Power Edition Backup and Recover of Remote Client Data

FIGURE 2-2shows an example of the Power Edition server installed on a different computer than the data. To back up data from a file server of a particular platform, the Backup client for that platform is installed on the file server computer. The Power Edition server software and a Backup client (to back up data that resides on the server computer) are installed on the Power Edition server computer.

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Remote Backup and Recover

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Because the Backup client and the file server data reside on a remote computer, the data is transferred across the network during backup.
At recover time, the process is reversed. When the Backup client on the file server computer makes a recover request, the data is again transferred across the network. Backup and recover performance over the network is enhanced for the Power Edition server compared to standard Backup servers, because of RPC enhancements that keep slower clients from slowing down the backup of faster clients. Data that resides on the Power Edition server computer is automatically backed up using immediate save (or automatically recovered using immediate recover). If the data is backed up to a high speed device, performance is improved because the device can transfer data faster and write data in larger blocks.

Chapter 2

Power Edition Configuration

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