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Instant File Restoration – A whole new ball game for Data Backup on Azure

Bobby Varghese

Since its inception, Azure Backup has played a vital role in helping enterprises back-up their data on-premises or in the Cloud. Recently, besides Backup-as-a-Service, Microsoft introduced Restore-as-a-Service for instant restore of enterprise data.

Using this service, enterprises can recover their data from previously created restore points without paying additional costs. With Instant Restore, you can not only create a writable snapshot of the recovery point but once you do this, you can create one or more ISCSI based recovery volumes. These can be browsed to recover items by simple copy-paste method from recovery volumes to your favorite destinations.

Benefits of using Azure Backup for Instant File Recovery:

  1. Single restore process – an enterprise may use Azure Backup Agent to back its on-premises data or may use Azure VM Backup to protect Azure VMs. They can instantly restore their data using Restore-as-a-Service model. It acts as a one-stop mechanism to immediately recover an enterprise’s files and folders.
  2. 2. Instant recovery – the option to instantly recover files from Cloud backup of Azure VMs or on-premises file servers, is one of the main advantages of Azure Backup. Whether an enterprise has accidently deleted a file/folder or is simply validating a backup, instant restore helps in reducing the downtime drastically while recovering the files.
  3. Review before restore – users can run and check files with the help of applications such as Oracle and SQL directly from the Cloud recovery point snapshots, without having to first restore them. In this way, they can review the final list of files before restoring them.
  4. Flexibility in recovery – Since Azure Backup provides the entire snapshot of the recovery point and relies on a copy of items for recovery; enterprise users can restore many files from multiple folders to a local server or even to a network share of their choice.

According to a recent update from Microsoft, customers using Azure Backup Agent and Azure VM Backup (Windows VMs) can avail Azure Backup Instant Recovery of files for preview. Click here to check how to instantly recover the files from Cloud recovery points using Azure Backup Agent.

 

Contact Sysfore’s Cloud Disaster Recovery & Backup experts for your no obligation / no cost in-depth analysis to see just how simple and cost effective it is to implement a robust cloud Backup / Disaster Recovery plan for your Enterprise. Write to us at info@sysfore.com or call us on +91-80-4110-5555 to know more.

Top 4 reasons why small businesses should move to Cloud

Bobby Varghese

Cloud Technology brings new opportunities and potentially disruptive changes to small businesses. Many small and medium-sized businesses have now realized the changes brought by Cloud Computing. It is estimated that 80% of the small businesses in U.S. will have fully adapted to Cloud Computing by 2020.

Here are the top 4 reasons why you should consider migrating to Cloud:

1. Easier Collaboration: Cloud Computing offers the ability to save and access various files on the Cloud to multiple people. Employees can easily collaborate and work on the same master document with the help of collaboration tools like Google Drive. Employers can also upload their documents and can control what their employees can access. This collaboration also helps the small businesses in improving their efficiency by helping the business owners to track and manage individual performance on assignments.

2. Improved Flexibility: In today’s mobile world, people demand greater flexibility. Cloud Computing allows remote access to the work-related files and information. With the help of Cloud Computing, employees can access work materials when they’re not at work or working from outside of the office. They also have an option to bring their own devices to work which helps in additional cost savings for small businesses.

3. Reduced Expenses: The goal of every business is to cut down the operational costs and to improve the efficiency whenever possible. The greatest benefit of moving to Cloud is that the services are available at a flat-rate monthly fee for users according to their bandwidth requirements without any upfront costs. Also, moving from in-house servers to Cloud servers eliminate the dependability on the IT support staff further reducing the costs and improving the efficiency.

4. Better Integration: Cloud computing enables small businesses to integrate their various departments to make them work in sync with each other so that business owners can put more time to focus on the critical business areas. For example, for an FMCG company, the field sales personnel can update the available stock in the application hosted on Cloud and the production department can procure the raw material for production accordingly.

Overall, there are many benefits of Cloud Computing for small businesses. It is important for every business owner to always look out for the most effective, yet economical solutions possible to gain maximum efficiency.

Are you ready to migrate to Cloud? Contact Sysfore’s Cloud experts for your free in-depth analysis to see how simple and cost effective it is to implement a robust Cloud Backup / Disaster Recovery plan for your Enterprise. Write to us at info@sysfore.com or call us on +91-80-4110-5555 to know more.

Top 3 reasons behind the rise of Personal Cloud technology

Bobby Varghese

Security, Privacy, and Complexity are some of the major reasons why consumers refrain from uploading their files on Cloud. Although the leading Cloud companies have reduced their prices by 30% – 40% each year, the customers’ data is also increasing and storing their data in Public Cloud will cost them a lot. In order to exercise absolute control over the data, business owners should make use of the Personal Cloud Technology.

What is Personal Cloud Technology?
Personal Cloud Technology, also called Network Attached Storage (NAS), is an intangible space built from your own hardware and software which gives you the ability to store, synchronize, stream and share content on a relative core, moving from one platform, screen, and location to another.

In this article, we will discuss the top 3 reasons behind the increase in Personal Cloud adoption among small businesses:

Personal Cloud is Secure: The central storage infrastructure is a critical factor for Personal Cloud to run effectively. It allows users to access their information anytime, anywhere with complete safety. With the increase in demand for Personal Cloud, companies are continuously improving encryption and coding technology. It works like a hybrid between a Hard Drive and Cloud Storage and provides the benefits of both – by allowing the data storage on Cloud and having full autonomy over the data.

It allows greater Privacy: Privacy is a fundamental right that every human has and the Personal Cloud protects that. It functions as a hard drive and allows greater control over the sensitive information to the users who can limit the networks on which the information is stored.

It is easy to use: Apart from being Secure and Private, Personal Clouds are as easy to use as any other Cloud Service in the market. They are consumer friendly and require minimum configuration or set-up. Users can easily add multiple storage units and backup options and can share and process their files from remote locations.

Small businesses, who want to reduce costs without making major changes in their operations and sacrificing their abilities to compete with big businesses, can make use of Personal Cloud Technology. In this way, business owners can see what works best for their business and can also discover new ways to benefit from Cloud.