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Upgrade Your Back Ups
by Nelson Ruest and Danielle Ruest
Posted September 24, 2003
Today, organizations look more and more towards complete disaster recovery solutions. But for these solutions to work, they must be based on sound data protection strategies. The data protection tools included in this roundup are well known for their ability to work with Microsoft technologies and help protect the data types found in Windows networks. Some of the tools also provide low-cost protection for small to medium businesses.
Too often, when choosing a solution, organizations focus only on the backup portion of backup and restore operations. Don''t make the same mistake. Verify the recovery portion of any back up technology in your technical laboratory before you commit to any complex recovery solution.
Arkeia
This Linux or Unix-based backup server can capture backups from any version of Windows. It uses a proprietary copy of St. Bernard Software''s Open File Manager to manage open files, ignoring Windows Server 2003''s Volume Shadow Copy (VSC) service. Arkeia supports most tape libraries and provides integrated client backup from a single source. The company offers free support for 30-day evaluation periods, and there''s a free version supporting one Linux server and two clients (Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, or Macintosh). It doesn''t offer agents for SQL Server or SharePoint Portal Server, although Arkeia does include agents for Lotus Notes (on Unix operating systems), MySQL, Oracle, Novell, and IBM DB2.
Arkeia Corp.
Web: www.arkeia.com
Retrospect Backup 6.5
Retrospect Backup 6.5 is designed specifically for small- and mid-size businesses with one or more servers. It can back up single servers, networked file servers, application servers, desktops, and notebooks running Windows, Macintosh, and some Unix-based operating systems. Retrospect is available in different versions: desktop, single server, multiserver, and small business server, a special version for Microsoft''s Small Business Server. It also includes agents for Exchange and SQL Server and a special Open File Backup option, ignoring Windows Server 2003''s VSC service. Although it runs on Windows Server 2003, there''s not yet version for Exchange 2003 or any of the new Microsoft Office Systems.
Dantz Development Corp.
Web: www.dantz.com
Doc Ave 2.0 for SharePoint 2003 WSSDL and Email Ave 2.1 for Exchange 2000 and 2003
Exchange Server and SharePoint Portal Server are two of the most complex technologies to backup and restore, because both use the Web Storage System to store either documents or e-mail messages as well as contacts, calendar, tasks, and so on for Exchange. Avepoint Inc. was the first to release a commercially available tool for document level backup of SharePoint Document Libraries. The company later extended the tool to support e-mail backups in Exchange Server. Email Ave supports both Exchange 2000 and 2003 because the information store is the same in both versions. Doc Ave supports only the Web Storage System Document Libraries (WSSDL) for SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) 2001 and 2003. If you intend to use SQL Server storage for SharePoint Portal Server, you''ll have to wait for the upcoming Doc Ave 2.0 for SharePoint 2003 SQL Database.
Avepoint Inc.
Web: www.avepoint.com/website/product.html
Galaxy Backup and Restore 4.20
CommVault Galaxy server only runs on a Windows platform, and includes agents for each of Microsoft''s data store technologies such as Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint Portal Server, and SQL Server. Although Galaxy is a Microsoft-centric product, it offers advanced features such as policy-driven backups, single object or attribute recovery for each of Microsoft''s data stores, support for heterogeneous technologies such as Oracle, Informix, Novell, and Lotus Notes, among others, and complete integration to features such as the VSC service.
CommVault Systems Inc.
Web: www.commvault.com/products_sub.asp?id=4
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