ISSUE: How to assure that all valuable enterprise data is protected. Solution Overview: Legato offers a very comprehensive data protection solution to assure systematic backup and recovery of all open systems corporate data on an enterprise-wide basis. A typical deployment model is shown [click]:
Legato provides the broadest coverage of platform and application-aware backup agents (e.g. clients). Legato also has specialized support for mobile users.
Storage nodes allow tape operations to be distributed across the network as necessary to achieve scalability requirements. Tape libraries can be shared among multiple hosts or dedicated.
These distributed storage operations can all be centrally monitored and managed via global policies. Media can be tracked and managed on an enterprise-wide basis. [click] When a problem occurs, data is recovered from tape and your data is only as good as your last backup. Proof Point: Legato built a $250M run rate business around standard data protection. Global 500 companies such as Unilever, British Petroleum, Chevron and hundreds of others have adopted Legato’s enterprise-wide data protection solution to achieve universal data protection with cost reduction benefits stemming from standardized operating procedures and consolidated management. SLT Discussion:[click] From a service level management perspective, tape backup imposes certain restrictions. Backup is an I/O intensive task. Thus, backups for business-critical systems are usually conducted during an off-peak batch window. Exposure to data loss is also a risk factor, as backups typically operate on a 24 hour cycle. Recovery times are dependent on data size and configuration, but are typically targeted from 6-12 hours per system.
