Did you know that people lose over 600,000 laptops at US airports every year?
This loss seems even more serious once you realise that most of them didn't have a backup. Statistics? At least 65% of users do not backup before travel, while 90% do not backup while on the move.
Why? Well, the top three reasons I have heard are:
- My backup software does not work over WAN
- I had limited bandwidth connectivity
- I hate backups - they slow down my PC and work
The main problems seem to be availability of bandwidth and backup disruptions over WAN/Internet.
Issues with bandwidth arise due to the huge amount of duplicate data between corporate users. Not very surprisingly, over 80% of data across corporate PCs (emails/docs etc) is duplicate. It is these duplicates that choke bandwidth and storage.
Here's where Data De-Duplication – henceforth referred to as DDD – comes in. This technology saves just a single copy of duplicate data, thus cutting down on duplicates and shrinking the backup size for corporate PCs. This potentially savings in backup time, bandwidth and storage are about 80%!
Thanks to the tape-backup legacy, most existing software has a server-triggered backup mechanism, which creates problems for travelling users connected via WAN. Since the PC does not have a fixed IP address, the server can't reach it and hence the backup fails. New generation PC backup software address the problem of server accessibility by using client-triggered backup.
Cumulatively, this is what you should look for in any laptop backup product:
- Smart bandwidth prioritization: Sets only a percentage of bandwidth for backup
- Super Secure: SSL encryption over WAN/VPN for backup
- WAN Optimization: Automatic Network sensing for choosing appropriate packet size and bandwidth
- Data De-Duplication: Saving single copy of duplicate data.
One of the popular options for office and remote users is Druva inSync, featuring simple backup and point-in-time restores. Get a free trial today at www.druva.com
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