InMage DR-Scout

InMage Scout is a Continuous Data Protection (CDP) based backup and replication solution. Scout consists of two product lines: the host-offload line, which uses a software agent on the protected servers, and the fabric line, which uses an agent on the Fibre Channel switch fabric. The software protects at the volume or block level, tracking all write changes. It allows for local or remote protection policies. The first version of the product was released in 2002.

Product details

Scout features a capacity optimized CDP repository. The continuous approach allows for near zero backup windows, any point in time restores, second level RPOs, both within the datacenter and across datacenters. The target volume is kept updated either synchronously or asynchronously based on the product line. The retention logs allow for any point in time recovery to the user specified retention window. Scout also features application failover support for enabling better RTOs when used in a disaster recovery solution.

The 6.2 release of the Scout is supported on Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP UX. It also supports VMware, XenServer, Hyper-V, Solaris Zones and a few other server virtualization platforms.

Both Server and Application failover support is built in for the Windows Platform. Application Failover supports Microsoft Exchange, BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Microsoft SQL Server, File Servers, Microsoft Sharepoint, Oracle, MySQL among others.

The 6.2 release series supports both clustered and non clustered solutions.

Integration

Scout integrates with traditional tape backup software to enable longer term retention on tape. Scout integrates with Microsofts VSS APIs for SQL, Exchange, Hyper-V consistent snapshots. It also integrates with Oracle, DB2, MySQL, Postgresql consistency APIs.