Last year we were approached by an Avamar customer looking to take their backup replication in a different direction. They were concerned about the ease of backup data access following the loss and failover of a primary data center location. Through discussions with EMC personnel, spurred along by the EMC Avamar Replication Methods and Optimization Strategies white paper (https://www.emc.com/collateral/software/white-papers/h8245-avamar-replication-wp.pdf), they wanted to implement a continuous root-to-root replication strategy.
EMC Avamar: Root-to-Root versus Root-to-Replicate Replication
Topics: EMC, Backup & Replication, Avamar
EMC Data Domain Boost: What is it and Why it's Beneficial
Over the years I’ve had quite a few Data Domain customers ask, “Just what is Data Domain Boost?” followed by “Do I need Boost?” - Chances are you’ve come across this article with the same two questions. With any luck, by the time you’re through reading, I’ll have answered the first question and helped you along the way to answering the second.
Topics: EMC, Data Domain, Deduplication, DataDomain, Backup & Recovery Solutions, Backup & Replication
DR in the SDDC, Part 1: Veeam Backup and Replication
Most backup tools were built for the physical world and simply retrofitted for virtualization. Their roots are in the physical world, which results in complications in today’s virtual world. Veeam Backup and Replication was designed and built specifically for the virtualized datacenter. Veeam has a long list of great features for backup and recovery, such as:
Topics: Backup & Replication, Veeam, Disaster Recovery