Asigra Cloud Backup Components

 

Asigra Cloud Backup is comprised of two major components:

1. The Clients offered by Asigra include:

  • DS-Client – installed at the end customer’s premises where data needs to be protected. The DS-Client is the collector of the data from all machines, drives, applications and systems on the end customers LAN.  The DS-Client software is agentless - it does not need to be installed on every machine it backs up. It can run on a dedicated DS-Client machine or on an existing machine on the LAN that it needs to backup. One DS-Client is sufficient to collect and backup all the data from all the servers, desktops, laptops, network or local drives, structured applications and raw files on the entire LAN. It is designed to accommodate a range of heterogeneous network backup requirements and transmits data securely to the DS-System onsite or offsite over the Wide Area Network (WAN). The DS-Client is typically given administrator privileges and will back up data that it has credentials to access. DS-Client software is not licensed (except the EULA) and Asigra customers can install as many or as few DS-Clients as needed. The agentless DS-Client is offered for Windows, Linux or MAC environments and can be deployed in grid configuration for failover protection and increased performance.
  • DS-Mobile Client – installed on the remote laptop, it sends backed up data to the DS-System at the Service Provider’s (SP’s) or private cloud data center. The DS-Mobile Client collects data from the remote laptop it resides on as well as any other devices that reside on the same LAN. The collected data is then transmitted securely to the DS-System residing in the datacenter. The DS-Mobile Client software is light footprint and can be centrally configured and mass deployed to any number of laptops within minutes. The DS-Mobile Client software is licensed at no costs and Asigra customers can install as many DS-Mobile Clients as needed. The DS-Mobile Client is offered for Windows environments.
  • DS-Consumer Client – installed on the consumer desktop or laptop. The DS-Consumer Client collects data from the consumer desktop or laptop and sends it to the DS-System at the Service Provider’s (SP’s) data center. The DS- Consumer Client can be downloaded from Asigra MSP’s web site. The “One Click” GUI of the DS-Consumer clients makes it very simple to use even for users who are not technically savvy.
  • DS-SmartPhone Client – installed on the smart phone. The DS-SmartPhone Client collects data from the smart phone and sends it to the DS-System at the Service Provider’s (SP’s) or private cloud data center. The DS-SmartPhone Client for Apple iOS can be downloaded from Apple App Store. The DS-SmartPhone Client for Google Android can be downloaded from Google Play or Amazon Appstore.
  • DS-Tablet Client – installed on the tablet. The DS-Tablet Client collects data from the tablet and sends it to the DS-System at the Service Provider’s (SP’s) or private cloud data center. The DS-Tablet Client for Apple iOS can be downloaded from Apple App Store. The DS-Tablet Client for Google Android can be downloaded from Google Play or Amazon Appstore.

      DS-Client

2. The DS-System, installed at the Enterprise or MSP’s data center or core of the cloud. The DS-System is the data aggregator. It receives data from all remote DS-Clients. The DS-System is available in standalone or High Availability (HA) and scalable N+1 configuration. This scalability enables Asigra Cloud Backup to support additional backup loads and multiple operating systems, servers, databases, applications, and storage environments.

  • DS-System software maintains, manages and validates the online storage repository where the backed up data transmitted by the DS-Clients is saved. Depending on the DS-System license, a DS-System may be used to provide backup/restore services to one or more DS-Clients under the same accounts or under different accounts. The DS-System is typically located in a secure offsite hosting facility. The storage Architecture for the DS-System may be Direct-Attached-Disk, Storage Area Network (SAN) or Network-attached storage (NAS). The DS-System is offered for Windows or Linux in Standalone or N+1 configuration.
  • Mobile DS-System software maintains, manages and validates the online storage repository where the backed up data transmitted by the DS- Mobile Clients residing on remote laptops in the field, DS-Tablet Clients or the DS-SmartPhone Clients is saved. The Mobile DS-System is typically located in a secure offsite hosting facility. The storage Architecture for the Mobile DS-System may be Direct-Attached-Disk, Storage Area Network (SAN) or Network-attached storage (NAS). The Mobile DS-System is offered for Windows or Linux.
  • Consumer DS-System software maintains, manages and validates the online storage repository where the backed up data transmitted by the DS-Consumer Clients, DS-Tablet Clients and DS-Smartphone Clients is saved. Consumer DS-System may be used to provide backup/restore services to one or more DS- Consumer Clients under the same accounts or under different accounts. The Consumer DS-System is typically located in a secure offsite hosting facility. The storage Architecture for the Consumer DS-System may be Direct-Attached-Disk, Storage Area Network (SAN) or Network-attached storage (NAS). The Consumer DS-System is offered for Windows.

Modules are additional software functionality that augment the core backup/restore capability of the DS-Client and DS-System. The modules are pre-integrated with the DS-System’s central storage repository.

Learn more about the five advanced Asigra Cloud Backup components that will help bring significant efficiencies to your backup and recovery infrastructure:  

Integrated Backup Lifecycle Management
Integrated Replication
Integrated LAN Storage Discovery
Integrated Local Storage
Integrated Web Portal

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