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Remote Data Management & Backup -- Best Practices
• What is the rate of change of the data on a day-to-
day basis?
• How many sites need to be supported?
Assess your current network:
• What is the available bandwidth to each remote
location?
• What other applications are currently using this
bandwidth? How much bandwidth do these
applications require?
e.g. Active Directory replication, electronic mail,
terminal services
• Can traffic be segregated using quality of service
(QoS) applications? (i.e. Will you be able to
dedicate bandwidth to certain applications?)
• Is the network traffic prone to bursts?
• How secure is the network? (e.g. Are encrypted
VPNs in place to support confidential data
transfers?)
Choose your solution:
• Evaluate potential vendors based against required
remote data capabilities:
• Can the vendor’s solution solve multiple remote
data problems, such as backup, and archive and
distribution?
• Does the vendor have expertise with remote data
application and integration?
i. Will the vendor assist in assessing your
requirements?
ii. Will the vendor provide the tools to assess your
data change and growth rates?
Summary
Many companies are re-evaluating their current
backup processes, not only to ensure the proper
backup of critical data, but also with the goal of
lowering overall IT costs, and safeguarding themselves
from the penalties of regulatory non-compliance.
Managing remote data effectively requires that you
deal with networks variability, dissimilar computing
platforms, security needs, and data integrity, and
implement process automation to overcome the lack
of trained IT staff at remote locations.
The good news is that all this does not have to be hard
or complex. Advanced remote data management and
movement technology such as Adaptec Snap EDR™
now makes it possible to cost-effectively solve the
challenges of managing data at remote offices with a
single unified approach. Understanding the issues,
requirements, and approaches to effective data
protection for remote data, with specific emphasis on
remote data backup, is the first step to helping your
company assess its remote data requirements.
For a 3-minute tour of Snap EDR, go to
http://www.adaptec.com/go/edr_flash/index.html
or
for more information on Adaptec Snap EDR, visit
www.adaptec.com
or call us at 1-800-442-7274.
Capability
Vendor 1
Vendor 2
Vendor 3
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Central Policy-Based
Control
Network Efficiency
Remote Process
Automation
Security
Support for
Heterogeneous
Environments
Point-in-Time
Replication
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