RETURN ON INVESTMENT OF CENTRALIZING DATA MANAGEMENT
Thecombinationofbackup‐to‐disk,datadeduplicationandremotereplication
solvesthetypicalproblemsassociatedwithmanagingdataatremotesites.The
DellPowerVaultDL2000poweredbyCommvaultSimpanareplicationsoftware
offershighvaluebydramaticallyreducingbandwidthrequirementstomovedata
overtheWANfromremotesitestoa
centralizeddatacenter.Utilizing
deduplication,bandwidthcostsaresignificantlyreducedbecauselessdataissent
overtheWAN.Dataisprotectedmuchquickerthanifallofthebackupdatawas
tobesentovertheWAN(thiscouldtakeseveralhours,evenseveraldays).
BecausetheCommVaultSimpanaplatform
comesstandardwiththeDL2000,
combiningCommVaultSimpanareplicationwiththeDL2000isassimpleas
enablinganadd‐onmodule.Allreplicationfeaturesareadministeredthroughthe
samegraphicaluserinterface.Asaresult,backupdatacanbereducedinsizewith
deduplicationsothatnetwork‐basedreplicationcan
beusedasanalternativeto
tape‐basedoff‐sitearchival.
Unlikeotherdisk‐to‐diskappliancesthatrequiretheirownproprietarysolutionsat
thecentralizedlocation,CommVaultSimpanareplicationcanbeusedin
combinationwithanydiskhardware.DatastoredonaDL2000inaremoteoffice
canbe
replicatedbacktoanycentralizeddiskarray(forexample,anadditional
DL2000isnotrequiredatthecentralizedsite).Also,remoteofficeswith
alternativestoragecankeepthatstorageanduseCommVaultSimpanasoftware
agentstocentralizedataontotheDL2000.Inthisway,Delloffersasolutionwith
datamigration
capabilitiesformovingdataamongstoragedevicestomakeit
fasterandeasiertoadoptthereplicationstrategywithaslittleneedtochangethe
existingsystemsenvironmentasmaybedesired.
EliminatetheCostandBurdenofManagingDatainRemoteEnvironments
Eliminatingbackupinfrastructureandburdenfromremote
siteenvironments
immediatelylowerscosts.However,toachievethisrequirescomprehensive
managementcapabilitiesforoversight,reportingandrecoveryallfromacentral
location.CommVaultSimpanasoftwareincludescomprehensiveremote
managementcapabilitiesdesignedtosimplifythecentralizedmanagementof
remotesitedata.
Exampleofanincompletesolution:Deploymentofdatareplication
tocentralize
managementisnotasufficientreplacementforremotebackup.Knowledgeofthe
stateofthedataiscritical,sothatdataprotectediscoherentandusableattime
ofrecovery.Knowledgeoftheclientsystemstowhichdatabelongsiscritical,so
thatfilesandemailcanbe
foundandefficientlyreturnedtoremotesystems
withouthavingtorestorealldataforabranch–orforeverybranch.Reporting
systemsmustalsobecomprehensive,sothatifandwhenproblemsoccurin
backupthenadministratorswillhavesufficienttoolstoknowthatdataisatrisk
andprioritize
troubleshootingtofindandfixtheproblem.
BRANCH OFFICE CONSOLIDATION WITH THE POWERVAULT DL2000 –
POWERED BY COMMVAULT SIMPANA REPLICATION