Key Software replication Features of Netswap Products NAS to NAS and Windows to NAS support. No requirement for proprietary cloud services vendors or monthly fees. There is also no restriction on using approved and compatible Windows Rsync Client to send jobs to Highly Reliable System’s hardware appliances. Uni-directional or Bi-directional Sync jobs supported. Intelligent support…
If you’re an IT professional, you’ve realized that cloud backup is a great way to get data offsite. But you’ve probably also realized that it can take weeks or months to get large data sets “seeded” to the cloud. The normal method is to use a USB drive to copy the data onsite, and then ship that…
Incremental Replication over the Internet Highly Reliable Systems (HRS), has added bi-directional incremental replication over the Internet to their NetSwap Plus removable drive Network Attached Storage (NAS) backup appliances. The feature will also be available in certain network connected RAIDFrame models. A Netswap Basic edition is available without replication. A key differentiator of these compared…
You can’t tell by looking at the physical connection whether a machine is using iSCSI or a Windows share. Both iSCSI connections and shared Windows hard drives use an Ethernet connection to attach storage. Since they use the same physical connection and network cable, it can be confusing to understand the difference. It used to…
RAID5 and RAID6 still work. Google “RAID5” and you’ll quickly find articles that warn you never to use it. The claim is RAID5 won’t protect your data and is doomed to failure. People even claim RAID6 (which protects against 2 drives failing) is dangerous. We’re here to tell you that for backup appliances this advice…
In some cases, box-to-box replication is needed, or desired. Customers may want to replicate from a branch office to the main office, or from a small business location to the owner’s home. There are a variety of methods you can use to setup data replication between two RNAS appliances, but here we will recommend two:…
RNAS “C” models versus “U” models. Classic trays or Utility Bays C models use fully enclosed drives for daily swap media that replaces tape. U Models use raw hard drives for lower cost, yet field replaceable/upgradable drives. They can also be quickly installed into a USB 3 toaster enclosure for fast restores. Since 2004 Highly…
High-Sync Software is used to create replications jobs that can be local (disk to disk, disk to network share) or remote (public cloud providers or Internet protocols like FTP). Not all of the features listed below work to all cloud providers so it’s best to check with your sales rep or technical support. Some of…
Software as a Service (SaaS) applications have become “cloud backup applications”, and are increasingly popular. According to a survey of enterprise customers by Aberdeen Group, around 1/2 of firms are using the cloud for Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software and email (with Exchange making up 19%). The high adoption rate reflects software manufacturer’s focus on recurring monthly revenue models versus the older sales models where software was purchased with yearly support or maintenance fees. By hosting their applications, software vendors such as Microsoft CRM and Salesforce.com create higher profit margins and create tighter linkage to the end user. This model will eventually diminish, and disintermediate the importance of trusted consultants and IT resellers which account for approximately 30% of the traditional cost of IT.
Replication Information for NetSwap Plus Executive Summary Highly Reliable Systems (HRS), has added bi-directional incremental replication over the Internet to their NetSwap Plus removable drive Network Attached Storage (NAS) backup appliances. The feature will also be available in certain network connected RAIDFrame models. A Netswap Basic edition is available without replication. A key differentiator of…
NAS (Network Attached Storage) and DAS (Direct Attached Storage) removable backup devices can have different speeds depending on the data rate of the interface as well as the speed of the device and hard drives being used. The speeds below are backup to a single 2TB or 3TB type SATA drive. FirstRAID and RAIDFrame backup devices can…