eFolder Partner Chat webinar — Breaking the Chain: Why One Partner Adopted a New BDR Solution
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The document discusses the challenges faced by Managed Service Providers (MSPs) in disaster recovery, including costly hardware, chain-based backup issues, and unreliable recoverability. It introduces efolder BDR for Replibit, a backup solution that utilizes chain-free technology and provides automated testing and integration with management tools. Case studies illustrate the benefits of adopting this new BDR solution for clients in various industries.
eFolder Partner Chat webinar — Breaking the Chain: Why One Partner Adopted a New BDR Solution
- 1. Key Features Chain-free backup technology (no dependent chains) • No base image or dependent chains to corrupt • No redundant copies of data • No need to ever reseed the data center • No incremental forever, reverse incremental, or any incremental files 1 © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 2. Breaking the Chain: Why One Partner Adopted a New BDR Solution Neeraj Periwal Marketing Coordinator nperiwal@efolder.net linkedin.com/in/neerajperiwal
- 3. Agenda • Partner Introduction • 4 Challenges MSPs Face with Disaster Recovery • Introducing eFolder BDR for Replibit • PartnerTestimonial and Case Studies: nXio • Questions and Discussion • Resources for Partners 3 © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 4. Partner Introduction 4 © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 5. © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 5 In business for 11 years Based in Kansas City, Kansas Clients include architects, contractors, dentists, energy efficiency firms, and more 65 clients nXio 4 employees
- 6. 4 Challenges MSPs Face with Disaster Recovery
- 7. Challenge #1 Costly BDR hardware and software requirements • Vendor-specific hardware appliances • Field-deployed appliances are hard to upgrade • Expensive Windows operating system, antivirus, and other software costs • Many BDR vendors force long-term contracts 7 © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 8. Challenge #2 Chain-based backup problems • Risky – single base image and extensive chain dependency • Lengthy chains and retention policies • Requires reseeding the base image 8 © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 9. Challenge #3 Ongoing labor and management • No data integrity checks of backups • Feature-light management portals • Poor reporting and integration with PSA tools 9 © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 10. Challenge #4 Unreliable backups – no guarantee of recoverability • Data within backup chains not verified • Virtualization and recoverability is not automatically tested • Corruption of operating system can render backups useless 10 © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 11. Introducing eFolder BDR for Replibit
- 12. Introducing eFolder BDR for Replibit An end-to-end backup and disaster recovery service that bundles Replibit backup software with the massive cloud storage & recovery capabilities of the eFolder Cloud 12 © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 13. How it Works 13 BDR Backup/Virtualization Appliance eFolder Continuity Cloud 3. Emergency in-the-cloud virtualization and recovery Server Agent eFolder Storage Cloud Global Management Portal Replibit Vault Users Disaster recovery options: 1. Download 2. Disk shipment eFolder BDR for Replibit © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 14. Key Features Chain-free backup technology (no dependent chains) • No base image or dependent chains to corrupt • No redundant copies of data • No need to ever reseed the data center • No incremental forever, reverse incremental, or any incremental files 14 © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 15. Key Features Automated testing and screenshot verifications • Daily screenshot of bootedVM • Integrates with ConnectWise for automatic logging 15 © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 16. Key Features Extensive data verification checks • Every incremental is verified and no corrupted data is written to disk • Incrementals are injected into aVirtual Hard Drive • Nightly bootVM check and full block-level reconciliation in minutes • No need for a RAID controller • Tests include: 16 • BootVM snap • Traverse the directory structure • Numerate directories • Read down master table for orphan objects • Check for bad matching quadrants • Review high fragmentation levels • Real-time resilvering of data (coded ZFS) • Block scans • Sector scans • TrackWindows Boot DLL files • Agent disconnects • Disk base utilizations • Out of sync replication • Lag on replication © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 17. Key Features Deep ConnectWise integration • Appliance andVault integration with full range of alerts — Backup status, storage, utilization, replication, etc. • Screenshot verifications of booted machine logged in tickets • Customer agreement updates • Tickets generated to the Service Board of choice 17 © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 18. Key Features Hardware-agnostic and OS-independent • Linux Ubuntu hardened kernel can run on almost any server appliance • No need for expensive Windows operating system components • No reboot required after agent install • Patching and updates happen automatically 18 © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 19. Partner Testimonial + Case Studies: nXio
- 20. Client #1: Manufacturing Company © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 20 • What technical issues did this client have? • How does eFolder BDR for Replibit help this company protect its data? • How has adopting a new BDR solution benefited this client in other ways?
- 21. Client #2: Architecture Firm © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 21 • How was this firm backing up its data before? • Why did the client need a more robust backup and recovery solution? • How has eFolder BDR for Replibit solved this client’s issues?
- 22. More questions for Jon © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 22 • What have been the biggest benefits of Replibit to your company? • To those clients who don’t yet understand why they need a BDR solution, what do you say? • How do you plan to evolve your pricing and packaging strategy as you continue rolling out eFolder BDR for Replibit?
- 23. Predictable Costs and Profits 23 250 GB 1 TB Average eFolder per-server cloud storage utilization today Included cloud storage: eFolder BDR for Replibit 2 TB © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 25. 25 © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Resources for Partners Chock-full of educational marketing and selling tools, including: • White papers • Blogs • eBook • Video • Brochure • And much more!
- 26. Coming up next… © 2015 eFolder, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 5 Cool Features of Anchor’s Mobile App Tuesday, October 20, 2015 11:00 AM Pacific Time
- 27. Thank you! Neeraj Periwal Marketing Coordinator nperiwal@efolder.net linkedin.com/in/neerajperiwal