CASE STUDY
BEING ABLE TO DEPEND ON A KNOWLEDGEABLE ,
RESPONSIVE SUPPORT TEAM IS CRITICAL TO
ANY DATA PROTECTION STRATEGY .
Huge volumes for Machine Learning
With the push into Machine Learning , the lab needs to cope with an ever-growing volume of data . They currently protect 80 TB of data with Retrospect .
“ I ’ m a physicist , not an IT person . Retrospect just works really well ,” said Rosen .
Retrospect integrates seamlessly with all major destination types , including local disk , NAS devices , tape libraries and over 20 cloud storage providers like Amazon S3 , Google Cloud Storage and Dropbox .
ProactiveAI . “ It ’ s great for that . It works super well ,” he said .
ProactiveAI will optimize the backup window for the entire environment using Machine Learning , prioritizing backup sources based on their prior performance .
Administrators can simply set a window of time – all day or 8am to 5pm – to proactively back up sources , and Retrospect will rank the list of sources based on availability and previous backup times .
With ProactiveAI and execution units , administrators can fully utilize their computer and network resources without attempting to back up every available computer .
Customers can transfer backups between their destinations without touching the original computer , off-loading complex backup strategies for their primary volumes and with selectors , they can isolate specific file types or modified files to further reduce their storage while protecting the most critical files . NAS devices are a great , affordable solution for large , on-premise storage .
The Low-Field Imaging Laboratory utilizes Synology RAID devices for its backup destination . Retrospect is compatible with any NAS device that supports SMB or AFP .
Easy restoring
Restoring data is easy . Rosen adds : “ Someone deletes a file . I recover it . Once , a scientist accidentally deleted all of their data . We restored it with Retrospect .”
“ People always ask what I use for backup . I tell them Retrospect . It ’ s pretty sweet in terms of its physical footprint ,” said Rosen . “ Mac users use Time Machine , but if they have a lab , that ’ s like the wild west .”
Using a business-grade backup product enables Rosen to ensure all of his machines and data are completely protected at an affordable price point for the lab ’ s budget .
Retrospect makes it easy to protect data and also to restore it when it ’ s needed . However , when issues do arise , Retrospect Support is a phone call away .
“ Retrospect has always been very responsive ,” said Rosen . “ Any number of problems can come up with hardware , and being able to depend on a knowledgeable , responsive support team is critical to any data protection strategy .” p
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