Here's How You Can Eliminate
The Downtime (and Headaches) of Tape
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| Have You Struggled with Tape? |
Have you ever been burned by recovering data from a tape? If so, you are not alone: A recent survey of 200 IT managers (cited in InfoStor, November 2004) indicated that nearly half the respondents experienced a high rate of unsuccessful backups. These failures lead to long downtime and stress -- with tape, you are typically looking at 12 to 18 hours to recover a server, and 15 to 20 minutes per file restoration (which can add up to 3 to 4 hours with 10 to 15 file restorations per month)!
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Disk-basked backup system alleviates security company's hassles with tape.
Secude IT Security GmbH, a leading global manufacturer of standard IT security software company, stored its huge amounts of data via a DLT tape-based backup system. However, Secude suffered through many frustrations with the system: |
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Backing up data to tape was slow |
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Tape drives often malfunctioned, resulting in server downtime and missed backup |
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The physical size of the tapes took up an enormous amount of space in the company's safe |
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Tape technology was expensive |
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| Desperate for an alternative, Secude purchased Olixir's FastRestore SE system and an additional 15 portable drives for a total of 20 250-GB drives. The result? Secude benefited from: |
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Restore time of files decreased by over 2500%
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Backup time reduced by over 70% from that of tape drives
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Sharp reduction of future investment:"Infinitely expandable" with higher-capacity drives |
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Three-year warranty, compared to the typical one year that most off-the-shelf IT hardware products offer
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Home Office:
Typically: < 400GB total data (< 3 workstations),
Backup Budget: $200-$1000.
Requires really simple, and very cheap backup.
Recommended Product: 500GB Mobile DataVault 3DX with cable or internal bay
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Small office:
Typically: 250GB - 750GB total data (3-10 workstations),
Backup Budget: $2500-$5000
Requires easy-to-use backup, daily or weekly rotation, and offsite Archiving of data.
Recommended Product: FastRestore SE with 750GB Mobile DataVault 3DX drives
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Medium office:
Typically: 400GB - 5TB of total data (7-20 workstations)
Backup budget: $5000-$100000
Requires speedy library backup and offsite archiving of data.
Recommended Product: Olixir's Rack or Tower solutions
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| What about Disk-Based Backup?
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With all the problems with tape, it's no surprise that small businesses and system integrators are considering disk solutions. A recent InfoStor survey indicated that 63.6 percent of respondents are considering the purchase of disk-based backup products in the next 12 months.
Most of these systems still rely on tape for vital disaster recovery
functions of rotation and offsite archival.
Rotation and offsite archiving are needed to protect your data from hazards such as viruses, worms, fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, indoor sprinkler systems, media failures, and other disasters. Tape is still used because hard drives are too fragile to be transported or handled routinely (hard drives can be damaged by a 1/4-inch drop). That's why tape continues to survive even though most users hate using it! |
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| We've Designed a Hard Drive that Can Be Rotated and Archived Offsite!
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We've developed a patented three-stage shock protection system for hard drives that provides 1200 Gs to 10,000 Gs of protection (one model survives repeated drops from 6 feet). With so much durability, you can safely rotate and offsite our portable hard drives safely, like tape. We've developed enterprise chassis or cables to use with these rugged portable drives - you can choose from various solutions based on the size of your business (see chart below for more information). |
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Olixir's Solution Versus Tape:
Customer surveys have reported major benefits compared to their prior tape drive systems. Here are typical responses and comparisons:
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Tape Solution |
Olixir's Mobile DataVault
FastRestore SE |
| Restore Time for 100 MB File (Typ) |
15 minutes |
<5 seconds |
| Restore Time for 250 GB Server (Typ) |
12-18 Hours |
<2 hours |
| Media Capacity (native) |
SDLT - 160GB (native) |
Max: 750GB (native) |
| Ability to Rotate & Archive Offsite? |
Yes |
Yes, with Olixir's shock protection |
| Installation Time |
Hours |
Under 30 minutes via plug-and-play USB 2.0 or Firewire. |
| Expandable to Larger Capacity? |
No |
Yes: Infinitely expandable via higher capacity hard drives or daisy-chain |
Cleaning |
Yes |
No |
Warranty |
1 Year (Typical) |
3 Years |
| Cost Comparison |
Quantum SDLT320 tape
drive (external desktop)with 5 tapes:
$3500-$4000
(Up to 320GB with compression and not capacity expandable) |
FastRestore SE with 5 500GB (native) drives: $3500
(Achieve up to 1TB with software compression option; is capacity expandable with higher capacity drives) |
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