Management

Backup Status

BEST - Databases are color coded to indicate database has been backed up within acceptable timeframes

None

Targets

• Tape
• Disk
• Network Path
• Tivoli Storage Manager

• Tape
• Disk
• Network Path

Recovery Points

BEST – utilizing as little as 5% of the original database size, multiple recovery points can easily be maintained without large amounts of storage.

POOR – Possible, but requires as much as 20x more disk space than with LiteSpeed.

Ease of use

BEST – Intuitive and dynamic wizards make the backup and restore process easily customizable.

GOOD – Uses a single static dialog box.

Backup Options

• Attached Files
• Double-click restores
• Central Job repository

None

GUI Options

Mirror/striping options are part of the Backup wizard.

Not available in the GUI

Performance

Speed of BU/Rest

BEST – Up to 70% faster

GOOD – Baseline performance

Encryption

BEST – 9 levels

None

Compression

BEST – Up to 95%

None

Optimization

• Compression level
• Multi threading
• Processor affinity
• Processor utilization
• Encryption Level

None

Reporting

Centralized Reporting

BEST – Scheduled reporting is available across multiple instances on a single server and multiple servers. LiteSpeed also includes SLA reporting to indicate success/failure rates of backup jobs.

POOR – Only provides one-off per-instance, per-server reporting.