ANALYTICS-BASED BACKUP SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING OPTIMUM BACKUP METHODS AND PREDICTING BACKUP WINDOWS

Embodiments are described for analytic backup of datasets in a client-server network. A system or processor-based operation derives historical data about backup operations performed in a client-server computer network system and analyzes a present backup operation to be performed for a client computer dataset with respect to a plurality of parameters comprising data type, backup level/data density, backup method, and target storage type. A report comparing one or more past backup operations from the historical data to the present backup operation is generated and transmitted to a user of the client to facilitate selection of an optimum backup method for the present backup operation with respect to minimized backup operation time.