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Originally published at Internet.comYosemite Backup is offered in three flavors, targeted to Enteprise, SMB (Standard), and Desktop usages.
Yosemite Backup Advanced is targeted to mid- to large-sized enterprises, sporting a backup catalog "... capable of tracking billions of objects." The platform supports backup to disk, removable disk, tape, and CD/DVD/RW and includes among its key features automatic device load balancing and failover, support for custom or predefined backup schedules, support for role- and job-based security administration, and the vendor's "STL" (Self Tuning Logic) technology that allows automatic and dynamic adjustment by the platform of the number of concurrent data streams (an unlimited number of streams is supported) read from a backup source or written to a backup device for optimized performance.
At the heart of the Yosemite Backup Advanced platform is the Master Server, which maintains the central management catalog for the management of scheduling, media, and backup/recovery options for the organization. The Master Server also handles reporting and monitoring functions.
To this Master Server can be added multiple individual options to extend the backup platform in a distributed fashion throughout the Enterprise (each option requires the presence of the Master Server). The key components of the platform include:
- The Media Server operates as a resource for the Master Server. According to the vendor, the Media Server boasts "connectivity to all leading tape libraries" and additionally supports disk backup.
- The SAN Media Server performs the same functions as the Media Server; but allows for the direct backup of servers to any tape library or removable media resource attached to the SAN.
- The Client Server can be licensed to a remote server and provides a means for that client to push data from the selected client to the Master Server and/or Media Server for actual storage.
Other Yosemite Backup Advanced platform options include:
- D2D2Ne (disk-to-disk-to-any) storage, allowing for both the storage of data to a Virtual Tape Library consisting of administrator defined heterogenous storage media on multiple servers/resources, as well as the automatic sending of copies of that data to additional storage media (tape, disk, etc.) based on user-defined policies.
- Specialized agents for MS SQL Server, MS Exchange, and Oracle, providing automated backup of interrelated objects in the database.
- Open File Manager allows for the backups of files while they are in use.
- Bare Metal Disaster Recovery Agent, an image-based recovery mechanism allowing for disaster recovery via bootable CD, DVD or HP OBDR-compatible tape devices.
In addition to Yosemite Backup Advanced, the vendor also offers Yosemite Backup Standard and Yosemite Backup Desktop. The main difference between Advanced and Standard is capacity limitations; Standard is deisgned for SMBs and allows only up to 20 servers, 5 media servers, 1 SAN server, 12 tape drives, and .5 to 3.5 TB of disk-to-disk data volume. Pricing for Yosemite Backup Standard starts at $649; while pricing for Yosemite Backup Advanced starts at $3,499.
Visit the Yosemite Technologies Web site for further information.Author: EITPlanet Staff
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