Bare Metal Backup Service

The Bare Metal Backup solution is a server software application that enables disk-based data protection and disaster recovery for Linux servers and workstations running Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. The system protects disk volume data using synchronization over the network storing point-in-time snapshots in disk-based storage.

The system works by reading your hard disk volumes at the sector level, bypassing the file system for the ultimate in performance and recovery. This disk sector synchronization is performed while the server is online and provides no interruption to other I/O requests even on a busy server. By reading the disk at the lowest possible level point-in-time recovery images contain your files and all the formatting, partition tables, and volume configuration needed for complete and instant disaster recovery.

Browsing and Restoring Files

Files for both MS Windows NTFS partitions and Linux file systems can be browsed on the services web interface. Administrators can verify backups by browsing files. Any combination of files and directories can be selected for restore through an easy-to-use web interface and file browser. Files can be restored to their original location, an alternate location, or even alternate host. They can also be optionally encrypted in transit using RSA keys and 128-bit blowfish encryption.
The service uses proprietary implementations of NTFS and Linux file systems enabling the CDP Server to read directly into the recovery point disk images just like they were mounted on a live server.

Bare-Metal Restore and Disaster Recovery

Each recovery point stored on the service is virtually a complete disk image as seen at a particular point-in-time. Each disk image includes the file system formatting, partition table, and volume management data needed to rebuild the entire disk.

In the case of disaster or for quick roll-back your Windows or Linux server can be booted into a special disaster recovery mode. Once booted into disaster recovery mode a recovery point can be streamed across the network directly onto your server’s hard disks from the service

End-To-End Strong Encryption
CDP Server supports strong encryption of disk data using RSA keys and the blowfish cipher. During a synchronization data is encrypted (and optionally compressed) on the agent and sent to the server over the network where it is stored in encrypted form. The data can only be decrypted using a RSA key protected with a passphrase. During a bare-metal restore disk sectors are decrypted on the fly at the agent.