Syncsort's ExpressDR for OSSV, for Windows 2000/2003/XP, provides high-performance, disk-based, bare metal restore and disaster recovery capability.
ExpressDR streamlines the recovery process, significantly reducing downtime by initiating and controlling fast, block-level restore from Syncsort OSSV backups. ExpressDR eliminates the need to manually reinstall the operating system and root volume applications. Depending on recovery needs, ExpressDR can restore the operating system, system settings, partition information, applications, and/or data -- all in a fraction of the time required by manual methods. Syncsort ExpressDR is the newest bare metal restore technology on the market:
- OS Replication/Restore is a block-level restore from disk
- Syncsort OS/Application backups are seamless; part of regular Syncsort-OSSV backup – competitors require special reboot for OS backup
- Syncsort OS/Application backups are non-disruptive and use minimal CPU and memory
- Syncsort OS/Application backups are block-level incremental and take minutes -- competitors are full backups and server is down for entire time
ExpressDR: Fast Bare Metal Recovery
| Alternative Bare Metal Options | Syncsort ExpressDR for OSSV |
Special bare metal restore backup job required |
Regular image block-level incremental restore used for bare metal restore |
Reboot necessary for bare metal restore backup job |
Non-disruptive, image block-level backup technology has minimal CPU impact |
Each full backup uses significant elapsed time and storage resources |
Block-level incremental backups are very fast and use minimal storage resources |
Server is down during bare metal restore backup job, affecting users |
Users are not affected during a block-level incremental backup |
Backups occur infrequently, leading to longer point-in-time recovery options: significant amounts of lost data |
Backups occur very frequently, leading to extremely short point-in-time recovery options: little or no lost data |
Local tape often required for restore |
Block-level disk-to-disk restore requires no tape |
Additional Business Uses for ExpressDR:
- Keep DR, test, staging, in sync with production OS / application configurations
- Upgrade production servers to staging configurations
- Maintain consistent version control and stand-by systems for remote sites
