Data
stored on backup tape has largely
been thought of as inaccessible.
Created for the purpose of disaster
recovery, tapes often sit for years
without further thought. When the
time comes to unlock the data stored
on tape, the process is often
riddled with difficulty.
Historically, tape restoration
involved recreating complex
architectures supporting legacy
backup software to allow a full data
restore - which often took months
and cost millions. Now there is a
better way.
Index
Engines provides the most efficient,
cost-effective solution for
accessing backup tape data on the
market today. The Index Engines
solution fully supports offline tape
discovery by directly connecting to
tape drives or libraries. As the
tapes spin the content is cataloged
and indexed. The user can then
perform complex searches in seconds,
and extract what they need off tape
without the original backup
software. Gone is the need for
complex, time consuming restoration.
Index Engines streamlines the tape
discovery process and empowers users
to find the information they are
looking for quickly and easily.
Key
Challenges
Data stored on offline tapes
typically must be restored for
legal discovery, customer
service, regulatory compliance
and other critical business
reasons.
Offline tapes are virtually
inaccessible and unsearchable
because today’s indexing and
search technologies support
online data, but not offline
data in proprietary backup
formats.
Organizations spend significant
budget and time mounting,
merging, and browsing archive
tapes in order to find files for
restoration. This effort might
also require reinstalling
previous versions of backup
software in order to access the
native format of older tapes.
Case Study - Snapshot
The Challenge:
Satisfy request from
legal for all email
related to a specific
case. Email must be
extracted from
historical tapes and
placed on litigation
hold.
Data Format:
90 GB Exchange database
residing on tape in
NetBackup format.
Traditional Method:
Prepare the environment
(Exchange version, OS,
storage), extract the
database from tape,
index the database, and
search for relevant
email. Timeframe: 1
Week.
With Index Engines:
Tapes are indexed
directly (1GB/min) and
searched resulting in
12,000 relevant emails.
All emails are extracted
from tape. Timeframe:
2 hours
The Index Engines Advantage
Unlock hard to access tape
data – by eliminating the
need for backup software, Index
Engines makes tape data
searchable and accessible.
Save significant time and
cost – real-world situations
prove Index Engines solution
saves 50-70% over traditional
tape restoration methods.
Proactively manage tape data
– without the need for full
restoration, Index Engines'
offline tape solution makes it
possible to proactively discover
and manage data on
backup tape.
Eliminate the need for data
forensic skills – the simple
internet-like GUI allows the
search and extraction of data
from backup tape without
advanced knowledge of tape
storage infrastructures or
software.
Discover then Restore –
Index Engines is flipping the
process from Restore everything
and then Discover what you need,
to Discover what you have, and
Restore only what is important.
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