor does not scan client or server file systems looking for changed data.
    Byte-Level Change Aware
    Only the data that is changed is transmitted. For instance, if a 10KB email is added to a 3GB PST file, then only the 10KB change to the PST file will be sent. A traditional backup process will first have to scan the whole file system looking for changes and then transmit the entire 3GB PST file.
    Real-Time Data Movement
    Changed byte transfer removes the need for a backup window. Using real time data movement of changed bytes for backup, changed data is moved instantly for backup.
    Reduced Overhead
    Live deduplicated backups vastly reduce CPU, system and network overhead on the source machine. Data is captured incrementally as it is changed or created, then transferred.
    Fast and Efficient Restore
    No layered restore process. Although data is captured byte by byte incrementally, data is indexed so a full image is available, and restored as a single stream equivalent to restoring from a full backup. This provides ultra fast restores, and a consistent point in time backup of the complete dataset.
    Browse Snapshots or Search for Restore
    Online full restores that are already deduplicated and can be browsed are always at hand. All data undergoes Tag-Store-Index process to make it Search-Ready, increases speed for file restore, or file version retrieval by factors of up 100X over legacy products.
    Multi-Tier Backup Deduplication
    Utilizing several backup deduplication schemes, from the point of primary data change awareness, to transfer of data, and post process, AIMstor reduces storage capacity needed many fold. See Data Deduplication for more information.
    Centralizes Backups
    Backup and Recovery to and from multiple nodes, laptops, desktops, file servers and application servers, for all-in-one, high performance, backup.

    More Features in AIMstor

    Feature
    Benefit
    Application Support
    Application consistent restores of SQL and Exchange, fully automated for Backup and Restore.
    CIFS Agentless backup
    Data can be backed up via Windows Shares. This enables support for Filers and Legacy operating systems such as Windows 2000.
    Cloud Support
    File versions can be moved from a repository to cloud storage with independent retention. Cloud versions are indexed locally enabling near instant queries of secured files. Nirvanix is supported now, others will be supported in the future.
    Secure connections
    Connections between AIMstor nodes can optionally use a secure encrypted connection. Connections are always created in a secure manor and then will optionally encrypt the data using Open SSL standards.
    Firewall Friendly
    For easy laptop or remote server backup over a public network, AIMstor is able to configure multiple nodes behind a firewall with minimal firewall setup. Combined with secure SSL encrypted connections and Source Deduplication this allows for ultra fast and safe backup over the internet for outlying office and MSPs.
    Pre/Post Script
    The ability to run a user supplied program or script before a backup and/or snapshot is created and once complete, run a different user supplied program or script.
    Linux DR ready
    Like AIMstor's Diswsimilar Bare Metal Restore for Windows, AIMstor is now compatible with the upcoming release of the Linux Bare Metal Restore agent.
    Persistent Repository
    Repository provides full journaled recovery in event of hardware or power failure
    Manage Storage Array Snapshots
    Allows AIMstor to also manage snapshots from hardware storage arrays, providing further centralization of backup and snapshot management under a single unified solution.

  • Combining Source Deduplication and Target Deduplication for Maximum Storage Efficiency

    AIMstor is "content aware" of the deduplication that occurs. Legacy backup deduplication solutions typically do not understand the content, and this often creates issues for restore and long term data management.

    The AIMstor Unified Repository employs several schemes for optimal de-duplication both within the store, and from the originating primary data source, and makes no distinction between file or email data.

    Duplicate Transfer Avoidance
    During initial synchronization AIMstor intelligently analyzes data and will not transmit any duplicates of data stored.
    Byte Level Change Detection
    Data Change Detection eliminates continuous scans, saving time, performance and capacity hits on all machines. Only changed bytes need to be transferred.
    Multi-Level Single Instance Storage
    AIMstor Unified Repository allows only a single instance of a file, no matter if it is a snapshot, CDP, archive, file or email.
    Post Process Deduplication
    Final step, runs post processing deduplication algorithms within a repository across all data sets from all machines.
    Data Reduction via Classification
    By Classifying data in real-time, AIMstor can optionally target highly specific data for any policy.

    AIMstor 4-tier backup deduplication provides the optimum data reduction techniques surpassing every other backup and recovery product. Maximum performance with minimum latency is achieved at every level.

  • Source and Mirror Nodes Master Node Repository Nodes
    Windows
    XP Professional SP2, SP3 (g)
    Vista SP1+ (g) (g)
    Vista SP1+ (64 bit) (g) (g)
    Windows 7 (g) (g)
    Windows 7 (64 bit) (g) (g)
    Windows 2003 R2 SP1+
    Windows 2003 R2 SP1+ (64 bit)
    Windows 2008
    Windows 2008 (64 bit) (e)
    Windows 2008 R2 (64 bit)
    Linux
    Kernel 2.6+ (f)
    Source and Mirror Nodes Master Node Repository Nodes
    Memory 512 MB+ 2 GB+ 4 GB+
    Hard Disk Space 50 MB for AIMstor,
    16 GB for cache    		 50 MB for AIMstor,
    4 GB for logs    		 50 MB for AIMstor,
    16 GB per source
    Repository space
    RAID Disk Not Required Not Required Performance Based RAID
    16 GB per source
    Repository space
    Network Interface 100+ Mb/s 100+ Mb/s 1,000+ Mb/s
    Processor 1 CPU, 1 GHz 2 CPU, 2+ GHz 4 CPU, 2+ GHz
    Suggested OS Any Windows 2003, 2008, Linux Windows 2003, 2008, Linux
    Display Resolution 1024 x 768 1024 x 768 N/A (via Master)
    Software N/A Sun Microsystems Java
    Runtime Environment or above.(a)    		 Sun Microsystems Java
    Runtime Environment or above.(a)
    1. Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 32 bit or greater can be downloaded from www.java.com.
    2. Repository configuration should plan for 16GB of hard disk space for cache per Source Node. See wiki.cofio.com for further information.
    3. When more than one configuration is applied to a single node, the higher specification is required.
    4. Recent updates and patches of OS should be maintained to minimize problems.
    5. When installing Repository on Win 2008 64-bit, we recommend using Microsoft Dynamic Cache Service called Dynacache, available for free via download at Microsoft.
    6. Linux supports all Node Types except Replication Node, which will be available in 2011.
    7. Workstation OS's such as XP and Windows 7 can be used for AIMstor Repository for demo purposes. For production purposes use server based OS's such as Windows 2003, Windows 2008 or Linux. The AIMstor Master can be installed on XP. It can also reside on Vista and Win 7 if the UAC "User Account Control" is turned off.

    When more then one configuration is applied to a single node, higher specification may be needed.

  • AIMstor Backup Screenshots

    AIMstor Backup Operation

    The Backup Operation can be combined with other AIMstor Operations, such as CDP or Replication, to create one single policy for many types of Data Protection. Fine tuning Recovery Point Objective, Retention and other parameters is easily done within the Workflow User Interface.

    The Restore view provides several selections, including Browse Backups and Snapshots. In this view, any Backup or Snapshot can be sorted by a variety of parameters, such as Date, Policy, Host name, Repository, and so forth.

    The Restore view provides a powerful Search window. Because all data is Tagged-Stored-Indexed, AIMstor can help you search by combining many different parameters, such as Date Created or Modified, Repository, Owner, Process, Size, Policy, Host name, Repository, and many more.

    This image shows a fast search based on the Extension "PDF". With 32 million files in this repository, the search came back with the results in less than 1 second.

    The Restore view provides a powerful Search window. Because all data is Tagged-Stored-Indexed, AIMstor can help you search by combining many different parameters, such as Date Created or Modified, Repository, Owner, Process, Size, Policy, Host name, Repository, and many more.

    This image shows a fast search based on "File Name" starting with "out". With 32 million files in this repository, the search came back with the results in less than 1 second.

    AIMstor Data Flow - Drag and Drop

    The AIMstor Data Flow screen provides Drag and Drop for all your physical and virtual machine resources. Use it like you would a white board, and create data flows as you need them.

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