Installing and Configuring Arcserve Replication with Arcserve Backup › Remote Branch Office (RBO) Configurations

Remote Branch Office (RBO) Configurations

Arcserve Backup and Arcserve Replication together lets you replicate and back up data from remote branch office (RBO) servers to a central data center (CDC). These RBO servers can be externally connected via through WAN or a LAN.

The advantages of RBOs using a CDC are as follows:

• Better disaster recovery and continuous application availability for your branch office servers
• Centralized and consolidated backups of multiple branch offices at a single facility
• Reduced need for competent and sophisticated IT support at every location
• Reduced cost associated with installing and maintaining multiple servers, storage devices, and applications in many different locations
• Reduced security risk associated with tape transport, and offsets tape media and handling costs.

Remote branch offices can be set up for replication and backup in a variety of configurations, depending upon your requirements and capabilities. The following diagrams provide a few examples of RBO configurations.