Compare Filepilot Copy's Intelligent Data Mobility™ Capabilities With

Compare FilePilot Copy’s Intelligent Data Mobility™ Capabilities with Other Data Migration / Copy Solutions

Resource Kit Tool Feature FilePilot SecureCopy Native XCOPY Robocopy Management BEST – Intuitive and BETTER – GUI GOOD – Primarily POOR – Command line Interface highly functional interface provides command line, but only. Requires workflow based access for definition has third-party add-in knowledge of 25 interface provides and running of the GUI based interface switches to ensure data enhanced control over data migration available. UI is simply integrity, security and the entire data process. UI is multi- the collection of to fully exploit mobility process. part and does not command-line options functionality. follow a work-flow displayed in a GUI based model. window. Requires knowledge of over 50 switches to ensure data integrity, security and to fully exploit functionality. Options vary by Windows OS. GUI does NOT prevent conflicting options from being selected. Scheduler BEST – Flexible BETTER – Includes GOOD – Can define POOR – Requires options include a scheduling capability, and save copy tasks as writing batch files. built-in scheduler. but does not run script. Requires Requires manually Allows simple independently of manually configuring configuring schedules generation of operating system. schedules in Windows in Windows Task scheduling tasks. Uses Windows Task Task Scheduler. Scheduler. Ability to emit a Scheduler and manual command line script configuration is still from GUI for required to schedule integration with copy tasks. Windows Task Scheduler or operation as a command line task. Filtering Best – Provides plain GOOD – Filters are POOR – Filtering is POOR – Filtering is English language applied in multiple defined by switches defined by switches filtering definition. places in the GUI and and are not verified and are not verified for Filters are additive are not verified for for conflicts. One conflicts. One switch and are checked for conflicts. switch can override can override another conflicts against other another switch, which switch, which could defined filters. could result in data result in data loss. loss.

Resource Kit Tool Feature FilePilot SecureCopy Native XCOPY Robocopy Drag and FULLY SUPPORTED – NOT SUPPORTED – NOT SUPPORTED – NOT SUPPORTED – Drop Provides fine-grained Still requires manual Manual process to Manual process to control and visibility definition of which define which volumes, define which disks, Migration over the process of folders, volumes and folders, shares or volumes, folders, moving folders and shares are to be individual files are to shares or individual shares. Allows for moved from the be moved via batch files are to be moved immediate viewing of source. Also requires files or scripts. via batch files or path structure of definition of volumes, Requires in-depth scripts. Requires in- source and target folders and shares on knowledge of depth knowledge of server or storage the target. Browsing Robocopy switches to XCOPY switches to system. No need to paths may take a ensure that data is ensure that data is define switches or while. moved correctly and moved correctly and write and validate volumes, folders and volumes, folders and scripts. Immediately shares are created shares are created displays and path properly on the properly on the target. conflicts between target. source and target. Can Easy to make typo optionally display mistakes while typing details of contents of long paths. shares and folders. Type names to quickly add servers. Data Integrity BEST – All file BETTER - Most file GOOD - File metadata POOR - When data is metadata is metadata is is preserved if you can moved to target, File preserved. Including preserved. Including figure out how to and Folders are created time, last created time, last select the options. assigned new date and accessed time and accessed time and Including created time stamps. date for Folders, Files date for both Folders time, last accessed and Shares. For and Files. time and date for additional security both Folders and Files. individual files are Make the wrong prevented from being selection and security viewed or accessed. is an issue. Discovery BEST – All file systems POOR – Does not POOR – Does not POOR – Does not within a site are provide any discovery provide any discovery provide any discovery automatically capability. UNC paths capability. UNC paths capability. UNC paths discovered and listed. for source and target for source and target for source and target Displays a hierarchical systems must be systems must be systems must be view of all servers and manually determined manually determined manually determined storage from the root. and inserted into GUI. and provided in and provided in Supports unlimited command line. command line. folder depth and width.

Resource Kit Tool Feature FilePilot SecureCopy Native XCOPY Robocopy Move BEST – Pre-move. POOR – pre-move POOR – pre-move. POOR – Post-move. Validation Saves time and with test run, but with Requires that IT Requires that IT resources. New limited log personnel manually personnel manually servers or storage will information, any review entire file review entire file be on-line faster. issues are still system on target system on target Validates that data resolved post-move. system after move to system after move to chosen to be moved is Requires that IT ensure that file ensure that file system complete and personnel manually system structure was structure was created accurate, the target review entire file created properly and properly and all files file system will be as system on target all files were moved were moved correctly. designed and that system post-move to correctly. Could take Could take days or move will be 100% ensure that file days or weeks weeks depending on successful. Any system structure was depending on the the amount of data exceptions will be created properly and amount of data moved. If issues exist identified with all files were moved moved. If issues exist then data must be information for easy correctly. Could take then data must be moved again. resolution before any days or weeks moved again. Pre- data is moved. depending on the move with dry run amount of data provides only top- moved. If issues exist level status and still then data must be requiring post-move migrated again. manual review of actual target. Integrated FULLY SUPPORTED – NOT SUPPORTED – NOT SUPPORTED – NOT SUPPORTED – Still Design of File Using drag and drop Still requires manually Still requires manually requires manually capability to visually designing the file designing the file designing the file System on create the optimal system on paper. No system on paper. No system on paper. No Target Server target file system ability to visualize the ability to visualize the ability to visualize the or Storage design. Any of the design before the data design before the data design before the data System moves can be is moved to the is moved to the is moved to the target. instantly undone and target. Wasting time target. Wasting time Wasting time to access a new design started. to access source and to access source and source and target Allows for different target systems target systems systems individually to file system scenarios individually to individually to understand file system to be quickly designed understand file understand file structure. and reviewed. All system structure. system structure. information is accessible from within FilePilot Copy.

Resource Kit Tool Feature FilePilot SecureCopy Native XCOPY Robocopy Reporting and BETTER – GOOD – Three levels BETTER – Provides POOR – No discrete Logging Comprehensive of logging but no logging of copy logging of any copy logging provides control of what is operations and transaction is provided. extensive information logged. Previous log transactions including Can review system logs about ongoing move file is overwritten by content of what is for copy data. operations. Examples new log file. logged. include; # of files, # of folders, total bytes moved, elapsed time, open files, owners of open files, and # of open files. Large log files are supported. Both a summary log and detail log with selectable options for logged items. Automatic FULLY SUPPORTED – NOT SUPPORTED – No PARTIALLY NOT SUPPORTED – Script Generation and saving script generation SUPPORTED – Can Scripts must be of scripts provides full capability. May be run save script from third- manually created and Generation coverage of the from a command line party GUI. Scripts may tested. There is no migration process. with limited options. be manually created mechanism to validate From visual file Can import existing and tested. There is if the script is correct system design to Robocopy or XCOPY no mechanism to until it is run. running a pre- scripts and run them. validate if the script is migration validation, Similar to Robocopy correct until it is run. the entire process is and XCOPY, there is captured and saved in no mechanism to a script. Any script can validate if the script is be recalled for correct until it is run. implementation at Test run yields any time. minimal information. Preservation BETTER – Supports BETTER – Supports BETTER – Supports POOR – Limited file of File ACLs the following file the following file the following file metadata is preserved. metadata; Files, metadata; Files, metadata; Files, Includes Files, Folders, and Metadata Folders, Folders, Folders, Attributes, NTFS during Move Attributes, Attributes, Attributes, Permissions and NTFS Permissions, NTFS Permissions, NTFS Permissions, Ownership, but various Ownership, Ownership, Ownership, metadata like “read- Updates SIDHistory, Updates SIDHistory, Updates SIDHistory, only” attribute is not Encryption Settings, Encryption Settings, Encryption Settings, preserved. Compression Settings, Compression Settings, Compression Settings, Last Accessed Date, Last Accessed Date, Last Accessed Date, Last Modified Date, Last Modified Date, Last Modified Date, Folder Shares and Folder Shares and Folder Shares and Local Users & Groups. Local Users & Groups Local Users & Group

Resource Kit Tool Feature FilePilot SecureCopy Native XCOPY Robocopy Share BETTER – Enables BEST – Supports share POOR – Manual share POOR – Manual share Handling recreating shares on creation, renaming creation, intervention creation, intervention is the target system and deletion during is required. required. during the move copy. operation. Exception BEST – Intelligent GOOD – Counts POOR – Retries locked POOR – Inconsistent Handling handling of exceptions skipped files and files. Other errors can exception handling may with the default rule retries locked files. cause stoppage of occur making it difficult to keep copying after Does not provide any copy operations. to diagnose. Depending gathering all relevant troubleshooting on the OS used information to help IT information for command line options to resolve the issue. resolution of issues. themselves may cause Can stop on first error exceptions. or continue. Every exception is logged.

OS and BEST – Extensive out- GOOD – Supports POOR – Supports GOOD – Supports Storage of-the-box Windows Windows desktop and NTFS, FAT and CIFS NTFS, CIFS and FAT file Operating System server operating file systems. New systems Manufacturer support. Support for systems. Supports versions of Robocopy Support EMC, Netapp and NTFS, CIFS and FAT. provided with Server other storage 2008 and Windows 7 manufacturers. Data are not backwards can be moved from compatible with older any supported OS to OSs. Data hosted on either new OS or older OSs cannot be storage that supports migrated. either CIFS or NTFS. Flexible BEST – Most flexible GOOD – Requires POOR – Installation on POOR – Already part of Deployment deployment model. installation on both source system only. OS. Must be used from Depending on source and target Varies by version of source system. requirements; can be systems or can be OS used. installed on source installed on an system to push data intermediate system. to target or on target Must purchase system to pull from additional copies for source or on an each additional intermediate system system. Most SAN or for SAN/NAS to NAS do not support SAN/NAS migration. installation of software on them.

Resource Kit Tool Feature FilePilot SecureCopy Native XCOPY Robocopy Architecture BEST – Scalable multi- BETTER – Enhanced GOOD – Provides a POOR – Single threaded design that multi-threaded multi-threaded design threaded design. provides the fastest architecture designed only on latest OSs. Multiple Command possible speed and to provide the fastest Supports running Prompt windows can capable of handling possible copy time by multiple copy tasks be used to run file systems of analyzing the data simultaneously. simultaneous copy petabyte size. being copied and Version and tasks. Optimized for files optimizing the performance vary by types that usually content of each copy OS. slow down move thread. operations. Licensing BEST – Cost effective, POOR – Costly named POOR – Requires GOOD – Uses existing per-site licensing system licensing purchase of Windows license from Windows model. Software model. Each system Resource Tool Kit operating system. supports unlimited must have a license book. License is free. installations and de- and once the Product version is tied installations. migration is to OS version. Unlimited users are completed, the license supported. on the source system is no longer valid or usable. Technical BEST – 1st year BETTER – 1 yr POOR – No support is POOR – No support is Support support is included, Standard or Extended provided as provided. also includes new support is available at standalone product release upgrades. extra cost. May receive support Optional extended as part of other support is available. software purchase from Microsoft.