What is your recommended backup solution for Linux-based systems?
Hi peers,
I am looking for your recommendations for a good solution for a Linux-based system. I'm planning to use it for Linux image backups in the IT department (2 nodes).
Your question requires qualification. Image backups are the bare minimum.
What type of cyber resilience is required?
What RPO (recovery point objective a.k.a. how much data can you afford to lose which refers to the timing between backup events) are you requiring?
What RTO (recovery time objective a.k.a. how fast do you need to be back up and running after an outage and specifically for specific types of outages - machine failure, site failure, ransomware attack, etc.) do you require?
There are many different backup products and services in the market that can meet your needs.
Since you are only looking at 2 Linux nodes, you may be best served by a backup-as-a-service (BaaS) provider that can deliver both onsite and cloud-based recoveries. It will likely be your most cost-effective option. Candidly, there are thousands of these cloud-based services.
Or you can go with open-source Amanda. But based on the very limited number of nodes you want to protect, I would recommend a BaaS MSP that also keeps a copy of your backups on-premises.
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To keep it simple and flexible, one can use almost any tool to protect the Linux operating system as well as the applications running on the servers by using Spictera with IBM Spectrum Protect storage
just mount the storage as a mount point and dump your data
# mount -t spfs /backup
The retention is centrally-managed from the backup server
if one wants faster backups then Spictera Snapshot is a choice having the snapshots stored on the IBM Spectrum Protect server. Restore is nearly instant.
Sr. Director, Architecture and Cloud at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Jun 25, 2022
I've used a lot of backup and storage solutions in the past.
However, the best solution that I found is to utilize immutable cloud storage.
I was very successful in using Nasuni for this. It eliminates file storage backup completely and snapshots can be taken more frequently than is practical from a backup system.
It's a service that is ransomware-proof, it deduplicates data automatically and can put your file snapshots and/or your software and data backups on a cloud storage provider of your choice. I believe you can also use multiple cloud storage providers. It's also a great place for database backups.
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Reseller
Jun 21, 2022
The Universal licensing at the Business Essentials level is affordable and has all of the features of the Availability Suite offering.
An instance can protect a physical machine, virtual machine, 3 workstations, MAC, NAS storage (500 GB).
The eBusiness Essentials is sold in 5 packs and you can license up to 50 instances at the Business Essentials Annual subscriptions, multi-year subscriptions are available as well.
Most backup vendors can do this efficiently (snapshot based) these days. It's just a matter of 'price' and how well the backup solution (that you intend to buy) integrates with your existing infrastructure and future growth (ease of upgrade & fees) concerned.
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IBM Spectrum Protect is good backup software, which can also protect application data.
If one is looking for faster restore, then Spictera Snapshot can be a choice too, storing the application-consistent snapshots on the IBM Spectrum Protect storage.
- Restoring applications in just a few minutes, regardless of size
- Integrating the data copying of transactional data of databases improves the data protection by having the archive/WAL (transactional data) copied immediately when it is created.
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Your question requires qualification. Image backups are the bare minimum.
What type of cyber resilience is required?
What RPO (recovery point objective a.k.a. how much data can you afford to lose which refers to the timing between backup events) are you requiring?
What RTO (recovery time objective a.k.a. how fast do you need to be back up and running after an outage and specifically for specific types of outages - machine failure, site failure, ransomware attack, etc.) do you require?
There are many different backup products and services in the market that can meet your needs.
Since you are only looking at 2 Linux nodes, you may be best served by a backup-as-a-service (BaaS) provider that can deliver both onsite and cloud-based recoveries. It will likely be your most cost-effective option. Candidly, there are thousands of these cloud-based services.
Or you can go with open-source Amanda. But based on the very limited number of nodes you want to protect, I would recommend a BaaS MSP that also keeps a copy of your backups on-premises.
To keep it simple and flexible, one can use almost any tool to protect the Linux operating system as well as the applications running on the servers by using Spictera with IBM Spectrum Protect storage
just mount the storage as a mount point and dump your data
# mount -t spfs /backup
The retention is centrally-managed from the backup server
if one wants faster backups then Spictera Snapshot is a choice having the snapshots stored on the IBM Spectrum Protect server. Restore is nearly instant.
I've used a lot of backup and storage solutions in the past.
However, the best solution that I found is to utilize immutable cloud storage.
I was very successful in using Nasuni for this. It eliminates file storage backup completely and snapshots can be taken more frequently than is practical from a backup system.
It's a service that is ransomware-proof, it deduplicates data automatically and can put your file snapshots and/or your software and data backups on a cloud storage provider of your choice. I believe you can also use multiple cloud storage providers. It's also a great place for database backups.
Hi @A Anderson,
I hope you are doing great.
Are you looking for a single solution for your whole environment? Or just for a Linux-based system?
The Universal licensing at the Business Essentials level is affordable and has all of the features of the Availability Suite offering.
An instance can protect a physical machine, virtual machine, 3 workstations, MAC, NAS storage (500 GB).
The eBusiness Essentials is sold in 5 packs and you can license up to 50 instances at the Business Essentials Annual subscriptions, multi-year subscriptions are available as well.
Most backup vendors can do this efficiently (snapshot based) these days. It's just a matter of 'price' and how well the backup solution (that you intend to buy) integrates with your existing infrastructure and future growth (ease of upgrade & fees) concerned.
Hi,
IBM Spectrum Protect is good backup software, which can also protect application data.
If one is looking for faster restore, then Spictera Snapshot can be a choice too, storing the application-consistent snapshots on the IBM Spectrum Protect storage.
- Restoring applications in just a few minutes, regardless of size
- Integrating the data copying of transactional data of databases improves the data protection by having the archive/WAL (transactional data) copied immediately when it is created.
- Reduces data loss.
Regards,
Tomas