Beat backup and restore problems with online data reacquisition

The system builds on Moonwalk 6.0’s data management capabilities, with the copy function managing backup of data from desktops and servers to any centralised location. Data on any server can be copied to any other location on the network, such as a secondary on-site server for automated failover and quick local retrieval, or a tertiary off-site disk storage device – and Moonwalk makes it simple and efficient to back up remote servers, recover individual files and rebuild entire servers. “Instant data reacquisition provides users with a new and better restore, one that is only achievable today as disk has become the dominant means of safeguarding data,” explains Peter Harvey, Moonwalk CEO. He says that Moonwalk achieves its data protection and reacquisition with minimal impact on primary servers. Many backup tools and tiered storage software use middleware and/or staging platforms to temporarily house data before servers direct files elsewhere on the net, creating potential points of failure. However, Moonwalk software bypasses this step. “As a truly universal data management and protection suite, Moonwalk delivers great advantages in terms of time and budget, since it displaces longer backup and restore operations that involve protracted downtime, complex rebuilds, and often a loss of revenue as data remains unavailable,” says Harvey. “In most organisations the recovery of unstructured content is a tedious process that involves retrieving data from storage media through a backup application,” says Lauren Whitehouse, researcher with analyst Enterprise Strategy Group. “Moonwalk-style protection is differentiated by providing rapid reacquisition of data with minimal IT intervention if any.”