BRU™ SERVER FOR LINUX

Backup & Restore Software for Client/Server Networks

BRU Server for Linux is a robust data backup and recovery application that supports client/server computing served by a Linux server system.

VERSIONS

• BRU Server for Linux - Basic Edition (2 Client License)
• BRU Server for Linux - Network Edition (25 Client License)
• BRU Server for Linux - Enterprise Edition (150 Client License, BRU Synchronization Manager)
• BRU Server Clients License
  - Add on clients for Basic/Network/Enterprise Editions
  • Single License
  • Five (5) Pack License
  • Ten (10) Pack License
  • Twenty-five (25) Pack License
  • One Hundred (100) Pack License
• BRU Server Synchronization Manager
• Annual Support Program

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS

• Straight forward installation; client systems and tape devices are automatically recognized and configured
• Intuitive graphical user interface provides point-and-click operation to the rich feature set.
• Character-based and graphical management consoles as well as command line access provide local and remote controls
• Headless backup and restore operations can be managed via telnet or ssh sessions
• Fully scriptable from the command line
• Scalability is limited only by the performance of the network
• Industry's shortest backup window (fully verified backups) by using Data Staging and out-of-band data verification
• Proven data restorability of BRU technology - corrupt data is reported, circumvented, and the restore continues unless the tape drive is physically unable to proceed
• Supports disk-to-disk, disk-to-tape, and disk-to-disk-to-tape backup strategies
• Backups can be committed to a disk staging area at primary storage subsystem performance levels -virtually eliminating perceived backup windows at the client system level
• Low overhead allows multiple BRU processes to write to multiple storage devices simultaneously with very little impact on system performance
• Intelligent cataloguing provides a powerful query capability to recover select files quickly from tape
• Pre and post scripts may be run on a client system to freeze the state of a database running on that machine or export its state to an intermediate file
• E-mail notification of all operations including interact requirements and job status
• Protects data on systems (like laptops) that are intermittently-attached to the network
• Catalogs copied to tape in addition to the server HDD to provide enhanced availability to backup data should the server system HDD fail
• Supports virtually all glibc 2.3-based Linux distributions
• Supports multiple libraries attached to the system running BRU Server-no special licensing is required
• Native Linux client/server backup software
• Ultra-reliable BRUT engine delivers industry.leading data protection reliability and ultimate restorability of the protected data
• Backups can be 100% verified without access to the original filesystems
• Anytime VerifyT and Inspect Mode backup verification options can be run as an out.of.band process, freeing up the server faster
• Broad compatibility - backups can be verified on a different system, and even on a different platform
• Provides broadest Linux tape library support available
• Performance that streams modern tape drives
• Client system data is not interleaved with other client system data
• Client-side data encryption provides secure communication between client systems and the server
• Network traffic data compression is configurable and can provide better utilization of available network bandwidth
• Flexibility to define how the backup operation should be performed because very few sites have the same backup requirements
• Lights-out, automated backup operations are scheduled from the user interfaces
• Transport layer agnostic - whether Fibre Channel, SCSI, iSCSI, Gigabit Ethernet, Wireless LAN, etc.
• Provides data backup and restore services within NAS, SAN and wireless environments
• QFA (Quick File Access) provides fast access to files contained on the tape device
• Files and directories can be excluded from the backup from the client system (excluding mp3 files, for example)
• Compatibility with all SCSI, Fibre Channel, Firewire and USB tape drives
• Compatibility with all tape technologies (i.e. LTO, DLT, AIT, VXA)
• Compatibility with all SCSI and Fibre Channel libraries containing any number of tape drives
• Supports any number of tape slots in a library
• The ability to define "Destinations" as a fixed set of slots
• The assignment of Destinations from a pool of free slots as needed
• The allocation of slots within a tape library in an arbitrary manner
• Ability to define and exclude sets of tape cartridge slots from use
• Ability to write concurrent, non-interleaved data streams to multiple tape drives within a tape library.
• Ability to write to multiple tape libraries attached to the server.
• Support of variable block mode to allow modern tape drives to achieve their maximum performance potential.
• TapeAlertT to monitor and report connectivity issues, dirty tape drives, bad tape drives, and bad tapes
• Alerts users to manually insert a cleaning cartridge into a standalone tape drive
• Automatically inserts a tape cleaning cartridge into a tape drive in a tape library
• Tape bar code reader support
• Unique Drive AutobalancingT that spreads loads across multiple drives within a library to assure enhanced library hardware uptime
• An efficient data layout on tape to optimize utilization of tape cartridge capacity
• Client system backups are not interleaved, thereby further shortening the time to restore selected client system files
• Highly scalable-limited only by network bandwidth
• Built-In help Pages. Useful when you can't find the manual.
• Backup Assistance Hotline. If you need assistance, we're here to help. Expert technical support FREE for the first 30 days, renewable in low-cost, one-year increments.
• Annual support agreements provide unlimited phone, fax and e-mail support as well as free updates and special discounts on product upgrades.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

CPU and Speed: 1 GHz processor
Operating System: Linux x86
RAM (Minimum/Recommended): 256MB RAM
Hard Drive Space (Minimum/Recommended): 55MB of disk space for full install (server software, user interface, server agent); 15 MB of disk space for client systems; 3 MB of disk space per 100,000 files backed up