SAN / NAS Backup

What is SAN / NAS Backup?

Protecting data stored on a NAS or SAN infrastructure

Whether your organization is utilizing standalone NAS devices, a scalable NAS device, or an enterprise-class SAN infrastructure, NovaStor offers SAN/NAS Backup NAS backup software designed to intelligently manage the data storage of your choice.

While support for efficient disaster recovery images, cluster configurations, and storage pool creation provide maximum flexibility, multicast technology delivers highly accelerated backup and restore speeds for your network, regardless of the storage backup solution you choose.

Key features of SAN/NAS Backup:

Easiest type of network-attached storage backup to implement

File-level data storage device

Connects via Ethernet

Relatively inexpensive to add additional NAS devices

Provides data redundancy for your storage architecture

Automatic backup to other devices and to the cloud

24/7 remote data availability

Key features of SAN backup storage:

Highly scalable architecture

Provides consolidated block-level data storage

Lightning-fast data access speeds

Very customizable in the increase or expansion configuration

Offers high performance for high-speed traffic

Works on high-speed Fibre Channel networks

Offers a fault tolerance network with redundant functionality

Not affected by network traffic bottlenecks

Backup NAS vs. Backup SAN

SAN/NAS Backup is a dedicated hardware storage device that can be connected to a local network. As an affordable storage solution, using a NAS backup strategy provides a way for organizations to "add" additional network storage with relatively minimal effort, often with built-in redundancy. And scalable NAS devices use an architecture that allows businesses to grow by adding clustered nodes, for greater capacity and performance.

The downside of the traditional NAS backup approach is the inability to scale beyond the inherent limits of the system. A NAS has a predefined amount of memory, CPU power, drive slots, and data throughput. Once it reaches capacity, the options become limited. While purchasing additional NAS devices, which are managed separately, works well for small businesses, this approach can become unmanageable for large IT environments that utilize enterprise backup hardware.

Storage Area Network (SAN) is a network of interconnected storage devices, switches, and cables that provide block-level network access to all storage devices (tape libraries, raid arrays) and offers the convenience of central management. Companies with rapidly growing data may find that a dedicated storage network is required to achieve high-speed connectivity that meets backup demands. SAN is typically backed up over Fibre Channel, providing higher access speeds and availability for mission-critical media and data.

System Requirements:

CPU: 1.8 GHz dual core processor

RAM: 2 GB

HDD/SSD: 50 GB of free space on main drive

Operating system: Microsoft Windows 8 32-bit, Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit, and Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit

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