Two computer discs holding the personal details of all families in the UK with a child under 16 have gone missing.

Average data breach costs companies $5 million

Hortica Alerting Public to Loss of Backup Tapes

Johns Hopkins University Lost Personal Information on 135,000 Individuals

Medical Data on Empire Blue Cross Members May Be Lost

26 IRS computer tapes containing taxpayer information were reported missing

Chase Card Services mistakenly discarded 5 computer data tapes

State workers warned about missing personal data

UPS loses computer tape with information about 180,000 college student loans

Congress ready to tackle data breaches, SSN sales

Data losses push businesses to encrypt backup tapes, USA Today

Tapes Lost, Found, CSO Magazine

A Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

PRIVACY BREACHES: HOW TO AVOID MAKING HEADLINES

THE NON_ENCRYPTED HALL OF SHAME

 



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esXpress Documentation

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Feature

 esXpress vRanger VCB vRanger w/VCB
 

Backup and Restoration
Comprehensive Backup Capabilities Yes Yes No Yes
On demand “one up” backups from VI3 Client or Console
Yes
No
No
No
Backup VM Templates (Registered and/or Unregistered)
Yes
No
No
No
Comprehensive Restore Capabilities
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Networkless Backup (disk to disk)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Network backup
Yes
Yes
No
No
Backup to network and disk simultaneously
Yes
No
No
No
Networkless Restore
Yes
Yes
No
No
Network Restore
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Easy one step restoration process
Yes
No
No
Yes
Restore to original location
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Restore to new location
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Rename restored VM
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Rename VMDK files on Restoration
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Restore VM Configuration File (.vmx)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Register VM After Restoration Complete
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Prompt before overwriting existing VM
Yes
No
Yes
No
Keeps original UUID
Yes
No
Yes
No
Allows Multiple Restorations to a LUN
   Without VMDK Fragmentation
Yes
No
Yes
No
 

Replication
Built in Replication Engine
Yes
No
No
No
Easily replicate virtual machines
Yes
No
No
No
One to One Replication
Yes
No
No
No
One to Many Replication
Yes
No
No
No
 

Basic Operational Capabilities
Easy to Install and Configure
Yes
No
No
No
Point and click GUI
Yes
Yes
Command
Line Only
Yes
Start, Cancel and Pause Backups
Yes
No
No
No
Easily enable, disable backups for a ESX host
Yes
No
No
No
Backup Options Configurable Per ESX Host
Yes
No
No
No
Backup Options Configurable Per VM
Yes
No
No
No
Number of simultaneous backup jobs per ESX host
16
2
No
2
Number of simultaneous backup jobs per farm
N-cores
+1
10 or less
60
10 or less
Completely Safe with No Risk fo ESX Host Data Loss
Yes
Yes
No
No
Completely Fault Tolerant
Yes
No
No
No
Scales Vertically Without Additional Hardware Purchase
Yes
No
No
No
Scales Horizontally Without Additional Hardware Purchase
Yes
No
No
No
 

Advanced Operational Capabilities
Leaves Existing VMware Snapshots intact During Backup
Yes
No
No
No
Skip Powered-Off VMs That Have Not
   Changed Since Last Backup
Yes
No
No
No
Simultaneous Parallel Backup Jobs for
   VMs with Multiple VMDKs
Yes
No
No
No
Abort Backup if VM Snapshot has Exhausted Disk Space
Yes
No
No
No
Retry Failed Backups
Yes
No
No
No
Native Support for 32, 64 and 128 Core Hosts
Yes
No
No
No
 

Additional Benefits / Features
Complete Self Contained Solution
Yes
No
No
No
Uses Virtual Backup Appliance
Yes
No
No
No
Hardware Independent Solution
Yes
No
No
No
Operating System Included
Yes
No
No
No
Integrated scheduler
Yes
No
No
No
Completely GREEN solution
Yes
No
No
No
 

Full and Differential (Delta) Backups
Creates Differential Archives
Yes
Yes
Full Only
Full Only
Creates Portable, Self-Extracting Archives
Yes
No
No
No
Store Differential Archives on Non-Windows Targets
Yes
No
N/A
N/A
Restore Differentials Without Original Software
Yes
No
N/A
N/A
Restore Differentials With No Database Required
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
Size Thresholds for Deltas
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
Skip Delta Backup if VM is Unchanged
Yes
No
N/A
N/A
Requires Holes in the ESX Firewall to Create Backups
No
Yes
N/A
N/A
Requires Additional Firewall Holes for Differentials
No
Yes
N/A
N/A
Backup ANY ESX storage volume
Yes
Yes
No
No
Uses Industry Standard Compression (gzip, lzop, zip)
Yes
Proprietary
No
Proprietary
Uses Industry Standard Encryption (AES-256)
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
 

File Level Backup and Restore
File Level Backup
Yes
No
Yes
No
File Level Restore
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Requires Scratch Space Equal to Original VM Size
No
Yes
No
Yes
Instant Restorations
Yes
No
No
No
Supports Windows VMs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Supports Linux VMs
Yes
No
No
No
File Level Backup Runs Simultaneous to Image Level Backup
Yes
No
No
No
 

Security Features
Creates Fully Encrypted Archives
Yes
No
No
No
Support for DSA, RSA, AES256, AES, 3DES,
    Blowfish and Twofish Algorithms
Yes
No
No
No
2 Level of Passwords for Each Archive
Yes
No
No
No
Password Protection of File Level Backup Archives
Yes
No
No
No
 

Virtual Infrastructure 3 Client Integration
Issue Backup Commands from VI3 Client
Yes
No
No
No
View Live Backup Status with the VI3 Client
Yes
No
No
No
Configure/Change Backup Parameters from
   within the VI3 Client
Yes
No
No
No
View Backup history from VI3 Client
Yes
No
No
No
View Running ESX Host Processes from the VI3 Client
Yes
No
No
No
 

Multiple Backup Targets with Fail Over Capability
Up to 10 Preconfigured Backup Targets
Yes
No
No
No
Backup Target Fail-over
Yes
Limited
No
Limited
Backup to Disk and Network Simultaneously
Yes
No
No
No
Define a Target as Backup Only
Yes
No
No
No
Define a Target as Restore Only
Yes
No
No
No
Roll Over Targets (no single point of failure)
Yes
No
No
No
User Definable Ports
Yes
Limited
Yes
Limited
User Definable Target for Templates
Yes
No
No
No
User Definable Target for "Special One Up" Backups
Yes
No
No
No
User Definable Target for File Level Backups
Yes
No
No
No
 

Transport Methods
FTP to and FTP Server
Yes
No
No
No
SSH
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
CIFS/SMB
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Disk to Disk (SAN, iSCSI, Local)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
 

Resource Usage
Disk Throttling
Yes
No
No
No
Disk Throttling by Time of Day
Yes
No
No
No
Maintains QOS Guarantees
Yes
No
No
No
Set esXpress Backup Resources Using VI3 Resource Groups
Yes
No
No
No
 

Maintain Backup Archives
Retention Policy Based Upon Calendar Days
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Automatic Archive Purge
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Separate Retention Policies for Local and Remote Targets
Yes
Yes
No
No
Separate Retention Policies for Fulls and Differentials
Yes
No
No
No
Purge Child Deltas when Parent Full Deleted
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Purge Archives Before Backup
No
Yes
No
Yes
Purge Archives After Backup Completes
Yes
No
No
No
Separate Retention Policies for Full Archives
Yes
No
No
No
Separate Retention Policies for Differential Archives
Yes
No
No
No
Separate Retention Policies for File Level Backup Archives
Yes
No
No
No
 

Reporting
Daily Email Reports
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Send Reports in PDF format
Yes
No
No
No
Send Reports on Error Only
Yes
No
No
No
Send reports to an SMTP server that requires authorization
Yes
No
No
No
Can use predefined mailto list
Yes
No
No
No
On Demand Reports
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Backup Target Report
Yes
No
No
No
Restoration/Replication status Emails
Yes
No
No
No
 

Licensing
Licensed Per ESX Host or Per CPU Socket
Host
Per Socket
Host
Per Socket
License Required for Disaster Recovery Hosts
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
 
All information to create this chart was taken from the product manuals and support forums for competing products. vRanger is a trademark of Vizioncore, and VCB is a trademark of VMware.
 
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