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AzAcSnap leverages the volume snapshot and replication functionalities in Azure NetApp Files and Azure Large Instance. It provides the following benefits:
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-**Rapid backup snapshots independent of database size**
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- AzAcSnap takes snapshot backups regardless of the size of the volumes or database by leveraging the snapshot technology of storage.
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- It takes snapshots in parallel across all the volumes thereby allowing multiple volumes to be part of the database storage.
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- Tests have shown a 100+TiB database stored across 16 volumes was able to be snapshot backup in less than 2 minutes.
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-**Application-consistent data protection**
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AzAcSnap is a centralized solution for backing up critical database files. It ensures database consistency before performing a storage volume snapshot. As a result, it ensures that the storage volume snapshot can be used for database recovery.
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- AzAcSnap can be deployed as a centralized or distributed solution for backing up critical database files. It ensures database consistency before performing a storage volume snapshot. As a result, it ensures that the storage volume snapshot can be used for database recovery.
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-**Database catalog management**
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When you use AzAcSnap with SAP HANA, the records within the backup catalog are kept current with storage snapshots. This capability allows a database administrator to see the backup activity.
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- When you use AzAcSnap with SAP HANA, the records within the backup catalog are kept current with storage snapshots. This capability allows a database administrator to see the backup activity.
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-**Ad hoc volume protection**
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This capability is helpful for non-database volumes that don't need application quiescing before taking a storage snapshot. Examples include SAP HANA log-backup volumes or SAPTRANS volumes.
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- This capability is helpful for non-database volumes that don't need application quiescing before taking a storage snapshot. Examples include SAP HANA log-backup volumes or SAPTRANS volumes.
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-**Cloning of storage volumes**
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This capability provides space-efficient storage volume clones for development and test purposes.
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- This capability provides space-efficient storage volume clones for development and test purposes.
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-**Support for disaster recovery**
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AzAcSnap leverages storage volume replication to provide options for recovering replicated application-consistent snapshots at a remote site.
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-AzAcSnap leverages storage volume replication to provide options for recovering replicated application-consistent snapshots at a remote site.
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AzAcSnap is a single binary. It does not need additional agents or plug-ins to interact with the database or the storage (Azure NetApp Files via Azure Resource Manager, and Azure Large Instance via SSH). AzAcSnap must be installed on a system that has connectivity to the database and the storage. However, the flexibility of installation and configuration allows for either a single centralized installation (Azure NetApp Files only) or a fully distributed installation (Azure NetApp Files and Azure Large Instance) with copies installed on each database installation.
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