Snap Enterprise Data Replicator™ (Snap EDR)

Snap Enterprise Data Replicator Overview:

Snap Enterprise Data Replicator™ (Snap EDR) is a high-performance network-optimized software solution for distributing, protecting, and reporting on business-critical information throughout distributed enterprises. It allows users to easily control the movement of files between local and remote GuardianOS Snap Servers and Windows, Linux, and UNIX application servers from anywhere on the network. With integrated strong security companies can transmit sensitive data across inexpensive Internet connections instead of expensive private networks. Flexible scheduling as often as "up-to-the minute", variable bandwidth throttling and compression enable Snap EDR to offer maximum data protection without impacting users and applications.

• A new level of affordability for enterprise data mobility and management
• Cross-platform data replication between GuardianOS, Windows, Linux, and UNIX Servers
• Network optimization moves data without disrupting users or applications
• Integrated tiered security with data encryption, certificate authentication, and certified delivery
• Scales to move data among thousands of servers

The trend toward distributed enterprises, whether they are branch offices, remote development centers, or offshore entities, has lead to a marked increase in the distribution of mission-critical data across the enterprise. Even though many corporations treat their remote offices as independent revenue centers, their central IT departments invest the lion’s share of their time and resources on core data and overlook the distribution, synchronization, and protection of their remote office data. Little time or money remains to invest in robust solutions for distributed data. Snap Enterprise Data Replicator (Snap EDR) by Adaptec, coupled with high-performance Snap Server™ by Adaptec networked storage, provides distributed enterprises with the robust data protection solution that they need to manage and protect distributed data.

A powerful, high-performance data replication and availability solution featuring the industry’s most comprehensive set of data management and security  capabilities, Snap EDR allows organizations to efficiently and cost-effectively replicate and manage data heterogeneously between GuardianOS™ Snap Servers and Windows, Linux, and UNIX servers across a distributed network. Not just a point solution, the Snap EDR management framework forms the basis for remote data control and movement solutions throughout the enterprise.

Snap EDR allows users to easily control the movement of files between servers; from many remote offices to a central server; and to automatically distribute data from a central server to remote office servers. Flexible job scheduling for data movement ensures that distributed data can be protected as needed by the central office, providing a remote office data management solution for distributed application data.

Fast and Efficient

Snap EDR employs file compression and network bandwidth throttling to minimize the impact on network resources during the replication process. For additional efficiency, only the byte-level changes since the last replication are replicated. When combined with high-performance GuardianOS-powered SnapServer NAS systems, Snap EDR is a cost-effective answer for distributed enterprises to easily move, manage, and protect distributed data.

Support for Heterogeneous Environments

Snap EDR can manage movement between any combination of GuardianOS™ SnapServer NAS systems and Windows, Linux, Solaris, and MAC OSX servers. Not just a point solution, the Snap EDR management framework forms the basis for remote data control, movement, and backup anywhere throughout the enterprise. Only a single SnapServer NAS system is required in the environment to configure and manage the replication jobs and maintain job logs; your data moves securely between each server directly and independently.

Consolidated Backup and Recovery

Included in Snap EDR Standard, consolidated backup and recovery functionality reduces backup costs by eliminating the need for tape and equipment at remote locations. Backup images are consolidated onto a central server for instant online access to the latest backup images. With centralized management, backup processes for remote sites are automated, reducing or eliminating the dependency on remote staff for backup and recovery. All the file attributes and permissions are retained for restoration.

Powerful, Centralized Control and Reporting

The Snap EDR 7.2 browser-based administration interface, which can be accessed from anywhere on the network for global access, is designed for ease of use—with all the extra visibility and flexibility administrators want in a data management interface. Snap EDR 7.2 also improves data management, control, and monitoring through job statistics reporting.

Flexible Offering: Snap EDR Standard and Express

There are two editions of Snap EDR: Standard and Express. The Standard Edition includes all functionality*, including remote backup, as well as one-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-one replication. The Express Edition is a value-based replication-only suite for one-to-one replication between two SnapServer NAS systemsmanagement, control, and monitoring through job statistics reporting.

* Remote Backup functionality previously provided in Snap EDR Advanced v5.2.2, is now included in Snap EDR Standard v7.2.2.

Features and Benefits:

 

Technical Specifications:

 

Applications:

Snap EDR provides additional functionality over Snap EDR Express allowing the ability to replicate data from one system to another, distribute data from one system to multiple systems and aggregate data from multiple systems to a single system.

Snap EDR can be used to provide data protection between systems, data distribution, data consolidation and disaster recovery.

 

Documentation:

Download the Snap EDR Datasheet (PDF).