HyperBac Online - Product FAQs

What is HyperBac Online and what does it do?

HyperBac Online builds on HyperBac technology to compress online or live application data. HyperBac Online also allows random read/write operations, so you can run your database as normal on physical files that are up to 90% smaller than the native file size. This high-performance compression significantly reduces your database storage footprint.

How does HyperBac Online deliver its compression and savings to me?

HyperBac Online follows the same architecture framework as all HyperBac solutions. This means it has a small footprint and works outside of the application whose data is being compressed.

HyperBac Online is able to run live databases directly from compressed physical files, meaning that the disk space requirements are up to 90% smaller than with native data files.

HyperBac Online will also save you time by following the same principles as all HyperBac products for a rapid installation and simple configuration. Once your installation is set, HyperBac Online requires no ongoing management unless you choose to make configuration changes, based on your requirements.

How does HyperBac Online benefit the administrator and the business?

HyperBac Online closes the loop on the storage reduction equation by compressing live application data, where HyperBac for SQL Server compresses and encrypts offline data for faster, smaller, more secure backups. HyperBac Online’s compression of online data benefits the administrator and the business by reducing the application and storage footprint and freeing up valuable storage space that can be used by mission-critical systems.



Some of the more typical applications for the solution include:

1.     To reduce the footprint of development, disaster recovery or QA/test environments
2.     To reduce the footprint of reporting or business intelligence databases

HyperBac Online targets the storage waste that goes into non-production environments. Consider the replication of production data across your development, quality assurance, and even your disaster recovery environments. With HyperBac Online, you can reduce the data storage footprint of these environments and free up resources for your more mission-critical ones.

What else can I compress with HyperBac Online?

With HyperBac Online you can compress the live application data for SQL Server and also Oracle for Windows using the HyperBac for Oracle product.

What technical advantages will HyperBac Online deliver?

HyperBac Online reduces your application data footprint, with minimal impact on the performance of the application and with no risk to your application’s data integrity.

HyperBac Online also seamlessly integrates into your existing application, with no changes required.

Do I to change my existing backup scripts or methods?

No. HyperBac Online has absolutely no hooks into your application. With HyperBac Online, you have the surety of knowing that there is nothing proprietary and that your application is not being compromised in any way.

Where does HyperBac Online install?

HyperBac Online is a server side solution. A single instance of the solution is all that is required to compress the data of all relevant applications on the server.