TeraMerge® patented multiple level synthetic backup consolidation combined with the parallel processing capabilities in TiBS, offers an unbeatable solution for any OpenAFS environment. Backups that originally took hours can literally be done in minutes! No other company can meet your OpenAFS backup needs better than Teradactyl. AFS was created at Carnegie Mellon University, where TiBS performs Open AFS backups for the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering.
True incremental, Synthetic Cumulative, Synthetic Full, and NOW Synthetic Partial Cumulative Backup Levels all work with AFS. Support significantly more AFS data with less resources and in less time with TiBS! More...
AFS Backup & Recovery Best Practices 2005: The purpose of this paper is to examine the general behavior of backup systems in relation to working with the Andrew File System (AFS).
This paper is written as a guide for system administrators to help make them aware of all of the considerations for backup, restore, and disaster recovery that they need to take into account when putting together a backup and recovery strategy for AFS. The paper includes discussions on the features and limitations of the native backup and recovery programs provided with AFS. It is hoped that the information presented here can help administrators consider tradeoffs in cost, performance, and reliability for different types of solutions. Pdf Download
Compare TiBS Versions
TiBS has three versions to allow users to balance product capabilities with their own internal needs, approaches, and budgets. To expedite your research, Teradactyl has created a product comparison page to illustrate differences in core functionality. More...
Overview of the OpenAFS Project
The OpenAFS project is the result of the ongoing collaboration of a large number of people. Many of these are the developers who design and implement improvements. Others contribute in different ways, such as coordinating development, writing documentation, or providing computing resources. OpenAFS is FREE to everyone worldwide!
The Andrew file system (AFS) is a distributed networked file system developed by Carnegie Mellon University as part of the Andrew Project. It is named for Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon. Its primary use is in distributed computing. OpenAFS is available for a broad range of heterogeneous systems including UNIX, Linux, MacOS X, and Microsoft Windows.
AFS has several benefits over traditional networked file systems, particularly in the areas of security and scale. It is not uncommon for enterprise AFS cells to exceed 50,000 clients. AFS uses Kerberos for authentication, and implements access control lists on directories for users and groups. AFS's client-level caching improves file system performance, and allows limited file system access in the event of a server crash or a network outage.
Primary Benefits of OpenAFS
OpenAFS is a client-server distributed file system. File sharing across a broad range of heterogeneous systems including UNIX, Linux, MacOS X, and Microsoft Windows
Location Independence of OpenAFS files because the location of the data is separate from the data itself
Scale - OpenAFS client server ratio is typically plausible in a ratio of 100:1 with 200:1 observed in some production environments
Security on OpenAFS is based on Kerberos authentication services and traffic between clients and servers can be encrypted by OpenAFS
Transparent migration capabilities for data is available in OpenAFS because of the separation of name service from file service. Files can be replicated and moved across servers without the users needing to know where the file is located.
OpenAFS backup solutions
If your currently using the Andrew File System (AFS), OpenAFS, or considering making the switch to this highly secure and incredibly flexible file system, you probably are seeing backup solution providers that are dropping support for OpenAFS and Freeware groups that work on updates as time permits. Is that adequate for your disaster recovery requirements? Can you wait for backup software updates while the developers work on other projects? How can you convince yourself that they will keep pace with the ever increasing speed of OpenAFS development? Do they employ synthetic consolidation or verify data integrity in the backup system?
Teradactyl is the #1 commercial vendor for OpenAFS backup across the globe! - Now shipping to the European Community!
Integrated OpenAFS Backup and Recovery Support
Automated backup of AFS and OpenAFS to a single backup server.
Support for multiple cell backup to a single backup server is available in 2009
After an initial full backup of an OpenAFS cell, only True incremental changes are required to be backed up across the network.
Intelligent synthetic backup consolidation of OpenAFS data including metadata in ACL's and volume databases (vldb) for fast and efficient single pass restores!
Detects and reports on corrupted volumes and orphaned vnodes
Reports discrepancies between the vldb and file servers
Automatic update of AFS and OpenAFS volume existence and location information
Uses native AFS and OpenAFS backup format (backup of ACL's)
Control backup by volume names and extensions, or just backup an entire site
Disaster recovery for entire cells
Online file lookup database, restore individual files quickly!
Only solution to provide synthetic backup consolidation for AFS & OpenAFS
Business, Education & Government sites that need prompt answers, commercial support & ongoing development to keep up with the pace of technology, look to Teradactyl. We provide support to get you started and trusted solutions to keep you safe. Since January of 1999 Teradactyl has been in business developing advanced & patented solutions for backup and disaster recovery of OpenAFS, Linux, MacOS, UNIX, & Windows. Teradactyl is the company to choose if you need a reliable backup solution for your cell.
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