Can you use a cloud backup solution to do Bare Metal Restores (BMR)?

While the short answer is "yes", the longer answer is "yes, but you probably don't want to do that."

Bare Metal Restore in the Cloud discusses the benefits and pitfalls of bare metal restores, as well as the viability of using cloud solutions for that purpose.

 

Zetta addresses major bare metal restore drawbacks with an integrated online server backup and disaster recovery solution.

Limitations of
Bare Metal Restore
  • Large amounts of data to
           backup/restore
  • Hardware incompatibility on restore
  • Backup media must be located at or
           shipped to restore point
Benefits of
Zetta Restore
  • Only backup / restore user differential
           data
  • Automatic system-state backup /
           restore to new hardware device
  • Restore to anywhere via web
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