What are my customers design options for ROBO data protection?
Given the nature of ROBO sites, traditional backup to tape across the MAN/WAN is usually not an option. Target deduplication via an intelligent disk target or virtual tape library (IDT/VTL). This option is a costly one but provides a high level of restorability and performance. Yet another solution available is source deduplication software. This is typically a low-cost and highly workable solution that can integrate nicely with your backup software. Be sure to test because not all source deduplication applications are created equal. There are plenty of other approaches to ROBO backup, but these are the new and interesting solutions on the horizon.
