| Block-level incremental capture |
- Very low impact on application servers—ideal for virtual machines
- Eliminates the need for backup windows
- Superior performance with both large numbers of small files and for very large files such as databases
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| Integrated data deduplication |
- Reduces the amount of disk capacity required
- Post process does not impact backup or application server performance
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| Policy-based backup engine |
- Balances application recovery requirements with processing, network and storage resources
- Select schedule of snapshots based on the needs of each application
- True Continuous Data Protection (CDP)*
- Helps reduce costs while improving recovery service levels for mission-critical applications
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| IP-based replication |
- Transfer copies of data off-site for disaster recovery, to another Storwize V7000 or to Tivoli Storage Manager
- Incremental-only transfer and scheduling reduces impact on network
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| Storage area network (SAN) backup |
- SAN-based backup processes that do not impact local area network (LAN) bandwidth
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| Instant Mount/Virtual Recovery |
- File system view into the backup repository allows click-drag-drop recovery of any file or folder
- Restores full access to any volume in seconds, while recovery occurs in the background
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| Point-in-time recovery |
- Roll back to any previous point in time to recover from accidental deletions, virus attacks, rolling corruptions, etc.
- Maintain any number of previous generations
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| Granular email recovery |
- Drag-and-drop restore of Microsoft Exchange email objects, such as messages, attachments, calendars, contacts, tasks, notes, journals
- Integrated search capabilities
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| Remote office support |
- Helps reduce costs of backup system management
- Helps improve backup and recovery service levels
- Helps improve reliability and minimize recovery failures
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| Integration with tape infrastructure |
- Leverages current investments
- Offloads the impact of tape backups from application servers
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| Central management |
- Centrally manage all backup and recovery operations
- Single Web-based interface
- Manages both local and remote offices
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| Full automation |
- “Set it and forget it” policy engine
- Self-managing repository always has a set number of data iterations on hand for easy rollback and fast recovery
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| Application aware |
- Support for almost all Windows and Linux-based applications, including IBM DB2, Microsoft Exchange and SQL, Oracle and mySAP
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