Asigra Cloud Backup™ v11 is available as software or
software-as-a-service powered by Data Storage Systems,
Inc. For Mid-Range and Enterprise Data Centers looking
for a comprehensive, cost-effective data protection
platform, please ask DSS, Inc. Sales for a detailed
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Data Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS, Inc.) is a Managed
Service Partner with Asigra delivering backup and
recovery solutions to SMEs and large enterprises as a
perpetual license (Private Cloud), term license (Private
Cloud) or as an online (Public Cloud) backup service.
The industry's first enterprise end-to-end cloud backup platform to protect servers, desktops, laptops, tablets and
smart phones while aligning the value of data with the costs of protecting it
Asigra Cloud Backup v11 is the first enterprise class cloud backup platform to protect the data center's entire digital footprint. This includes: storage,
servers, desktops, laptops on the enterprise LAN and this is big...remote tablets, smart phones and laptops!! Asigra Cloud Backup
v11 along with DSS, Inc. provides data protection for IT constrained organizations and industries with compliance mandates that
are looking to improve their backup with a secure, reliable and predictable data protection cloud backup model.
Asigra Cloud Backup v11 is the next generation software purpose-built for cloud computing environments and designed to deliver
ultra reliable Cloud Backup and Recovery (BUR) services. Asigra transforms the way businesses manage and protect their data by
delivering market leading cloud backup solutions that seamlessly and efficiently manage, scale and deliver data protection
services.
Protect your private enterprise cloud environment using Asigra
Cloud Backup v11 as an on-premise solution or rely on Data
Storage Systems, Inc. to provide replication or disaster
recovery protection in a hybrid cloud environment.
Designed to offer backup efficiencies unavailable with traditional
backup architecture. The true benefit allows Data Centers to capture
less, ingest less and store less data. Reducing the amount of backup
assets to manage and maintain.
Asigra Cloud Backup is comprised of two main components: DS-Client: Installed at the end customer’s premises to collect data
from all servers, desktops, laptops, structured applications and
raw/unstructured files that need protection. The DS-Client is the
data collector.
DS-System: Installed at the off-site data center or core of the
cloud where the protected data resides. The DS-System is the data
aggregator.
This one-to-many architecture (one DS-System serving many
DS-Clients) enables Asigra to support additional backup loads from
multiple operating systems, servers, databases, applications and
storage environments.
Asigra Cloud Backup v11 - Solutions
Data Protection for Remote Offices
Data Centers charged with remote offices are tasked with protecting data
usually without IT resources at the remote location. Managing bandwidth
costs and meeting shrinking backup windows typically accounts for 30
percent or more of the total IT expenditures of an enterprise.
Asigra Cloud Backup architecture is WAN-Optimized and built around
copying data from remote locations to a centralized data repository by
leveraging a Public and/or Private Cloud.
Asigra Cloud Backup is designed to protect remote office locations.
• Agentless architecture means no application-specific clients. Easing
deployment of a backup and recovery software.
Desktop and Laptop Backup
In most organizations, data from mobile users (whether on the
road or plugged into the LAN) does not reside in the company’s
central data center. Thus, making it difficult for IT
administrators to properly back up and safeguard this data.
In many cases, information stored on laptops is critical to a
company’s business operations.
Asigra Cloud Backup solves this problem by introducing a mobile
client that’s specifically built for laptops, enabling quick backup
and recovery through intuitive wizards and options. It’s so
efficient and easy to use that DS-Mobile Client users can backup
and recover their own data anytime, anywhere!
Agentless technology eliminates the need to install software on every target desktop machine you need to protect. Pay only for
the total amount of compressed data from across your enterprise – no matter how many desktop/laptop machines are
protected. Restore critical data quickly from the local storage on the LAN or from the online vault in the enterprise data center.
You can backup while restoring or restore while backing up.
• With Asigra Cloud Backup, IT staff can manage the online vault and data repository, track backup consumption for each user
and perform other high-level administrative tasks. Web-based status reports assure accountability, verifying that all backups
occurred as scheduled.
• The central hub has a complete view of the entire LAN from one interface that is easily integrated with existing SNMP-based
monitoring and notification systems.
• Help Desk staff can connect to laptops over the network to schedule backup jobs and restore lost files.
Tablets and SmartPhone Support
In most organizations, data from tablet and
smartphone users does not reside in the company's
central data center. In many cases, information stored
on non-traditional endpoint devices is critical to a
company’s business operations, but it is often left up to
end users to protect and safeguard this data. Adding to
these challenges is the fact that, until now, backup
applications for these devices via Cloud BURR platforms
simply didn’t exist.
Asigra Cloud Backup v11 solves this problem by
introducing a Cloud BURR-based mobile client that’s
specifically built for tablets and smart phones, enabling
quick backup and recovery through intuitive wizards
and options. It’s so efficient and easy to use that
DS-Mobile Client users can backup and recover their
own data, anytime, anywhere!
Operating systems supported include:
1.Google Android (Tablets and Smart Phones)
2.Apple iOS (iPad, iPod, iPhone).
Mobile downloads of the Asigra app
are available from:
1.Apple App Store
2.Android Market
3.Amazon Appstore
Cloud Backup
Asigra’s breakthrough Cloud Backup architecture combines a Cloud
optimized scale-out architecture, a Cloud backup and recovery
software platform and a Cloud API and management system. Easily
manage, scale and deliver data protection services.
Cloud backup is quickly becoming a very appealing data protection
option for many IT organizations. Asigra’s cloud backup solution is an
end-to-end solution that is purpose-built to leverage virtualized
environments. Asigra Cloud Backup has built-in mobility support with
scale, meets security standards and aligns the value of data with the
costs of protecting it.
Backup for Private Cloud Environments.
Asigra Cloud Backup can be implemented with an organization’s
existing corporate network (private cloud). Asigra technology is built
to capture less, ingest less, and store less data thus reducing the
amount of backup software and storage hardware you buy and
maintain.
Backup for Public Cloud Environments.
Companies can turn to a managed cloud backup solution (public cloud) powered by Asigra technology. It can be implemented
exclusively at a cloud-connected remote location or deployed with the addition of a local cached copy of the latest backup data for
quick and reliable ad-hoc recoveries.
Hybrid Cloud Backup.
You do not have to choose whether to exclusively manage the corporate backups by maintaining your own infrastructure or
completely outsource them by leveraging SaaS. Now you can adopt a Hybrid Cloud Data Protection Strategy as Asigra Cloud
Backup allows alternating seamless migration between the two without reinstalling the Data Collector Client software at each
protected site. Also, you can easily migrate your backup data from your internal data center to Data Storage Systems, Inc. facility
or vice-versa using the Asigra migration tool. As your backup strategy evolves you elect to retain your data or outsource to Data
Storage Systems, Inc. Asigra ensures that you always maintain control over your backup data.
Virtualized Environments
Not only can Asigra’s Cloud Backup solution reside on both
physical and virtual machines but it also supports backup/restore
in Hyper-V, VMware and XenServer environments. Using their
latest APIs, agentlessly!
Traditional backup and recovery strategies are not adequate to
deliver the granular recovery demanded by the business. More
important the cost associated with traditional or agent based
technologies essentially negates many of the cost advantages of
virtualization.
Agents in virtual environments
Traditional agent-based backup and recovery force the
enterprise into a series of unattractive choices. Agent based
technologies pollute the virtual environment. Agents, by their
nature lack cohesion.
The need to physically install and manage agents on each application within the virtual server and each machine on the LAN is
time and labor intensive. A single agent adds as much as 16% server overhead to each application. Add to that the security risk
and cost of each agent and it becomes quite clear that agent-based backup and recovery dramatically impacts the TCO and
performance of the virtual environment.
Asigra Cloud Backup provides a robust feature set ideal for virtual environments. Asigra Cloud Backup enables the enterprise to
maximize their virtualization strategy while achieving superior information protection and recovery management without
performance degradation.
• In virtual environments, the DS-Client and the DS-System can both run as virtual appliances
• Simple to implement, operate, & manage
Asigra’s agentless backup/recovery solution has been tested and certified on a very wide range of virtualization platforms
including:
• VMware VSphere 4, ESX 3.5, ESX 3.0, ESXi, Workstation and Server
• Citrix XenServer
• Microsoft Hyper-V
• Parallels and Virtual Containers
• VADP
VM Data Protection.Asigra Cloud Backup removes many of the traditional hassles associated with the protection and recovery of
VMs. It meets new data protection requirements that VMware ESX creates by:
• Discovering new guest VMs
• Centralizing backup configuration and management
• Minimizing initial backup job configuration and ongoing management
• Providing support for multiple backup sets. E.g. VSS aware backup sets such as SQL, Exchange, SharePoint etc
• Broad application and operating system support
Further, by delivering the means to auto-discover guest VMs on individual virtual servers and coupling that with the agentless
backup of guest VMs using CDP, incremental or VMDK-based forms of backups, Asigra fundamentally changes how companies
can protect their virtual environments going forward.
Tiered Recovery
Asigra and Data Storage Systems, Inc. understand that
organizations do not prioritize their data the same way. Some
organizations don’t value older data the same as more recent
data, more critical data. When formulating a backup and
recovery strategy, organizations would need to establish different
Recovery Point and Recovery Time Objectives (RPOs and RTOs)
for different data sets.
Organizations demand the ability to implement their backup and
recovery solution to meet their own data availability
requirements.nAsigra Cloud Backup offers the option of multiple
tiers of recovery.
With Asigra and Data Storage Systems, Inc. we continue to
assist the users of our technology. Establishing the right mix
between having the fastest and the most cost-effective recovery
capabilities for their data.
In order to deliver the most secure platform, we've built our infrastructure on best of breed enterprise grade hardware. All servers
and data are stored in multiple SAS-70 certified data centers for maximum security and regulatory compliance. As your business
continues to grow, so does your vPDC solution. Our infrastructure provides you with unmatched flexibility and management that
gives you the edge over other traditional cloud computing providers. With Artisan, you have the complete freedom to maintain
native control of your infrastructure and clients. The Cornerstone, vPDC platform is connected through multiple tier 1 internet
backbones. This affords you complete peace of mind from a fully redundant system running at a 99.99% uptime. Other platform
features include load balancing, fault tolerance, and full site replication with instant failover in ‘disaster’ situations.
2 X SAS70 Data Centers Each of our data centers are certified to meet
the highest standards and regulatory
compliances such as HIPAA, PCI, and
Sarbanes-Oxley.
24 X 7 Support With native controls, it is highly unlikely you will
need support, but in case you do we have
support offices located throughout the world.
Native Controls Each partner has complete native access within
their vPDC environment for maximum visibility
and management.
Multi-Tiered Storage With multiple tiers of storage, each partner can
customize a solution that meets the needs of
their client.
Multiple Backbones Each of our data centers boasts multiple
network carriers for redundancy and high
availability.
NetApp vFilers For mission critical data, partners have the
ability to execute snapshots and restores at the
file level.