Rubrik is an agent-less solution is based on appliances (virtual or physical, a scale-out architecture on Rubrik Atlas file system with flash disks for cache tier) that can be used to protect (snapshots are taken consistently) not only VMware VMs but also Hyper-V (recently GA) or Nutanix AVH, physical or virtual MS SQL or Oracle databases. Data is deduplicated and compressed and then easily searched/analyzed or instant recovered.
Rubrik works by first identifying the data that needs to be protected. This data can be on-premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid environment. Once the data has been identified, Rubrik will create a backup of the data. This backup can be stored on-premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid environment.
Rubrik also offers a variety of features to help organizations manage their data. These features include data deduplication, compression, and replication. Data deduplication can help organizations save money on storage costs by removing duplicate data from backups. Compression can also help organizations save money on storage costs by reducing the size of backups. Replication can help organizations protect their data from disasters by copying data to a remote location.
Rubrik also offers a variety of features to help organizations comply with data regulations. These features include encryption, auditing, and reporting. Encryption can aid organizations to secure their data from unauthorized access. Auditing can help organizations track data access and activity. Reporting can help organizations generate reports on data protection and management activities.
Rubrik Architecture
Rubrik’s architecture is based on a distributed system. This means that the data is stored on multiple nodes, which can be located in different geographic locations. This architecture provides high availability and scalability, and it also allows organizations to comply with data sovereignty regulations.
The main components of Rubrik’s architecture are:
Rubrik Polaris: Rubrik Polaris is the central management platform for Rubrik. It is responsible for managing all of the other components in the Rubrik architecture.
Rubrik Edges: Rubrik Edges are the agents that are responsible for backing up and restoring data. They are installed on the servers that contain the data that needs to be protected.
Rubrik Storage: Rubrik Storage is the storage layer for Rubrik. It can store backups on a variety of storage devices, including disk, tape, and the cloud.
Rubrik Clients: Rubrik Clients are the software that is used to interact with Rubrik. They are installed on the computers that need to be protected.
Rubrik’s architecture is designed to be scalable and flexible. This means that it can be used to protect data from small businesses to large enterprises. It can also be used to protect data from on-premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid environment.
Rubrik CloudOn
This is an archiving feature for virtual machines in the cloud. You can power on copies (already archived) of your VMs (after conversion to Amazon Machine Image (AMI)) directly from the cloud. The cloud conversion can be configured to be done automatically - a good use case for DR with minimizing downtime.
How does it work?
Send archive snapshots to cloud blob storage (S3).
CloudOn requested - manually or continuous.
A single, temporary Rubrik node begins to convert a VM into a cloud image.
Instance launched on cloud or cloud image (AMI) is provided ready for use.
Once complete, Rubrik node powers down and is purged.
Rubrik SQL Live Mount
Rubrik allows protecting the Microsoft SQL databases on forever incremental strategy:
Rubrik cluster connects to the Rubrik Connector running on physical SQL host.
Based on the SLA policy, Rubrik triggers a backup of the protected SQL databases.
Rubrik Connector computes changed blocks for incremental forever backups.
Incremental snapshots are sent back to Rubrik.
Then it is possible to restore to the original location (with the same name of database) or export to another one (different name, location - instance etc). I can say most of the solution can do that. However, Rubrik can mount SQL database directly from appliance/cloud. This feature not only provides better RTO (e.g. in case of DR) but also:
Provision a clone/clones to any desired Point in Time.
Mount same database across multiple hosts.
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