Asigra Televaulting for Geographically-Dispersed LANs

The Data Protection Solution for Enterprise Networks

Many challenges face the IT executives and managerswho are responsible for large, complex networks. One ofthe most formidable is protecting the vital enterpriseinformation that’s distributed across LANs in remoteoffices and factories. Facilities around the country andaround the world that rely on local tape backup andrestore systems.

Safeguarding this remote data is often a hit-or-missproposition. Backup quality depends on local staff andequipment. Information that’s crucial for day-to-dayoperations, as well as legal compliance, may gounprotected.

Backing up data locally is also expensive. It requires anongoing investment in staff, training, technology andsupplies for each location. Managing offsite tape storagelocally is a chore. Restoring data lost between storageperiods is difficult and time-consuming, and mayseriously affect your on-going business.

Bottom line, traditional local backup with tape lacksconsistency, reliability, and accountability.

Now there’s a more effectivesolution for enterprise-wide backup

Asigra Televaulting is a WAN-based backup/restoresolution that overcomes local tape limitations. Itincludes all the tools and functions you need to manageyour distributed data from one central hub. Securely,reliably and efficiently.

You can effectively protect each LAN, including alldesktops, across your entire network. Data from these“data islands” is securely transmitted over your IP WANto your central online repository for backup.

You control the backup functions. You control the storagemedia. You decide which information is critical, which isimportant. Which to store online and which to archiveoffsite. And you avoid costly downtime because lost datacan be quickly restored, either by your local ITadministrator or the central help desk.

Key Benefits

Simple, fast installation: No need to install an “agent” onevery target machine you need to protect. Just one freesoftware application on one piece of hardware at each site.

Lower backup costs: Unlimited-seat licensing means youpay only for the total amount of compressed data fromacross your enterprise – no matter how many machinesyou're protecting.

Lower admin costs: Centralized administration eliminatesmany local costs associated with staffing, technology andtape storage. Upgrades are silent and automatic, withoutuser intervention.

Service Level Agreement accountability: Online reportsensure that pre-negotiated SLAs with internal users arebeing met.

No local action needed: The fully automated process usesyour existing IP-WAN to take data offsite securely,eliminating the old courier-based manual tape process.

Fast and efficient data recovery: Restore critical dataquickly to any location on your WAN from the online vaultin your enterprise data center.

Flexible and scalable: Supports thousands of sites or "dataislands" across virtually any type of IP network.

Data security: Advanced security and authenticationalgorithms, including AES encryption, ensure the safety andconfidentiality of your data at all times.

The AsigraWeb Portalenables I.T.staff andend users toview backupreportsthrough aweb browser

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Lower Backup/Restore Costs

Unlike other backup solutions, Asigra’s unlimited-seatlicensing model means that you pay only for the aggregateamount of compressed data from across your enterprisenetwork. There’s no charge for the local DS-Clientsoftware, no matter how many LANs you’re protecting.

Your backup cost per machine is minimized, becauseduplicate data that appears on networked computers -such as system files and registry settings - is sent onlyonce to the online vault. As you add machines toindividual LANs, the average cost actually goes down.

Most of the costs associated with tape backup will applyto your central location only. Your local expenses dropdramatically as you eliminate software license fees. Tapetechnology upgrades or replacements. New andreplacement tapes. Offsite tape storage. Recruiting, training and supporting local staff.

Hardware requirements

The DS-System application installed at the central hubruns on Solaris®™ 9 using SAM-FS, Windows®™ 2000 orhigher or Linux Red Hat®™ 9. Storage architecture can beDirect Attached, Storage Area Network, or NetworkAttached Storage.

Centralized storage simplifies administration, whilesignificantly lowering IT overhead. While you gain thepeace of mind that comes from knowing that your entireorganization is disaster recovery ready.

Centralized Control

The DS-System software, installed at your central datacenter, enables your IT staff to manage the online vaultand data repository. It incorporates a full range ofpowerful administrative features. The System MonitoringTool automatically checks for backup errors.

Web-based Status Reports assure accountability, verifyingthat all backups occurred as scheduled. The central hubhas a complete view of all sites from one interface that iseasily integrated with existing SNMP-based monitoring andnotification systems.

Easy Deployment Across the Enterprise

Thanks to Asigra’s “agentless” architecture, you onlyinstall just one free software application, the DS-Client,at each remote location. That eliminates the cost ofinstalling an “agent” or “client” on every machine youwant to protect. It also makes your backup highlyscalable.

You can automate client installations across a variety ofoperating systems and network configurations. The DS-Client can protect data from most operatingenvironments, such as Windows®™, Unix, Linux, including"hot" backup of Oracle®, MS-SQL® and MS-Exchange®. Itintegrates fully with Windows NT® domains, Trusts andNovell® NDS trees, and otherwise adopts your local LAN’sexisting security settings.

Faster Backup, Faster Recovery

Asigra Televaulting automates and simplifies as much ofthe backup process as possible. Backups can occur asoften as required, and only new, unique data is backedup, saving bandwidth and storage space. You can backupwhile restoring, restore while backing up.

To speed recovery, data is initially stored on disk at yourcentral data center. There, the system automaticallystores critical data (used for day-to-day operations) andimportant data (legal and regulatory) to the appropriatemedia - critical on disk for fast access and recovery,important on tape for offsite storage. A markedimprovement over traditional local tape backup methodsthat treat both types the same.

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