The Local Only Backup feature allows you to create backups that are only stored on the Local Vault. These backups are not stored on Barracuda servers and do not count toward your remote storage.
Barracuda only supports using a single device for local only backups.
Barracuda Networks does not support hard drive swapping and has not designed the local only feature to be a tape solution. Barracuda Networks does not support swapping drives because the software writes the base copies of files on the initial backup to your local location, and then uses Intelliblox technology to write just the block changes to the drive. If you are swapping drives, you could have the base copies on one drive, and the changes on others, that creates problems on restore because pieces of files could be on different drives
Local Only Backup allows Barracuda Networks partners to back up non-critical data exclusively to a local storage device on the customer’s site. This feature allows partners to take a hybrid approach when backing up customer’s information.
Local Only backup sets are managed exactly like Barracuda online backup sets, so partners do not need to utilize a different reporting system for remote and local backups and need to train technicians on only one solution, thus saving time and money.
Local Only Backup sets allow partners to separate critical data from non-critical data. Non-critical data can be stored to a device on the customer premise in an encrypted format. Critical data can also be stored on the same device, in addition to the Barracuda Cloud, to speed up restores.
For the procedure to run a local only backup, see the ECHOplatform Quick Start Guide.