Improve Routine Data Backup and Recovery with True D2D Technology

Disk-to-Disk (D2D) backup has become the preferred method due to its speed and reliability. When the total cost of operating a D2D system is compared to the hidded costs of a standard tape-based backup system, the return on investment is typically less than twelve months.

When choosing a D2D backup solution, it is important to recognize the different types of D2D. The two main types are “true” D2D and virtual tape library (VTL) D2D.

Most traditional tape-based backup providers have converted to a VTL D2D system because it was the easiest since they didn’t have to change their tape- formatted files.

While faster than actual tape, VTL systems are still strapped with the limitations of tape including sequential access and reliance on a tape header to keep data intact.

True D2D allows for multiple backup and recovery operations to simultaneously access the disk directly by using a true file system.

Automate Remote Disaster Recovery Preparation

There are different degrees of disaster ranging from the loss of a critical computer (e.g., hard drive crash) to the loss of all networked computers (e.g., virus), to the loss of an office (e.g., fire), to the destruction of an entire region (e.g., flood, earthquake).

Ideally, disaster recovery preparation involves planning, procedures, and practice. A part of preparation is maintaining a current copy of your critical data and systems off-site for fast restore when needed. Procedures for the restore depend on the tools being used.

Typically, companies have been backing data up to tape and rotating tapes off-site. The service can be expensive, not just to take tapes off-site, but also to deliver them when needed. The entire manual process also depends upon a few people. It has built-in delays and relies on a very unreliable media - tape. And yet the penalty for downtime is high. According to IDC, 90% of companies fail within one year of significant data loss.

Adipha products can eliminate the manual process of keeping your critical data and systems off-site. Every time your systems are backed up using our appliances only the changed blocks of data since the last backup are automatically compressed and sent off-site, where they are included in a full running master copy of your data. No more manual tape rotation. No more delays in getting access to your data.

Adipha Technologies provides a family of data protection systems, including Appliances and Staging units, and solution-centric services to support both the software and hardware components of its True D2D offerings.

The end results are: faster backups, faster restores, and greater storage capacity.