2. Intro
This year, the Dell team is all about giving the ultimate gift: the gift of backup,
compression and restore.
LiteSpeed for SQL Server ensures high-speed, storage-efficient backup size,
storage costs and restore times. Delivering a wide variety of recovery options,
LiteSpeed ensures the right SQL Server data is restored and available as quickly
as possible.
So sit back, take a sip of your eggnog and scroll through the top reasons why
we think LiteSpeed is the perfect gift for any DBA on your list this year!
Happy Holidays!
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3. On the 1st Day of Christmas LiteSpeed Gave to me…
• Less SQL Server Backup:
– LiteSpeed delivers 8 compression
levels, allowing you to choose the
best combo of IT CPU resource
utilization and backup storage size
reduction for your environment.
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4. On the 2nd Day of Christmas LiteSpeed Gave to me…
• Centralized Management
– Define, schedule and manage large
numbers of SQL Server backup and
recovery jobs from one central
location.
– All SQL Server data protection
information is stored in one safe
location and can be accessed in
seconds.
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5. On the 3rd Day of Christmas LiteSpeed Gave to me…
• Restore Individual Objects
– Recreate individual SQL Server
database objects prior to fully
recovering data.
– Query backups to locate proper
restore content.
– Determine when application data
originally became corrupted.
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6. On the 4th Day of Christmas LiteSpeed Gave to me…
• Roll Back Transactions
– Recover data and objects from
operations that could adversely affect
the database.
– Transaction Log Reader is essential in
recovery when SQL statements or
application programs corrupt SQL
Server data.
– Undo bad SQL statements individually.
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7. On the 5th Day of Christmas LiteSpeed Gave to me…
• Fast Compression
– Reduce backup size and storage
requirements another 85% with a
smart differential strategy that copies
only changed data.
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8. On the 6th Day of Christmas LiteSpeed Gave to me…
• IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager
– By replacing TSM TDP agents with
Dell LiteSpeed, you can reduce overall
SQL Server data protection costs and
gain more capabilities and control.
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9. On the 7th Day of Christmas LiteSpeed Gave to me…
• Intuitive Log Shipping Monitor
– Configures and monitors log shipping
plans and latency alerts
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10. On the 8th Day of Christmas LiteSpeed Gave to me…
• Robust Encryption
– Provides nine levels of encryption up
to AES 256-bit without impacting
backup performance
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11. On the 9th Day of Christmas LiteSpeed Gave to me…
• Double-click Restore
– Creates portable database backup
files
– Restore simply by double-click on the
file
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12. On the 10th Day of Christmas LiteSpeed Gave to me…
• Smart Clean-up
– Automatically checks integrity of all
copy sets and safely remove old
backups without losing required full
copies of SQL Server instances.
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13. On the 11th Day of Christmas LiteSpeed Gave to me…
• Centralized Monitoring
– Track all backup activity from one
central, easy to understand
geographical reporting facility
– Stop searching for pieces of SQL
Server backup information scattered
throughout the enterprise
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14. On the 12th Day of Christmas LiteSpeed Gave to me…
• Reduced restore times and storage
costs
– Adaptive Compression monitors
available resources and selects an
optimal backup compression level
that won’t negatively impact SQL
Server database and application
performance.
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15. Happy Holidays!
Treat yourself to your very own
LiteSpeed for SQL Server free trial:
http://dell.to/1gyhrlY
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