Let’s unveil the flexibility of Storegrid Deployment.

Deployment in Single Laptop / Desktop.

Peer-Peer(P2P) or Grid Deployment .

Dedicated Backup Server Deployment (Client-Server) .

Type of Deployment

Components of STOREGRID

Client Only: This Computer will backup on to other computers. Other Computers will not backup to this Computer

Server Only: Other Computers will backup to this computer. This Computer can not backup to other Computers.

Client and Server: Allow the computer to backup on to other Computers and other Computers to backup to this computer as well

Replication Server: Other Store Grid Backup Servers can Replicate their data to this Server for Redundancy.

Deployment in single Laptop / Desktop

You have a single Laptop. You want to take Data backup on External USB Hard Disk through StoreGrid ? How do you configure StoreGrid ?

Installation & Configuration

Step 1 : install StoreGrid as a Windows service. Here define to start Storegrid service as Local system account .

Step 2 : install as “Client and Server” and click next .

Step 3 : By default StoreGrid takes the machine name as Identity and “Default Group” as Group name. Keep it as it is.

Step 4 : Continue with the wizard and finish the installation.

Step 5 : Change “StoreGrid Server’s Backup Storage Location as “G:\” and click next. (Here “G” is External HDD Drive) Done now you can create schedule for Backup from “Backup ->Add Backup Schedule” option.

Step 6 : Now configure Schedules as per requirement.

Deployment in Peer-to-Peer Mode

Typical Deployments

c) Peer to Peer :

• StoreGrid can help you use the unused disk space in the system to form a 'trusted peer to peer' backup solution for everyone in your small network.

• This is not the ideal deployment for a medium sized company as:

– Storage is distributed, and will need to be separately managed & monitored Disk based storage costs are quite low, anyway!

Client Server Mode

Windows Vista

Windows XP

Client Server Mode

Window Server 2003 running

Exchange / SQL

Client Server Mode

MachineName

Operating System

Backup Role Storegrid Component

User 1 WinXP This Systems will keep backup to “user 2 ” and store backup from “User3”

Client & Server

User 2 Win 2K3 This Systems will keep backup to “User 1 and store backup from “server”

Client & Server

User 3 Win2K This Systems will keep backup to “User 2 ” and store backup from “User 4”

Client & Server

Server WinXP This Systems will keep backup to “User 1” and store backup from “user 1”

Client & Server

Planning for Peer to Peer Deployment Backup for previous Network Diagram:Following 4 systems connected in Network. Their data backup scenario is as below.

NOTE: In Storegrid backup scenario the “machine name” should be unique.If any machine crashed then when the machine will be built again, for disaster recovery the machine name should be same as before.

Installation and configuration

Peer to Peer

• Step 1: Install Storegrid on all machines – in ‘Client + Server’ Mode (you will be prompted during installation)

• Step 2: Change the default Data Path .

• Step 3: Apply License Key to each installation

• Step 4: If the machines are in the same subnet, they will automatically discover each other. Otherwise, the backup server needs to be manually added (by the client).

• Step 5 : Now configure Schedules as per requirement.

installation and configuration is so easy… isn’t it ?

Deployment in Client-Server Mode

StoreGrid installations can run on :Windows 2000 Server, 2003 Server, Small Business Server, Linux,

FreeBSD, Windows 2000, XP, Vista & Mac OS X

Client Only Mode Client

Only Mode

Client Only Mode

Windows Vista

Windows XP

Window Server 2003 running Exchange /

SQL

Usually:Win XP

Win Server 2000/2003

Server Only Mode

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a) Clients Local Backup Server

Client–Server Deployment

Machine Name

Operating System

Backup Role StoreGrid Componen

t

User 1 WinXP All systems will store their backup in Hard Disk of this system.

Server

User 4 Win 2K3 This Systems will store backup to “User 1”

Client

User 3 Win2K This Systems will store backup to “User 1”

Client

21 Users WinXP All these systems will store their backup to “User 1”

Client

SERVER WinXP This System will store backup to “User 1”.

Client

Following 25 systems connected in Network. Their data backup scenario is as below.

NOTE: In StoreGrid backup scenario the “machine name” should be unique.If any machine crashed then when the machine will be built again, for disaster recovery the machine name should be same as before.

Run the installer file.

Select to run StoreGrid As a Windows Application or windows Service.

Select StoreGrid to run as “Server” in “User1” System. Change the location of default DATA PATH .

Complete the Installation and create a schedule.

Installation on User 1

Run the installer file in Client M/C

Select to run StoreGrid As a Windows Application or windows Service

Select StoreGrid to run as “Client” (here “Users” system)

Complete the Installation and create a schedule.

Installation -StoreGrid Client

Easy to Deploy isn’t it

HAPPY BACKING UP