Introduction:
BDRSuite is a comprehensive backup and disaster recovery solution that enables organizations to protect their critical data and systems. Recently, BDRSuite has announced support for Scality storage as a backup repository, allowing users to store their backups on Scality’s highly scalable and reliable object storage platform.
About Scality:
Scality is a leading provider of software-defined storage solutions that help businesses store, manage, and protect their data. Its object storage platform is designed to handle large volumes of data with high reliability and performance. Recognized as a leader by Gartner and IDC, Scality is trusted by IT leaders and application developers to build sustainable, and adaptable solutions in order to compete in this data-driven economy.
The Scality’s RING and ARTESCA, its approach to managing data across the enterprise accelerates business insight for sound decision-making and maximum return on investment.
By adding Scality as a supported backup repository, BDRSuite users can now benefit from the scalability and reliability of Scality’s object storage platform to store and protect their backups.
What is Object Storage?
Object storage is a type of data storage architecture that treats data as individual objects, rather than as a collection of files or blocks. Enormous volumes of unstructured data, including papers, photographs, videos, and audio files, may be stored and managed with this storage.
BDRSuite supports Object Storage of Amazon, Azure, and Google Cloud storages, along with S3 compatible cloud storages such as MiniO, Wasabi, etc…
Scality as BDRSuite Backup Repository
To use Scality as a backup repository with BDRSuite, users will need to follow the steps as mentioned below:
Steps to Set-up Scality Storage as backup repository
Step 1: Log into the BDRSuite Backup Server console and navigate to the Backup Server menu -> Object Storage, and click on the “Create New Object Storage Repository” button on the page that opens.
Step 2: Enter the following details:
a. Specify a name for the new object storage repository
b. Choose S3 Compatible as the Repository Type
c. Enter the Service Endpoint
Example:
Ring Endpoint: https://s3.isv.scality.com
Artesca Endpoint: https://artesca.isv.scality.com
d. Specify the Data Center (DC) Region
Step 3: Click “Add New Credential” button which opens a dialog box, where you could specify a credential name to identify your credential record, and provide the Access Key and Secret Key of your Scality (Ring / Artesca) storage account.
Step 4: Select a bucket, from the Bucket Name-drop-down list. Make sure that the bucket where you want to store your backup data has been created in advance.
Step 5: Choose a “Cache Location” to store backup data temporarily before uploading it to Scality Cloud Storage.
Step 6: Once all the fields are configured, click the “Create” button, upon which the Scality cloud storage will be added as a backup repository.
The newly created object storage repository can be used as the backup data storage destination by choosing it during backup job configuration.
Benefits of having Scality as Backup Repository
Scality’s object storage is designed to handle huge amounts of data, this being added as a backup repository in BDRSuite would cater to the backup, replication and disaster recovery needs of all business types.
On top of this BDRSuite’s in-built Where-it-left-off feature, would prove to be even more beneficial for Scality users, when compared to any other backup solutions in the market.
To know more on BDRSuite’s unique features, check this article
To Wrap up
One of the key benefits of using Scality as a backup repository with BDRSuite is the ability to store large volumes of data at a lower cost, compared to traditional storage solutions. This makes it an ideal solution for organizations with large amounts of data that need to be backed up regularly.
Besides its scalability and cost-effectiveness, Scality’s object storage platform is also highly reliable, with built-in data protection features such as data replication and self-healing capabilities. This ensures that users’ backups are always available and can be restored quickly in the event of a disaster.
Overall, the addition of Scality support to BDRSuite further enhances the capabilities of the backup and disaster recovery solution, giving users access to a highly scalable and reliable storage platform for their backups.
You can try this by downloading the latest version of BDRSuite and evaluating the same for 4 weeks without any feature restrictions.
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