BRU Server for Linux/Unix/Solaris/IRIX Expanded Highlights

BRU backup software has been in the Linux community for many years, below are a list of some of the key features that make BRU standout from the rest.

Operational
  • Native support of a Linux Server system serving a heterogeneous client/server network.
  • All popular Linux distributions are supported.
  • Supports disk-to-disk (D2D), disk-to-tape (D2T), and disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) backup strategies.
  • Restores can be directed to the original data location, to a different directory, or to a different system.
  • Straightforward installation; client systems and tape devices are automatically recognized and configured.
  • Three interfaces: Graphical, character-based, and command line provide access to the rich feature set, and provide local or remote control.
  • Fully scriptable from the command line.
  • Headless backup and restore operations can be managed via telnet or ssh sessions.
  • Flexible backup job definitions because very few sites have the same backup requirements.
Reliability
  • Ultra-reliable BRU™ engine delivers unparalleled data protection reliability and restorability of the protected data.
  • Backups can be 100% verified without access to the original filesystems, either immediately after a backup or even years later.
  • Unsurpassed data restorability of BRU technology - corrupt data is reported, circumvented, and the restore continues unless the disk stage or tape drive are physically unable to proceed.
  • Anytime Verify™ and Inspect Mode backup verification options can be run as a zero impact process, freeing up the client systems faster.
  • Broad compatibility - backups can be verified and restored on a different system, and even on a different platform.
  • Backups can be committed to a disk staging area at primary storage subsystem performance levels - virtually eliminating perceived backup windows at the client system level.
  • Catalogs copied to tape in addition to the server HDD to provide enhanced availability to backup data should the server system HDD fail.
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Linux/Unix/Solaris/IRIX
Screenshots
Datasheet
Expanded Highlights
General FAQ
Download PDF Manual
Supported Platforms
System Requirements
Supported Tape Devices
Download PDF Manual
Try BRU Server Free
Available Updates
BRU Server Pricing
SPACER
Functionality
  • Highly scalable.
  • Provides broadest tape library support available without special drivers.
  • Lights-out, automated backup operations are scheduled from the user interface.
  • Transport layer agnostic - whether Fibre Channel, SCSI, iSCSI, Gigabit Ethernet, Wireless LAN, etc.
  • Provides data backup and restore services within NAS, SAN and wireless environments.
  • QFA (Quick File Access) provides fast access to files contained on tape.
  • Client system data is not interleaved with other client system data.
  • Client-side data encryption provides secure communication between client systems and the server.
  • Network traffic data compression is configurable and can provide better utilization of available network bandwidth.
  • Pre and post scripts may be run on a client system to freeze the state of a database running on that machine or export its state to an intermediate file.
  • Files and directories can be excluded from the backup from the client system (excluding mp3 files, for example).
  • E-mail notification of all operations including interact requirements and job status.
Performance 
  • Industry's shortest backup window (fully verified backups) by using Disk Staging and zero impact (Anytime Verify™) data verification.
  • Low overhead allows multiple BRU processes to write to multiple storage devices simultaneously with very little impact on system performance.
  • The most modern tape drives can be streamed.
  • Intelligent cataloguing provides a powerful query capability to quickly recover select files contained in archives.
  • Client system backups are not interleaved, thereby further shortening the time to restore selected files.