Bacula Enterprise’s GPFS Backup module delivers high-performance, scalable backup and recovery for IBM Spectrum Scale environments. It supports parallel processing, metadata-based change tracking, and advanced security features, ensuring efficient, reliable protection for large-scale, distributed, and high-performance computing infrastructures.
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Bacula
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GPFS Backup
Bacula Enterprise’s GPFS Backup Module provides native, high-performance backup and recovery for IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) environments. Designed for large-scale and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructures, it enables seamless integration with GPFS file systems, offering advanced scalability, security, and efficiency. This module is ideal for enterprises that require robust data protection across distributed, metadata-rich storage environments.
Features
- Native GPFS Integration: Directly connects with GPFS file systems without middleware, ensuring seamless interoperability.
- Extreme Scalability: Built for petabyte-scale infrastructures with minimal latency and high throughput.
- Parallel Backup and Restore: Supports GPFS’s distributed architecture, enabling simultaneous operations across multiple nodes.
- Advanced File-Level Control: Uses metadata-based change tracking for efficient, targeted backups.
- Security Architecture: Includes AES-256 encryption, role-based access control (RBAC), FIPS-compliant key management, and support for air-gapped and immutable backups.
- Cost Optimization: Reduces storage costs through deduplication and compression, ideal for high-redundancy environments.
- Hybrid Environment Support: Protects HPC clusters, physical servers, VMs, containers, and cloud storage from a single platform.
Capabilities
- High-Performance I/O Support: Maintains GPFS’s performance standards during backup operations.
- Centralized Management: Unified control of diverse systems, from Windows desktops to GPFS nodes.
- Flexible Deployment: Supports hybrid, on-premises, and multi-cloud environments.
- Compliance-Ready: Meets strict data protection and retention requirements for regulated industries.
- Web-Based Interface: Intuitive management via Bacula’s BWeb interface.
Benefits
- Efficiency: Reduces backup windows and resource usage with parallel processing and intelligent data handling.
- Security: Protects mission-critical data with enterprise-grade encryption and access controls.
- Reliability: Ensures consistent, verifiable backups across complex infrastructures.
- Scalability: Grows with your data and infrastructure without performance degradation.
- Cost-Effectiveness: Eliminates data volume-based licensing and reduces hardware demands.