Barracuda Backup: Cloud-integrated Backup and Disaster Recovery
Barracuda Backup is a low-cost, subscription-based backup and disaster recovery service for small and medium-size businesses. The Barracuda Backup solution can include a physical, purpose-built Barracuda appliance or a virtual, software-based appliance with similar functionality but which uses your own storage hardware. Barracuda Backup protects critical business data generated on-premises, at one or more remote sites, or in the cloud. For disaster preparedness, you can replicate data to the Barracuda Cloud, to Amazon Web Services (AWS), or to any private location you designate. A simple-to-operate and web-accessible management and reporting console makes it easy to administer and monitor all backup, replication, retention and recovery processes in real time.
Key features of Barracuda Backup include:
Capabilities of Barracuda Backup
Barracuda Backup offers small and mid-size organizations a full-featured data protection solution by providing advanced capabilities in the areas of backup, recovery and management. Barracuda Backup protects the most popular operating systems, the most widely used versions of Hyper-V and VMware, and cloud-hosted Microsoft applications. Mission-critical servers can be backed up as often as every 15 minutes to support a low Recovery Point Objective (RPO). Replication to offsite datacenters and to the cloud facilitate disaster recovery and offer deployment options to suit any SMB.
Operating Systems | Hypervisors | Cloud Applications | Replication |
Windows Server Mac OS X Linux Unix |
Microsoft Hyper-V VMware vSphere |
Office 365 Exchange Online Azure SQL SharePoint Online |
Barracuda Cloud Amazon AWS Barracuda Appliance Virtual Appliance |
Secure Backup and Replication
Barracuda Backup utilizes a physical or virtual (software-based) onsite appliance that securely and automatically replicates data offsite. Local backup allows fast restores, and offsite replication supports disaster recovery.
Barracuda Backup Deduplication
Deduplication is a data compression technique that plays a critical role in any modern backup and recovery solution. Deduplication works by comparing incoming data blocks with backup data that has already been stored. Deduplication algorithms remove redundant incoming data blocks and substitute a concise reference to the data already stored. Barracuda Backup Agents (BBAs) deduplicate and compress local data, including Hyper-V VHD files, on the client-side host server before transmitting the deduplicated data to the physical or virtual Barracuda Backup appliance. By preventing redundant data from being sent to the Barracuda Backup appliance for processing, so-called source-based dedpulication reduces LAN network traffic and significantly shortens the backup window.
To backup VMware virtual disks, Barracuda Backup takes advantage of VMware's VADP technology, using Changed Block Tracking to avoid sending redundant data chunks to Barracuda Backup appliances.
How Progent Can Help You with Barracuda Backup
Progent's Microsoft-certified Hyper-V consultants and VMware-certified vSphere and vCenter experts can assist your business to design, install and manage a data backup and disaster recovery solution powered by Barracuda Backup. Progent's Exchange consultants can help you use Barracuda Backup to protect your Exchange Server deployment, and Progent's Amazon AWS hybrid cloud consulting experts can help you set up your AWS account to replicate and restore critical data. Progent's Disaster Recovery consultants can show you how Barracuda Backup's offsite and cloud replication capability can protect your vital business data and get you up and running fast in the event of a natural or human-made disaster, a ransomware attack, or any other catastrophic event. Progent's GIAC-certified information assurance consultants can evaluate the security and compliance of your backup ecosystem and can help you leverage affordable tools and smart processes and policies to survive in today's increasingly dangerous IT environment.
Fault Tolerant Technologies Provided by Progent's Experts
Progent's certified support professionals can help your business to build a sensible, non-stop IT architecture that addresses key challenges covering a wide range of networking technologies and processes such as:
Business Continuity Planning
Progent's disaster recovery professionals can help you create a workplace recovery plan so you can restore network functionality in the event of an IT network catastrophe. Progent can assist you to define a complete disaster recovery plan that includes periodic disaster recovery assessments and testing. Progent's Microsoft and Cisco-authorized engineers can also show you how to build an affordable, high-availability network architecture that addresses reliability issues covering a broad range of infrastructure technologies and processes. For more information, see Business Continuity Consulting.
CRISC-Certified IT Risk Mitigation
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) certification program was established by ISACA in 2010 to verify a consultant's skills to plan, implement, and maintain IS control mechanisms to mitigate network risk. Progent offers the services of a CRISC-certified engineer to assist you to develop and execute a workplace continuity or disaster recovery plan that follows industry best practices promoted by CRISC and geared to match your company's risk appetite, business objectives, and budgetary guidelines. For more information, see CRISC-Certified IT risk management experts.
Windows Server 2019 High Availability Failover Clustering
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 introduced important improvements in capacity, throughput, management, security and compliance, application compatibility, Linux support, Kubernetes technology, and hybrid integration of local and cloud-hosted resources. Headline enhancements of Windows Server 2019 include Windows Admin Center for centralizing the management of hybrid on-premises/cloud deployments, System Insights for utilizing advance predictive intelligence to manage local networks, Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Exploit Guard for host-intrusion defense, container orchestration with Kubernetes, Cluster Sets for building and administering large high-availability scale-out clusters, and Microsoft's Storage Migration Service for streamlining the upgrade process from outdated editions of Windows Server. For more information, visit Microsoft Server 2019 Fault-tolerant Failover Clustering Expertise.
Windows Server 2016 Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
Progent's Windows Server 2016 disaster recovery experts can assist your organization to plan and deploy a disaster recovery solution based on Microsoft's cloud-tested Failover Clustering tools including Cluster Operating System Rolling Upgrade for non-intrusive migration to Windows Server 2016, Storage Replica for zero-data-loss Recovery Point Objective (RPO), Storage Spaces Direct for enterprise-class network-attached storage using industry-standard equipment, Virtual Machine Load Balancing for improving the performance and fault-tolerance of Failover Clusters while minimizing capital investment and management overhead, and Cloud Witness for easy, economical deployment of a failover cluster quorum arbitration point. To read more, see Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Expertise.
VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) Disaster Recovery Solutions
VMware's Site Recovery Manager is an extension to VMware vCenter that allows you to orchestrate, automate and verify a consistent runbook for recovering applications and services rapidly after a breakdown. SRM supports centrally managed and automated recovery, application mobility, and transparent site migration, failback and re-protect. Site Recovery Manager also supports non-disruptive testing for disaster recovery, updates and patches and can generate audit reports to verify full service recovery, validate SLAs and prove compliance. Progent offers the support of a VCDX certified VMware Site Recovery Manager consulting expert to assist you to plan, deploy, test and administer a disaster recovery system based on VMware Site Recovery Manager.
NetApp MetroCluster High Availability and Disaster Recovery Software
NetApp MetroCluster is a disaster recovery software suite that uses array-based storage clustering along with replication to provide rapid, zero RPO disaster recovery between datacenters that are up to 185 miles apart. Progent can provide the skills of a certified NetApp MetroCluster consultant who can help your business to plan, deploy, manage, upgrade, test and repair a disaster recovery solution built around NetApp MetroCluster. Progent can assist you to select a topology for your MetroCluster environment that aligns with your technical needs and budget. Progent can ensure you follow leading practices for configuring your MetroCluster environment by providing help with procedures like assigning disk pools, determining aggregate layout, provisioning volumes, setting up Data ONTAP configuration replication service, installing Cisco and Brocade switches, implementing a tiebreaker mechanism, setting up a configuration replication network between your storage clusters, and verifying your disaster recovery system to verify adherence with information assurance standards and government mandates.
Fault Tolerant Load Balancing
Progent offers fault tolerant load balancing consulting that addresses system load balancing, load balanced applications, LAN/WAN infrastructure routing, and content delivery products including Cisco Content Engine. Non-stop load balancing products for which Progent offers consulting services include Windows Server 2003 and 2008 Network Load Balancing Manager, Citrix Access Suite and Presentation Server, Cisco Content Services Switch, Cisco Content Engine and LocalDirector 400 series, and F5 Networks 3-DNS. For details, see High Availability Load Balancing.
High-Availability Internet Data Centers
Progent's Data Center consultants can help you find high availability data centers that match the specific needs of your company. Fault tolerant colocation sites are particularly attractive to small and mid-size organizations due to of their affordability and simplified logistics in comparison to taking a do-it-yourself strategy. Trying to create an in-house data center that offers even a basic degree of fault tolerance is too expensive for most small organizations. Progent is ready to show you how to get all the benefits of non-stop Internet data centers by offering a full range of engineering and maintenance services. To learn more, see High-Availability Data Centers Solutions.
24x7 Inter-office Connectivity
Progent's inter-site connectivity consultants can help organizations achieve non-stop multi-site connectivity via fully redundant system architectures with automatic failover. Progent's Cisco-premier CCIE engineers can design and deploy high-availability Inter-office connections based on zero-downtime EIGRP network routers or zero-downtime OSPF configurations of Cisco routers. Progent can show you how multi-path connectivity and transparent fail-over can provide economical non-stop interoffice networking. To learn more, see High-Availability Inter-office Connectivity.
Non-stop Internet Connections
Progent's Cisco-certified IT professionals can help you build an affordable, high availability Internet configuration solution that can deliver 24x7 Internet access through a broad array of fault tolerant Internet network technologies including fault tolerant BGP, transparent fail-over, and redundant Internet Service Providers. Progent offers CCIE consultants to help you utilize the latest technology for high availability Internet connections to create an affordable, fully redundant Internet interface with automatic failover and other features to create non-stop Internet availability. To read more, visit High Availability Internet Access Solutions.
Backup and Restore Technology Consulting Experts
Progent offers economical online support from IT engineers skilled in a wide range of utilities and technologies that provide solutions for protecting Windows, Mac, and Linux servers and desktops plus laptops and handhelds. Progent offers consulting support for leading data protection platforms including Acronis, Backup Exec, BackupAssist Software, HP Data Protector, Double-Take Backup, MozyPro, Retrospect, Time Machine, VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP), and Solaris FLARs. Progent can help your company to design, upgrade, or maintain data backup solutions for a variety of architectures including on-premises, remote, cloud, or hybrid. To read more, visit Backup and Recovery Solutions Consulting Services.
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager Backup and Restore Consulting and Support Services
Progent's expert System Center Data Protection Manager support professionals can help you to develop a practical business continuity plan, design an affordable high-availability network infrastructure, deploy a Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager-powered backup and recovery system, comprehensively test your system, educate your IT personnel or regular service providers how to manage System Center Data Protection Manager, or provide extensive information technology support outsourcing such as off-site hosting of SCDPM servers in Progent's secure data center. For more information, see Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager Consulting.
ProSight Data Protection Services Altaro VM Backup Solutions for Backup and Disaster Recovery
Altaro VM Backup software provides small and mid-size organizations a dependable and affordable solution for backing up and restoring Hyper-V and VMware-powered virtual machines (VMs). Altaro VM Backup can be deployed in on-premises, offsite, distributed, and cloud architectures and also supports low-cost backup to Microsoft Azure storage. Altaro VM Backup includes advanced capabilities such as Immutable Cloud Storage for enhanced recoverability from ransomware. Progent is a certified Hornetsecurity Altaro partner and offers a wide range of online or onsite consulting services to assist you to design, install, optimize and debug a comprehensive backup and disaster recovery system powered by Altaro VM Backup software. With ProSight DPS Altaro VM Backup, Progent delivers a managed backup/restore service powered by on Altaro VM Backup technology. To read more, go to Altaro VM Backup consulting.
ProSight Data Protection Services 365 Total Backup Solutions for Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 provides simple archiving but does not include integrated support for vital data protection capabilities such as Exchange backups or long-term point-in-time recovery for OneDrive for Business or SharePoint. Hornetsecurity's 365 Total Backup provides a feature-rich BDR solution for automatic backup and rapid restoration of all your company's M365 mail, Teams Chats, SharePoint sites, OneDrive files, and content on Windows endpoints. Progent is a certified Hornetsecurity/Altaro partner and has designed ProSight Data Protection Services 365 Total Backup to provide comprehensive management services for Hornetsecurity's 365 Total Backup suite. ProSight Data Protection Services 365 Total Backup delivers an affordable backup-as-a-service (BaaS) alternative that protects M365 apps against data loss or corruption resulting from human or system mistakes, malevolent sabotage, and malware assaults such as ransomware. For more information, visit ProSight Data Protection Services 365 Total Backup services for Microsoft 365.
Fully Managed Cloud Backup: ProSight Data Protection Services ECHO
ProSight Data Protection Services ECHO from Progent provide small and medium-sized organizations a low cost and fully managed service for reliable backup/disaster recovery. Available at a low monthly cost, ProSight Data Protection Services ECHO automates and monitors your backup processes and enable fast restoration of critical data, applications and VMs that have become lost or corrupted as a result of hardware breakdowns, software bugs, natural disasters, human mistakes, or malicious attacks such as ransomware. ProSight DPS ECHO can help you back up, recover and restore files, folders, apps, system images, as well as Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware virtual machine images. Important data can be backed up on the cloud, to a local storage device, or mirrored to both. Progent's cloud backup consultants can provide advanced support to configure ProSight DPS ECHO to to comply with government and industry regulatory standards like HIPAA, FIRPA, PCI and Safe Harbor and, when necessary, can assist you to restore your critical information. Find out more about ProSight Data Protection Services ECHO managed cloud backup and recovery.
ProSight Data Protection Services 360 Backup Solutions
Progent can assist you to design, implement and debug a backup solution based on MSP360 technology. MSP360 offers file or image backup/restore for virtual machines and physical computers, works with all leading public clouds, and permits businesses to create a backup solution with a low Recovery Time Objective and a defined Recovery Point Objective. With ProSight DPS 360 Backup, Progent can provide end-to-end monitoring and remote management of your backup system to protect against data loss resulting from user mistakes, computer errors, malicious insiders, and malware assaults such as ransomware. For details, see ProSight Data Protection Services 360 Backup services.
Consulting for Double-Take Solutions for Data Backup and Recovery
Double-Take publishes a family of products designed to deliver small companies a variety of cost-effective solutions for backing up and recovering business-critical applications such as Exchange Server, SQL, Blackberry, and SharePoint. Progent's disaster recovery planning experts have in-depth experience incorporating Double-Take technology into small company information networks to achieve a high state of fault tolerance and disaster recovery capability at a budget-friendly price. To read more, visit Consulting for Double-Take Solutions for Backup.
Why Choose Progent for Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Planning Solutions?
Since Progent is a Microsoft Certified Partner and offers high-level application support for a broad range of small business applications, Progent can assist customers to arrive at comprehensive information technology solutions that maximize the business value of your network. As a Registered Partner with Cisco, Progent can provide the services of premier consultants and specialists with expertise in designing, implementing and managing infrastructure environments based on Cisco products. The extent of Progent's technical experience and Progent's sensitivity to the requirements of small and midsize businesses make Progent the ideal partner for creating and running a cost-effective, high-availability network.
How You Can Contact Progent's Consultants for Disaster Recovery Planning Help
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