When it comes to IT infrastructure, storage and business availability are few of the daily used terms in an organizational setup. With the advent of virtualization, line of business executives are able to have a check on their overhead costs and simplify their IT infra planning. When it comes to business availability, there are vital aspects that needs to be taken into consideration. Kanishk Sethi’s article, “Top 5 reasons to choose Vembu BDR Suite” is an interesting take by the author on why businesses should consider Vembu BDR Suite to ensure business continuity in their day-to-day operations.
Kanishk Sethi begins his article by specifying the simple installation and configuration of Vembu BDR Suite and how it will ease out the concept of Backup and DR in both virtual and physical environments. In the article, the author explains about the prerequisite software needed and it is worthy to note that the newer version, Vembu BDR Suite v3.7 uses PostgreSQL as a single prerequisite software. Configuration is done on a simpler note with the same console for virtual environments like VMware ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V, Client installer for physical and application backups. Speaking about business availability, Quick VM Recovery is a must-have for organizations and Vembu provides restore to multiple hypervisors like ESXi hosts, Hyper-V & KVM. Another critical feature is that backup data is stored in different disk types like VMDK, VHD, VHDX and IMG disks virtually without making use of physical storage on Vembu BDR backup server machine. The third reason, the author quotes is that Vembu BDR Suite is one of the most cost-effective solutions available in the market. The features offered by Vembu at a competitive pricing is one of the prime reasons to evaluate Vembu BDR Suite among its counterparts. The fourth reason stated by the author is an additional layer of protection offered by Vembu through Vembu OffsiteDR by which users can replicate data to offsite to another data center from their primary backup server. The user gets various options to recover wherein one can do a live restore to ESXi server, Booting a live VM thereby ensuring lesser downtime. The final reason quoted by the author is VembuHIVE, an in-house filesystem which is designed for efficient storage management and intelligent backup.
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