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BakBone's Virtual Disk Library (VDL) technology
directs backup streams to disk instead of tape.
It not only speeds up the backup process
by up to 90%, it also significantly reduces the time
required to restore data
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BakBone's NetVault backup & restore software
creates VDLs, Virtual Disk Libraries, consisting
of drives, slots and media, on disks (DAS/NAS/SAN),
treating VDLs as if they were physical tape libraries
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Multiple data streams from multiple clients from LAN,
are sorted concurrently into single, complete data
streams on disk
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System administrator can freely design any number
of customized virtual libraries, each with its own
number
of tape drives and tape slots.
The more virtual drives the VDL contains, the more
simultaneous client backups can
be performed,
to precisely fit the desired backup window
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When backing up to a VDL, there is no degradation
of performance, nor wear and tear of tape drives
and media, due to the 'shoe shining' effect
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VLDs backup sets (staged data) can be migrated
or duplicated to real tape libraries, allowing optimal
streaming of data to tape devices
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Retain fresh backups on disk, taking advantage
of
high-speed disk technologies for backup
and restore processes
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Keep offsite backups on tape, benefiting from
the portability and security of tape for long-term
data retention and
for disaster recovery
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