Conventional Backup Software: |
STORServer Backup Appliance Technology: |
| Copies the same files over and over. Inefficient use of media resources, and a burden to the network. |
Captures only files that change, and keeps expired data based on data retention, according to how many versions you want. |
| Only creates end-of-day & end-of-week state copies. These are not online backup. |
Make backup copies at any time, scheduled or on-demand. |
| “Backup” is, by definition, not available once data is removed from the library. The backups are checked out as DR Tapes. |
A true Full Backup recoverable by the last number of days (45 days) is always On-Line. |
| Tape management is a manually tracked activity. Often a nightmare. |
Tape management is managed automatically with a relational database. |
| Backups go to tape first and are slow – resulting in missed backup windows. |
Backups go first to a disk cache, then migrate to a portable media pool -- disk, tape, or optical. |
| Backups are sequential and are dependent upon all servers completing successfully. |
Backups are multi-threaded and independent of each other, ensuring effective backup operations. |