Backup & Disaster Recovery
Data backups are an integral part of an enterprise's IT strategy. Infortrend's storage solutions help enterprises achieve efficient and reliable data backup, protecting against data loss and ultimately contributing to the overall stability and business continuity. With a range of versatile products, including EonStor GS scale-out unified storage and EonStor CS scale-out NAS, we offer a variety of options to meet your performance, capacity, and budget requirements. Our advanced data protection features and compatibility with leading backup software, make backing up your data easy and secure.
With our storage solutions, you can easily resolve common backup challenges, such as:
- Creating backup strategies for structured and unstructured data
- Inefficient capacity utilization leading to increased storage costs
- Insufficient storage capacity to accommodate rapidly growing data, which can slow down the company's growth and increase the risk of losing enterprise’s valuable data
- Slow backup speeds can impede achieving Recovery Point Objective (RPO), negatively affecting the time for critical data restore and business continuity
- Data loss caused by security attacks, physical disasters, human errors, or storage failure events
Meet Your Needs with Block and File Storage for Backup
When deciding how the enterprise data will be stored and retrieved, organizations consider the main types of storage, i.e., block- and file-level. The choice between them for backup application depends on your organization’s specific needs and priorities.
With our EonStor GS unified storage, you can build a custom solution as it offers a combination of both approaches to cater to a wider range of use cases. For block-level storage, GS supports Fibre Channel (FC) and iSCSI protocols to deliver high performance and low latency, which is more efficient for frequent backups. For file-level storage, GS supports CIFS, NFS, and S3 protocols, it is more user-friendly, flexible, and suitable for scenarios where file-level control is essential.
Optimize Storage Efficiency with Data Reduction
We know how important it is to optimize storage space and reduce costs. That's why we offer innovative data reduction features, which can save up to 66% of storage space.
The inline compression technology reduces the size of data in real-time while being written, and offline deduplication removes duplicate data from the storage system. With our optimized storage solutions, you can focus on your business objectives without worrying about storage capacity being used up rapidly.
Storage that Grows with Your Data
Storage needs can be unpredictable, so we offer storage solutions featuring scale-out and scale-up capabilities to expand to 70PB of capacity as your business grows.
You can start with one GS and on demand scale-out to four GS appliances which will work as one storage system. To scale-up, connect JBOD to expand capacity with more than 800 drives in one GS appliance. This way, you can save on upfront costs and only pay for the storage you use.
Space-Efficient Design with Massive Capacity
Our EonStor GS high-density storage solution offers impressive 4U 40/60/90-bay designs, allowing you to store massive amounts of data within your existing rack space without worrying about running out of storage.
A single GS appliance in a 4U 90-bay design can provide 1.5 PB of usable storage capacity. Our storage solution is perfect for businesses of all sizes that generate large amounts of data.
Works Seamlessly with Enterprise Backup Software
If you have invested in backup software to optimize efficiency, look no further than a storage solution that works seamlessly with your backup software.
Our storage solutions are perfectly compatible with industry-leading enterprise backup software, including Veeam, Commvault, and Veritas, ensuring your backup process runs smoothly without any performance bottlenecks or data corruption.
Secure Your Backup from Ransomware and Security Threats
We offer advanced storage features to provide an additional layer of security for your backup data to protect it from ransomware, human errors, or to meet regulatory compliance requirements.
Our EonStor GS provides immutable object storage and has been certified by Veeam, allowing enterprises to work seamlessly with Veeam backup and recovery software. Furthermore, GS supports Write Once Read Many (WORM), preventing data erasure or modification, and folder encryption to encrypt specific folders, ensuring that sensitive information remains secure even in the event of a data breach or leak.
Your Data is Tightly Protected
Choose our storage solutions for peace of mind and maximum data protection. Our advanced storage solutions feature multiple layers of protection against drive or potential hardware failure.
RAID ensures that your data remains intact in the event of a drive failure. Intelligent algorithms prevent multiple SSDs from failing at the same time. SSD usage is monitored in real time, so the administrator is notified before an SSD is about to fail. In case of a power outage, the cache backup module protects data in cache memory. With remote replication, your data is backed up to the cloud or another remote location for disaster recovery and data redundancy. Redundant controller design eliminates downtimes or data loss caused by single controller failure.
Performing media read/write checks help safeguard against drive bad blocks. Media scan is periodically fulfilled to detect and report bad blocks, and then data from bad blocks is automatically recovered. Parity checks for both read and write operations verify that written/read data is always correct.
Versatile Solutions Ready for Various Backup Scenarios
You can rely on our storage solutions to meet both your Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) for backup and disaster recovery scenarios. Our storage solutions can handle all your backup needs, whether you require fast backups with minimal downtime or backups with maximum capacity.
Our versatile storage options range from 2U 12-bay to 4U 90-bay, allowing you to select the solution that best fits your backup scenario. With our reliable and efficient backup system in place, you can rest assured that your critical data is safe, available, and recoverable in the event of any disaster.
Flexible and Cost-Saving File Backup
With the backup server function available on our EonStor GS unified storage, you can backup company files from various sources, including public cloud (S3 compatible), file servers (CIFS/NFS protocol), and user PCs running Windows or Mac operating systems.
You can customize backup schedules and define data retention periods according to the specific needs of your application. The backup server function can help reduce costs associated with third-party backup software, as it doesn’t incur any charges.
EonStor GS Scale-out Unified Storage
Top Choice for Backup of Structured and Unstructured Data: EonStor GS family includes hybrid flash and SAS HDD series models delivering high performance for fast data backup and offering redundant controllers to ensure that data can be recovered at any time.
EonStor GS hybrid flash solutions: U.2 NVMe hybrid flash series and SAS SSD hybrid flash series are designed to meet the most demanding performance requirements. EonStor GS U.2 NVMe hybrid flash series is equipped with ultra-high performance U.2 NVMe SSD with extremely low latency to meet stringent RTO and RPO requirements. Within GS U.2 NVMe hybrid flash series, GS 4000U and GS 3000U models in 2U 24-bay and 4U 48-bay form factors are best suited for business-critical backup, and within GS SAS SSD hybrid flash series – GS 4000B and GS 3000B models in 2U 25-bay design, with GS 4000U delivering the highest performance.
EonStor GS SAS HDD series offers 4U 60/90-bay high-density models (GS 3060/3090 and GS 4060/4090/5090), well-suited for enterprises with limited rack space. They can utilize U.2 NVMe SSD as a cache to enhance storage performance and reduce backup time for efficient data backup. And regular form factor models come in 2U 12-bay, 3U 16-bay, 4U 24-bay, and 4U 40-bay design (GS 3012/3016/3024/3040 and GS 4012/4016/4024/4040).
EonStor CS Scale-out NAS
Top Choice for Massive Unstructured Data Backup: EonStor CS scale-out NAS features exceptional scalability. With the ability to expand up to 144 nodes and offer up to 100PB of capacity, it's a superior alternative to tape backup, offering significantly faster recovery times and better cost-effectiveness. Furthermore, it features WORM, RAID, and node protection mechanisms, ensuring that your data is always secure and accessible.
EonStor CS features various series and form factors, including CS 4000 and CS 3000 (both models come in 3U 16-bay, 4U 24-bay, and 4U 60-bay), and CS 2000 (4U 60-bay), with CS 4000 delivering the highest performance. All CS models can be loaded with HDD and SSD.
EonStor DS SAN Storage
Entry-level Affordable Solution for Backup: EonStor DS is a pure SAN storage designed to provide efficient and reliable performance with essential features such as redundant controllers and RAID protection. With EonStor DS, you can have peace of mind, knowing your data is well-protected while keeping your budget in check.
For backup application, there are various levels of performance and form factors offered by EonStor DS: U.2 NVMe hybrid flash solution DS 4000U (2U 24-bay) and SAS HDD models, including high-performance DS 4000 (3U 16-bay and 4U 24-bay) and entry-level DS 1000 (2U 12-bay, 3U 16-bay, and 4U 24-bay).
Recommendation for Effective Configuration
For your convenience, we offer our Product Configuration Tool to help you find a suitable storage model in just a few clicks. Start by selecting your application and specifying your requirements. The tool will then generate a preliminary configuration based on commonly used settings, giving you a solid starting point. From there, you can easily request a quotation.
Backup for Research Data
- Scenario: The organization needs a storage solution that can handle their extensive data backup requirements. Their research projects are long-term, often lasting months or years, involving continuous data collection and analysis. To ensure research continuity and safeguard critical data, maintaining daily backups is essential. The organization uses Veeam software for backups and is seeking a SAN storage solution as the primary backup system.
- Our Advantages: The storage solution must be able to handle 10TB of data backups daily during non-working hours and support real-time backups for their most critical data.
- Recommended Products: EonStor DS 4000 Gen2
Database Backup with Veeam
- Scenario: A finance company is searching for a backup solution for their ERP database, with a requirement for a frequent backup schedule. It should support Veeam backup software to back up the database to storage. To ensure uninterrupted availability, the storage appliance should have a redundant design.
- Our Advantages: EonStor GS is fully compatible with Veeam backup software. GS utilizes U.2 NVMe SSD as a cache to enhance storage performance and reduce backup time. It delivers 12 GB/s in block-level write throughput, enabling backup frequency to as short as 5 minutes. Redundant controller design and RAID protection guarantee data availability.
- Recommended Products: EonStor GS 4000 G3 high-density models with built-in NVMe SSD cache
Virtual Machines’ Backup with Commvault
- Scenario: An enterprise needs a backup solution capable of handling the backup of hundreds of virtual machines. The solution should support Commvault backup software to create three copies of the virtual machines per day.
- Our Advantages: EonStor GS is fully compatible with Commvault backup software. The solution connects via a 100GbE network interface and features U.2 NVMe SSD as a cache for efficient data backup. It provides a 5 GB/s file-level write throughput, supporting a backup frequency as frequent as every 8 hours. Redundant controller design and RAID protection guarantee data availability.
- Recommended Products: EonStor GS 4000 G3 high-density models with built-in NVMe SSD cache
Oil & Gas HPC Data Backup
- Scenario: An oil and gas company employs HPC for conducting seismic surveys to map geological structures beneath the Earth's surface. For these projects, they utilize the StorNext parallel file system for computational tasks and require a backup solution to store the obtained results.
- Our Advantages: EonStor GS features block storage solutions and is fully compatible with StorNext. With U.2 NVMe SSD cache enhancing storage performance, GS offers 10 GB/s in block-level write throughput, significantly accelerating the backup process for efficient data storage and management.
- Recommended Products: EonStor GS 3000 G3 high-density models with built-in NVMe SSD cache
Backup of General IT Data
- Scenario: A manufacturing company is in search of a storage solution to back up general IT data from file servers. The solution should offer ample capacity and deliver high-performance backup capabilities for handling millions of small files.
- Our Advantages: EonStor GS offers the backup server function that allows for backup of general IT data, eliminating the requirement for installing third-party backup software. The high-density design enables the provision of 1.8PB capacity within a compact 4U form factor. U.2 NVMe SSD cache accelerates performance of small files.
- Recommended Products: EonStor GS 3000 G3 high-density models with built-in NVMe SSD cache
User PC Files Backup
- Scenario: A company is searching for a solution to back up data from thousands of user PCs to mitigate data loss. The solution should offer support for both Windows and Mac platforms. To manage costs, a preference is given to free backup software options.
- Our Advantages: EonStor GS offers the backup server function for PCs running Windows and Mac OS, facilitating the backup of user PC data. The backup server function of GS does not incur any additional charges. The high-density design enables to provide 1.8PB capacity in a 4U form factor. U.2 NVMe SSD cache accelerates performance of small files.
- Recommended Products: EonStor GS 3000 G3 high-density models with built-in NVMe SSD cache
Public Cloud Data Backup
- Scenario: An Internet company stores a significant amount of data on the Amazon public cloud. Due to safety concerns, they intend to establish a regular backup process at their local site. The desired solution should offer automated schedule backups of cloud data while retaining the latest five copies.
- Our Advantages: EonStor GS offers the backup server function that allows for the backup of public cloud data, eliminating the need to install third-party backup software. Backup frequency and retention policy can be specified. The backup server function provides support for major public clouds, such as Amazon and Microsoft Azure.
- Recommended Products: EonStor GS 3000 G3 high-density models with built-in NVMe SSD cache
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