OpenStack users get a big boost in NetBackup 10.3. We've completed our third and final phase of major OpenStack support development. Release 10.3 adds new capabilities to give users the most comprehensive OpenStack solution in the market with the best performance in backup and recovery, the best optimization in storage, and the greatest protection against ransomware. The first two phases of our development delivered performance enhancements, multi-path support, and change block tracking (CBT) for faster incremental backups. Now with the final phase in release 10.3, NetBackup can now offer the following to OpenStack users:
- Backup data directly using universal share backup targets with NetBackup lifecycle management
- Ransomware (anomaly detection) protection
- Support S3 storage
- Instantly restore/rollback from storage snapshots independent of restores from backups for faster recoveries
- Separate storage targets per OpenStack tenant
- Aptare/Analytics reports on OpenStack backup and recovery jobs
- Better overall performance and scaling, including Accelerator, roll backs from snapshot, and elimination of fuse driver dependencies
- Greater flexibility in Storage support including deduplication and tenant isolation
- Change block tracking (CBT)
- Less backup storage required than previous releases
- Client-side deduplication
- Greater flexibility in Storage support
Install or upgrade to 10.3+ to start running your OpenStack backups HOT by enjoying these improvements today.
