Echo Backup “Cost-Effective Backup Software for Private Networks”

1. Echo Backup“Cost-Effective Backup Software for Private Networks” Presented by the Blue Team Milestone Presentation Echo Backup

2. Outline • About the Team • Problem Definition • Customer Base • Solution • Work Breakdown Structures • Sitemap and GUI Mockups • Risks • Costs • Conclusion Echo Backup

3. Team Leadership Echo Backup

4. Team Membership Echo Backup

5. Team Membership Echo Backup

6. Team Membership Echo Backup

7. Data Loss • Data loss is catastrophic. • Photographers can lose priceless photographs. • Accountants can lose years of financial records. • The costs of not being able to conduct business at full capacity can be astronomical. • A backup solution that takes advantage of existing network resources is needed. Echo Backup

8. Data Integrity • Most backup solutions require additional hardware or storage media. • Echo Backup saves backups on other nodes of a local area network. • No additional hardware costs • Data is readily available • Fewer security concerns due to onsite data Echo Backup

9. Frequency of Data Loss • 70% of small firms that experience major data loss go out of business within a year.2 • A 2009 survey by Kroll Ontrack polled IT managers from 945 companies.1 • 49% of all IT managers reported a data loss situation in the two years prior. • 36% felt that data loss could have a significant impact on their business. • “An alarming 49 percent of small companies stated that they fail to back up their data on a daily basis.” • 45% of companies with 50 or less employees have no backup plan. • From Tech Managers Often Underestimate Impact of Data Loss1 • Impact on U.S. Small Business of Natural & Man-Made Disasters2 Echo Backup

10. Causes of Data Loss Routine backups are the best practice to manage drive failure and instability. • From Data Loss and Hard Drive Failure: Understanding the Causes and Costs3 Echo Backup

11. Impact of Data Recovery • If no backups were used and the hard drive is intact, data can sometimes be recovered. • The cost of data recovery can vary widely and depends on • Severity of damage • Urgency • Parts required • Size and type of storage media • Recovery following a data loss episode is expensive. • If the data cannot be recovered, it is permanently lost and the costs can be significantly higher. • From Data Loss and Hard Drive Failure: Understanding the Causes and Costs3 Echo Backup

12. Small Businesses • Typically one to two dozen computers7 • Lack dedicated IT support7 • Much smaller budgets than Enterprise • Need for security and encryption • Over 50% wary of online solutions8 • From Designing and Building the Best Small Office Network From the Ground Up7 • The Universe of Corporate PC Backup Options8 Echo Backup

13. Consumer Home Networks • 94% of computer users risk losing their data5 • Only 6% of users have adequate backup • Users have irreplaceable files (pictures, video) • Users are not always technically savvy • From 4th Annual Backblaze Data Backup Study Finds 94% of People Risk Data Loss5 Echo Backup

14. Computers Per Home Network 83% of homes have three or more computers • From The Complex & Surprising Anatomy of a Home Network6 Echo Backup

15. Current Solutions • Dedicated hardware • Expensive • Additional local storage • Optical media • Fragile • High maintenance • External disks • Expensive • Flash storage • Expensive • Easy to misplace • Cloud backups • Monthly fee and bandwidth usage Echo Backup

16. Problem Without Solution Something is wrong with the needed data. Many causes. Bottom line is the file is missing or not in the state the user wanted. Users attempts to access files. Small business or home user needs data on a PC. User has no backup. Data might be able to be recreated but this takes time. Irreplaceable data is gone forever. Businesses lose money due to lost records. Personal anguish has occurred. Echo Backup

17. Solution Objective Echo Backup aims to provide cost-effective, easy to use and reliable backups to home, small and medium-sized LANs. Echo Backup

18. Solution Characteristics To meet this objective, Echo Backup must • Not be susceptible to a single point of failure • Be inexpensive • Have no recurring fees • Use only existing hardware • Not need WAN access • Be easy for untrained staff to use • Give peace-of-mind to owners, operators, and users • Optionally make use of centralized management Echo Backup

19. How it Works A simple LAN with four devices Clients subscribe to a channel to listen for neighbors Echo Backup

20. How it Works (cont.) One client sends a hello to all nodes on the LAN. Echo Backup

21. How it Works (cont.) Nodes running Echo Backup respond with their own hellos. Direct connections are created between nodes. Echo Backup

22. How it Works (cont.) Backups of machine A are made on machines B and C. Various “smart” algorithms determine how much data to save on each node. C A B Echo Backup

23. How it Works (cont.) The data on the user’s PC is missing or damaged. The user accesses the recovery interface of Echo Backup to restore data from a desired point in time. Echo Backup

24. How it Works (cont.) If the user’s computer is completely unusable, he or she can recover data from any other node on the LAN. Echo Backup

25. Backup Algorithm The stream is compressed. The data is combined into a stream. Data needs to be backed-up. The stream is broken into chunks. The chunks are distributed to network nodes. The chunks are encrypted for storage and again for network transmission. Echo Backup

26. Benefits & Caveats to the Consumer • Benefits • Simple interface • Data integrity • Low cost • No need for additional hardware • Easy node additions • Caveats • May be easy, but yet another interface to learn • Installation management may be cumbersome for larger networks • Highly dynamic nodes (laptops, etc) may pose problems Echo Backup

27. Problem Solved with Echo Backup Echo Backup was previously used to create a redundant LAN backup plan. Echo Backup ensures up-to-date backups are available from multiple sources. Data problem is discovered. User has Echo Backup. Echo Backup runs in the background keeping backups current. Echo Backup allows user to go back to a working state where all data is present and usable. Virtually no time, money, or anguish occurred. Echo Backup

28. Major Functional Component Diagram Echo Backup

29. Milestones Echo Backup Software Interfaces Support Hardware Echo Backup

30. Software Milestones Software Network Storage UI AI General Echo Backup

31. Software -> Network Software Network Storage UI AI General Node Discovery Data Transmission Encryption Echo Backup

32. Software -> Storage Software Network Storage UI AI General Compression Encryption Indexing Echo Backup

33. Software -> User Interfaces Software Network Storage UI AI General End User GUIs Management GUI Echo Backup

34. Software -> Artificial Intelligence Software Network Storage UI AI General Storage Multiplexing Data Discovery Scheduling Echo Backup

35. Software -> General Software Network Storage UI AI General Mac / Unix / Windows Design / Modularization Echo Backup

36. Interface Milestones Interfaces End-User to Node Node to Network End-User to Support Echo Backup

37. Interface -> End-User to Node Interfaces End-User to Node Node to Network End-User to Support Backup Scheduling Partition Data to Preferred Nodes Prioritize Data Initiate Backup Retrieval Echo Backup

38. Interface -> Node to Network Interfaces End-User to Node Node to Network End-User to Support Broadcast Data to Networked Nodes Search Index Table for Data Locations Store Data Locations in Index Table Retrieve Data from Networked Nodes Echo Backup

39. Interface -> End-User to Support Interfaces End-User to Node Node to Network End-User to Support Contact Support Staff Request On-site Support Submit Ticket Initiate Chat Support Echo Backup

40. Support Milestones Support Ticket System (TS) (SaaS) Support Staff On-site Support (Customer Pays) Instant Message / Chat Support (FOSS) Knowledge Base Telephone TS Integr. - Free Mobile Apps Included in TS (Tech Support on the go) Email TS Integr. - Included Custom Rules Echo Backup

41. Hardware Milestones Hardware Development Updates Websites Development Server DNS, SSL Test Hardware Servers Web Server(s) Staff Workstations Servers Co-location Echo Backup

42. GUI Site Map Echo Backup Node Sets Scheduler Backup Status Memory Report Echo Backup

43. Node Sets Node Sets Discover Nodes Modify Existing Node Set Usage Percentage Setting Redundancy Setting Select Nodes in Set Save Node Set Echo Backup

44. Scheduler Scheduler New Schedule Modify Existing Backup Schedule Starting Date and Time Backup Frequency Node Set to Backup Save Backup Schedule Echo Backup

45. Backup Status Backup Status View Status of Backups Run Individual or all Backups Now Next Schedule Backup Date and Time Last Successful Backup Date and Time Echo Backup

46. Node Sets Echo Backup

47. Scheduler Echo Backup

48. BackupStatus Echo Backup

49. Memory Report Echo Backup

50. Competitor Features • Echo Backup’s competitors are divided into three groups. • The groups are online backup services, online storage, and backup software. • Backup software competitors are feature rich. • Online backup competitors are feature limited. • Online storage competitors are more geared toward sharing. • Full feature listing of the competition can be found in the competition matrices. Echo Backup