Wednesday, September 18, 2019
An Enterprise Backup Solution :: Evaluation Analysis Networks Essays
An Enterprise Backup Solution Content 1     Situation Analysis     3 2     Objective     3 3     Situation Fact     3 4     Options     4 4.1     Option # 1: Veritas Netbackup     4 4.2     Option # 2: Legato Networker     5 4.3     Option #3: Commvault Galaxy     7 4.4     Enterprise Backup Solution – Evaluation Analysis     8 4.5     Summary of options available     11 4.6     Updated analysis of Legato Networker subsequent to inclusion of Visual Storage Resource Migrator and Alphastor     11 5     Recommendation     17 1     Situation Analysis This document was prepared to analyze the current backup environment and prepare an action plan, for the Ridgefield location regarding the incorporation an Enterprise Backup Solution. 2     Objective Our objective is to determine the best course of action regarding the selection and implementation of an Enterprise Backup Solution. 3     Situation Fact The current network environment has been outgrown the ability of Veritas BackupExec, the backup software platform used by BI Ridgefield- Production Services, in terms of amount of data being backed up, functionality, and reliability. At the time of its initial purchase approximately six years ago (with BackupExec 7.x), the server infrastructure consisted of approximately 80 clients with one TB of data captured on a weekly full backup. This small-business level backup solution provided a good fit for the environment and served the company’s data protection needs well. Accordingly, we continued to leverage BackupExec 8.x – 9.x in our organization as the network infrastructure expanded though out the years. The server environment has now grown to the point where there are 370 servers with approximately 16 Terabytes of data captured on a weekly full backup. In light of this, meeting the established backup/restore service agreement is becoming increasingly challenging. Some of the functionality/features required to address this challenge includes: -The ability to direct multiple streams of data to one media device simultaneously (Multiplexing). -A provision for re-starting backup jobs from the point at which they failed (Checkpointing). -Descriptive reporting on backup media content. -Automation of Media Duplication and Vaulting tasks. -Compete compatibility with SANs and NAS support As a result, Production Services has evaluated a number of solutions from the leading backup software manufacturers. The final list was narrowed down to three competitors we thought could best meet our outlined requirements. They are: Veritas NetBackup, Legato Networker, and Commvault Galaxy. The tables below list the details of the evaluations. 4     Options The reviews of the three options are listed in the following table: 4.1     Option # 1: Veritas NetBackup Option Table # 1: Pros     Cons Administrative/management tasks performed from a centralized location. (Familiar Microsoft Management Console style interface). Provides the ability to browse resources through Graphical User Interface when creating backup and restore jobs, reducing the possibility of typographical errors. Provides straightforward media management. Multiple media erased, moved and exported at once.
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