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Apr 27
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Every business that relies on computers recognizes the need for reliable backup. In response, many backup solutions designed for physical IT infrastructure are available today. Yet if your business relies on a virtualized environment, backing up data presents a challenge. Traditional backup solutions simply weren’t designed and aren’t easy to use for virtualized IT infrastructures.
Fortunately, today there is a virtual backup solution called esXpress that makes data backup manageable, affordable and efficient. EsXpress differs from other types of traditional backup solutions because it protects virtual data through the use of virtual machines.
EsXpress is a backup solution that relies on small virtual machines (appliances) or VBAs to backup other virtual machines. This allows for more efficient and more cost-effective virtualized environment backups. Specific features also ensure businesses relying on esXpress not only protect, but verify the data they’re backing up.
Data backup seems like a very simple concept, but the complexities involved are part of what makes it such a challenge. A business may believe their primary goal is to back up their data quickly, easily and affordably. But what happens if it turns out that backup data is corrupt?
Unfortunately, virtualized IT backup solutions in the past have overlooked the need for data verification and maintenance. They’ve sacrificed data verification for speed by taking a "send it and forget it" attitude towards backup data. False positive reporting regarding data can occur. As a result, data may well be written on target, but its actual value in the face of the need for restoration is ignored.
Today, esXpress offers a virtual backup solution that has the ability to continuously verify and repair existing backups by utilizing subsequent backup data. If it’s determined there is a "bad" backup due to a network error, bad disk sector or other issue, esXpress will re-heal that data by utilizing subsequent backups. As a result, users can count on quality, restorable backup archives.
Another benefit of utilizing virtual machines to back up data is added security. The VBAs used by esXpress in backup only exist when the backup or restore process is being carried out. Therefore, data protection is very secure against cyber attacks. Highly secure encryption and other features help ensure the highest level of security during the backup process, storage or transfer.
Self healing data backup and secure backup and storage capabilities are just two of the many benefits of esXpress. Businesses who explore this virtual backup solution will find many additional advantages to this new backup VMware solution.