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Next-Gen Backup Delivers Unprecedented Value at US$3,000 per Tape Drive
Launched in November 2007, Oracle Secure Backup 10.2 is now providing centralized, next-generation tape backup management for the entire IT environment, all at a single-component licensing model costing just US$3,000 per tape drive—a price unprecedented in the industry.
Oracle Secure Backup provides data protection for both heterogeneous file systems and Oracle Database, and includes a highly scalable client-server architecture with single-point management of distributed UNIX, Linux, Windows, Network Attached Storage (NAS), and tape devices.
Optimized integration between Oracle Recovery Manager (Oracle RMAN) and Oracle Secure Backup delivers the fastest Oracle database backup to tape. As a media management layer for Oracle RMAN, Oracle Secure Backup supports Oracle9i through Oracle Database 11g.
New performance enhancements reduce CPU overhead by up to 10 percent and increase backup speed by more than 20 percent by eliminating backup of committed undo.
In addition, user-defined policy-based backup management provides consistency in backup and restoration, security, and tape management. New policies available in Oracle Secure Backup 10.2 include tape rotation (vaulting), tape duplication, and backup encryption.
Managing the Entire Lifecycle
"Tape is inherently portable and ideally suited for long-term storage. However, this makes tape management and protection of critical importance, especially in larger environments managing thousands of backup tapes," says Donna Cooksey, principal product manager, Oracle Secure Backup.
Oracle Secure Backup 10.2 automates tape management throughout the tape lifecycle, including first-write, duplication, rotation between multiple locations, and tape reuse. Duplicate tapes utilize the same or different tape retention and rotation schedule as the original.
Backup Encryption
With a rash of lost backup tapes in the press, backup encryption is no longer just an option. It's a necessity.
Oracle Secure Backup 10.2 provides backup encryption using AES128, AES192, or AES256 algorithms at the global, host, backup, or volume level.
In addition, advance encryption key management makes it possible to generate keys randomly or using a user pass phrase, which are then regenerated per user-defined schedule.
In addition to policy-backup encryption and media management, other new features in Oracle Secure Backup 10.2 include on-demand tape duplication for one-off duplication needs, automated migration from a virtual tape library (VTL) to physical tape, preconfigured backup settings for the backup catalog, and support for Sun/StorageTek ACSLS and associated tape libraries.
Oracle Saves US$1.5 Million with Secure Backup
Oracle itself is migrating from third-party backup software to Oracle Secure Backup 10.2 and expects to save US$1.5 million by the end of 2008 in new licensing costs and ongoing annual maintenance.
"While substantial cost savings was a key catalyst," says Cooksey, "we've also achieved 22 percent faster NAS backup performance as well as optimized Oracle RMAN backup to tape."
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