The document discusses two options for setting up a StoreGrid backup business: 1) Set up StoreGrid at the service provider's location to receive backups from customer locations. 2) Set up StoreGrid locally at the customer's location, with an option to replicate backups to the service provider's location. It also provides information on trialing StoreGrid, including that the trial allows backing up an unlimited number of client machines for 30 days without a license key.

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3. Two ways of setting up StoreGrid… Option (a) Your Customer’s location Clients Backup server Your hosted data center location Replication server

4. Two ways of setting up StoreGrid… Option (b) Your Customer’s location Clients Backup server Your hosted data center location Replication server

5. File server Desktops Laptops MS Exchange server MS SQL server Service Provider (CLIENT mode) Option (a) 1 Your Location: Setup StoreGrid in server mode– to receive backups from your customer location Service Provider Hosted Backup Server (SERVER mode)

6. File server Desktops Customer Location: Backup desktops, MS Exchange servers, MS SQL Servers and file servers Laptops MS Exchange server MS SQL server Service Provider (CLIENT mode) Option (a) 2 1 Your Location: Setup StoreGrid in server mode– to receive backups from your customer location Service Provider Hosted Backup Server (SERVER mode)

7. File server Desktops Replication server Laptops MS Exchange server MS SQL server Service Provider (CLIENT mode) Option (a) 3 Customer Location: Backup desktops, MS Exchange servers, MS SQL Servers and file servers 2 1 Your Location: Setup StoreGrid in server mode– to receive backups from your customer location Add a second level of protection for backup server by StoreGrid Replication Server Service Provider Hosted Backup Server (SERVER mode)

8. File server Desktops Laptops MS Exchange server MS SQL server Service Provider Option (b) (CLIENT mode) 1 Customer Location: Setup StoreGrid in server mode– as a local backup server. Backup server at customer site (SERVER mode)

9. File server Desktops Replication server Your Location: Add a second level of protection by replicating the local backup server to a remote StoreGrid Replication Server Laptops MS Exchange server MS SQL server Service Provider Option (b) (CLIENT mode) 2 1 Customer Location: Setup StoreGrid in server mode– as a local backup server. Backup server at customer site (SERVER mode)

11. Service Provider Once you sign up customers for your business, you would add them under ‘Customers’ in StoreGrid server. 1 Backup server Trial Customer ABC Enterprises John Hopkins Medical Center

12. Service Provider Once you sign up customers for your business, you would add them under ‘Customers’ in StoreGrid server. The clients installations would be listed as ‘clients’ under each customer. The ‘Trial Customer’ in StoreGrid allows unlimited number of client machines to back up. 1 2 Backup server Trial Customer ABC Enterprises John Hopkins Medical Center

13. Service Provider Once you sign up customers for your business, you would add them under ‘Customers’ in StoreGrid server. The clients installations would be listed as ‘clients’ under each customer. The ‘Trial Customer’ in StoreGrid allows unlimited number of client machines to back up. As your business grows, you can just keep adding more ‘Customers’ in your StoreGrid server console! 1 2 3 Backup server Trial Customer ABC Enterprises John Hopkins Medical Center

19. Is there any recommended hardware configuration for StoreGrid trial? StoreGrid’s minimum required hardware requirements are 64 MB RAM and at least 1 GB of free disk space. Please refer to our sizing guide at: http://www.storegrid.net/docs/storegrid/Storegrid-Sizing-Guide.pdf - This document discusses the scalability and recommended infrastructure for a StoreGrid server in terms of number of clients and bandwidth requirements. Q A

20. Can I re-brand StoreGrid with my Company and product logo? Yes, you can. We have three branding options – basic, advanced and white-labeling. You can customize the user interface with your company and product logos, configuration settings etc. and generate your own branded build using Build-O-Matic, our automatic build generator. You can view the complete set of customizable features for each of the branding options to get your branded builds. To receive access to this, if you haven’t already applied, please fill up our enquiry form here: http://www.vembu.com/storegrid/partner-form.php If you have, please explore the ‘Overview of branding options’ section. Q A

21. What Operating Systems are supported in Vembu StoreGrid SP Edition? Q A The following operating systems are supported in the latest version of StoreGrid SP Edition. Debian 3.0 and higher Ubuntu 5.10 and higher Gentoo 5.10 and higher SuSE Linux 9.0 and higher Macintosh (Client Only) Intel Mac - Mac OS X 10.4.5 & above, PowerPC Mac - Mac OS X 10.3.x & 10.4.x Unix OSes FreeBSD 5.4 and later Windows OSes Windows 2003/2000 Server Windows 2003 SBS Windows XP, Vista, 2000 and 2008 Linux OSes RedHat Enterprise, 8.0 and higher Fedore Core 3 and higher CentOS 4.2 and higher Mandrake Linux 10.0 and higher

22. What will happen if I purchase - should I re-install StoreGrid all over again? What will happen to the backups taken under trial licenses? Q A If you opt for 'no branding' or 'basic co-branding' then you can continue to use the trial installations in production once you buy the licenses. You could simply apply the new build over your existing one and everything will work as before.

23. I have not had a chance to test the software fully. How do I extend the trial? In case you require an extension of your trial licenses, drop us a mail at storegrid-partner@vembu.com and we will revert back to you at the earliest. Q A