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Open File Manager
Online Data Backup and Restoration Solutions - OFM (FastBIT Technology)
Planet Storage provides fully automated, reliable and secure data backup and restoration services for clients worldwide. Leveraging our team of data protection specialists, as well as 24 x 7 customer support, we’ll help you create an off-site data protection program that is designed to meet your organization’s needs and expansion objectives.
Open File Manager
Planet Storage’s new Open File Manager works in conjunction with the Planet Storage Online Backup Service (OLBS) to capture open files, even if they are changing during a backup. Open File Manager synchronizes the data at a point in time when it is stable across the entire file system, guaranteeing a coherent backup while maintaining the relational integrity among groups of related files, even if they are located across different volumes. With Open File Manager, there is no need to close applications or lock out users during a backup. Run your backups at anytime with no interruption to anyone. Seamless and comprehensive protection for all your data.
Reinforce Your Backup Software
Open File Manager solidifies your company's data protection strategy by allowing your
existing Planet Storage backup software to successfully capture files that are open and in
use during the backup process, ensuring that your organization's most critical data is
backed up completely and the integrity is maintained.
The 24/7 Open File Problem
In today's economy, businesses are online 24x7, virtually eliminating the "backup
window". In this environment, most standard backup software solutions fail at the very
thing they were purchased to do - backup the organizations critical data. Files that are
open and changing during a backup may be skipped or saved in a corrupted state.
Additionally, groups of files that contain related data will lose relational integrity if
they are open and changing during a forced backup. Any of these factors can result
in an incomplete restore when the need arises.
The Open File Manager Solution
Open File Manager monitors the file system for read requests coming from the backup
program. When the backup operation is initiated, it begins maintaining Preview Data in
a dynamically allocated Pre-Write Cache for all open files on the system. Only changed
data is stored in the Pre-Write Cache, not entire files. When the backup application
reaches the part of a file that has been changed, Open File Manager substitutes the
original (pre-write) data from the Pre-Write Cache to fulfil the backup request. The file
stored will then look exactly like it did when the backup process started, guaranteeing
a complete and accurate backup and restore.
Planet Storage OLBS
Planet Storage’s Online Backup software gives you the ability to backup and restore data
efficiently across your network, the Internet, or Dial-Up to a Planet Storage Server. This
client/server-based product works over TCP/IP networks. Client data is backed up
to the server hard drive using Planet Storage’s FastBIT technology, perfect for backup
over Intranets or the Internet.
Backing Up OFM
Planet Storage backs up all its products with 30-day money back guarantee and free
technical support from a team of highly trained and skilled personnel, available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year!
Planet Storage FastBIT ™ Patching Process
A Deeper Look Into Our Technology
The FastBIT ™ patching process is the core technology behind our revolutionary program. The patching process involves the comparison of two different versions of the same file and extracting the differences between the files. When the differences are extracted from the two files, they are saved into a new file and compressed into what is known as a Patch. The patch file is often 85% to 99.9% smaller than the file which the patch was extracted from originally.
Applying this technology to the backup process will reduce the use of communication lines, backup tapes, and physical storage, all leading to one thing... substantial cost savings. We aim to reduce your costs without sacrificing the integrity of your backups. Here's how our FastBIT patching technology is applied to your backup process.
When our backup program encounters a file for the first time, it compresses the file and sends it securely to the backup server. Once a file has been compressed and sent to the server, never again will we send that entire file to the server. All future changes to your files will result in only the changes within the files being sent to the server. When the changes are received by the server, they are applied to your backup files creating a complete up-to-date copy of your file system. As an optional service, your daily FastBIT Patch Backup files can be stored separately on the server allowing the flexibility of restoring any file(s) from your backup data as of any point in time.
If you're wondering about the reliability of the patching technology, there's no need to wonder anymore. This technology is not new. It has been the only choice for IBM, Microsoft, Novell, and many other hardware and software companies needing to update commercially distributed software. Planet Storage OLBS is the first to tightly integrate this existing technology into a high performance backup application.
The FastBIT patching process manipulates files at the binary level. This means it can process any file type without error. Different types of files will yield different FastBIT patch sizes based on the binary organization of the file. We provide some FastBIT patch statistics to illustrate this point further.
Online Backup
An overwhelming percentage of individual and networked PC users neglect backup practices. With global adoption of broadband technology expected to exceed 325 million subscribers by 2008, online backup creates a compelling alternative-simple to use, offsite and often lower in cost than addressing backup onsite. Online backup introduces a heightened level of protection so businesses' most valuable assets-its people and customers-can carry on with minimal disruption should a failure occur.