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Falconstor Advanced VMware Data Protection - Magirus

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Impact p of <strong>VMware</strong> snapshot p<br />

VM-1<br />

Production<br />

read & write<br />

Production<br />

reads<br />

SAN Storage LUN<br />

Backup<br />

reads<br />

VM-1 Delta<br />

Disk<br />

Production<br />

read & write<br />

VM-1<br />

Delta<br />

VM VM-11 Disk<br />

Copy accumulated writes<br />

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IT as a Weapon: <strong>Advanced</strong> <strong>Data</strong> <strong>Protection</strong> and Recovery for <strong>VMware</strong><br />

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Production<br />

writes &<br />

reads<br />

1. Normal operational mode,<br />

read/write activity to the VM.<br />

it & 22. After snapshot is initiated for backup backup,<br />

all new writes go to delta disk for the<br />

length of the backup. LUN now used for<br />

production (read/write) plus backup<br />

processing (read).<br />

3. When backup is complete, data<br />

accumulated in delta disk must be<br />

written back to the VM.

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