Business enterprise backup and recovery system and method
View Patent ↗A data backup and recovery system that includes a backup and recovery (EBR) management network system. The EBR management network system includes an infrastructure for performing information storage, backup, and recovery operations for a business enterprise that is fully scalable and sharable. The EBR management network system includes the following modular backup and recovery models: (1) LAN network based backup and recovery models for applications requiring <200 GB; (2) LAN network based GigE backup and recovery model for applications requiring >500 GB and <1.5 TB; LAN-Free dedicated tape drive backup and recovery models; (3) LAN-Free shared tape drive backup and recovery models; (4) Server-Free backup and recovery models; and (5) application storage manager (ASM) backup and recovery models.
1. An enterprise data backup and recovery system comprising:
a first network and a second network in communication through a third network the first network comprising:
a first processing layer, wherein the first processor layer comprises:
a first media server;
a first application storage manager server in communication with the first media server via a first local area network; and
a first client in communication with the first media server via the first local area network; wherein the information is transferred to the first media server and to the first storage layer, wherein the first local area network includes a routing switch in communication with a backup master server and multiple uplink connections from the routing switch to a plurality of port switches that provide connective points of a plurality of local area network clients, wherein each connection to the pairs of port switches comprises a secure connection to a first port switch and a non-secure connection to a second port switch, wherein both the secure and the non-secure connections terminate and originate with the backup master server which is security enabled;
a first storage area network layer in communication with the first processor layer;
a first storage layer in communication with the first process layer;
a first switching platform in communication with the first storage area network layer, wherein the first switching platform is in an interface to a first access circuit terminating at the first network;
the second network comprising:
a second processor layer;
a second storage area network layer in communication with the second processor layer;
a second storage layer in communication with the second storage area network layer;
a third storage layer in communication with the second storage area network and in communication with one or more application servers via a dedicated data connection;
a second switching platform in communication with the second storage area network layer, wherein the second switching platform is an interface to a second address circuit terminating at the second network; and
wherein, the first and second storage area layers are shared by the first and second networks via the third network; and
wherein information stored in the first storage layer is transferred to the second storage layer via the third network under the control of the first processor layer; and
wherein the first and second access circuits provide connectivity between components of the first and second networks via the first and second switching platforms.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second processor layer further comprises:
a second media server;
a second application storage manager server in communication with the second media server via a second local area network; and
wherein the second storage layer further comprises:
a second disk storage array in communication with the second application storage manager server for storing information; and
a second backup library in communication with the second application storage manager server for storing the information;
wherein the second application storage manager server controls the movement of the information from the second disk storage array to the second backup library.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the second disk storage array is in communication with the second backup library via a fiber channel.
4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the second disk storage array is in communication with the second application storage manager server via a fiber channel.
5. The system of claim 2 , wherein the second backup library is in communication with the second application storage manager server via a fiber channel.
6. The system of claim 1 further comprising a second switch in communication with the second storage area network layer for receiving the information from the third network.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first network is a network based backup and recovery network.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first network is a network based gigabit Ethernet network.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first network is a LAN-free dictated tape drive network.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first network is a server-free network.
11. An automated storage manager server resident on a first storage area network, comprising a processor that:
transfers information from a first storage region resident on the first storage area network to a second storage region resident on the first storage area network, wherein the first storage region is in direct communication through a dedicated data connection to one or more application servers; and
transfers information from the second storage region to a third storage region resident on a second storage area network via the third network,
wherein the server is connected via uplink and downlink gigabit connections to a routing switch for providing bandwidth for backup and recovery, and wherein the server is a backup master server connected with the uplink connections from the routing switch to a plurality of port switches that provide connective points of a plurality of local area network clients, wherein each connection to the pairs of port switches comprises a secure connection to a first port switch and a non-secure connection to a second switch, wherein the secure and the non-secure connections terminate and originate with the backup master server which is security enabled.
12. The automated storage management server of claim 11 , wherein the processor transfers information by communicating with a first disk storage array of the first storage region and a first backup library of the first storage region.
13. The automated storage management server of claim 11 , wherein the processor communicates with the first disk storage area via a fiber channel.
14. The automated storage management server of claim 12 , wherein the processor communicates with the first disk storage area via a fiber channel.
15. The automated storage management server of claim 11 , wherein the processor transfers information from the second storage region to the third storage region via one or more switches.
16. The automated storage management server of claim 11 , wherein the processor transfers information from the second storage region to the third storage region via an asynchronous transfer mode network.
17. The automated storage management server of claim 11 , wherein the processor transfers information for the first storage region to the second storage region via a gigabit Ethernet network.