CommVault Simpana SnapProtect technology for Dell Compellent storage Protect data, simplify management, and shorten backup windows with array-based snapshots As data volumes continue to grow rapidly, data protection and data management challenges will multiply. To protect data and sustain business continuity, you need ways to back up data frequently and transparently while helping to ensure rapid recovery. At the same time, you must select solutions that can help simplify data management and reduce operational costs. Key benefits • M eet stringent service-level agreements (SLAs) and recoverytime objectives (RTOs) by accelerating recovery-point creation and application recovery • S implify management and reduce operational costs by adopting a single, automated utility for managing snapshots, backup, and recovery of key application and VMware environments • S ustain high server performance by leveraging hardware-based snapshot operations without the need for scripts
Using CommVault® Simpana® 9 software with SnapProtect™ technology in conjunction with Dell™ Compellent™ storage can help you address those challenges by transforming the way your enterprise data is protected and managed. Simpana software offers a common platform with fully integrated modules for backup and recovery, archiving, replication, reporting, and search—all managed from a single user interface. SnapProtect technology, enabled easily from within the award-winning Simpana 9 software, enables you to control array-based snapshot capabilities from Dell Compellent storage to help protect the largest, most demanding virtual and physical server environments.
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Figure 1. CommVault Simpana 9 software with SnapProtect technology provides key data management functions from a common platform.
Capitalize on easy integration with Dell Compellent storage Enabling SnapProtect technology with Dell Compellent storage requires only a few clicks within the Simpana software interface. CommVault SnapProtect technology leverages the powerful Dell Compellent Data Instant Replay capability, which protects data while conserving storage capacity. Once a base snapshot of a volume is taken, Data Instant Replay captures only incremental changes with each new space-efficient snapshot. Administrators can roll back to any previous state quickly and easily with a point-and-click interface. CommVault SnapProtect 1
Applications supported by CommVault SnapProtect technology and Dell Compellent Microsoft • Exchange 2003 or higher • SQL Server 2003 or higher • SharePoint 2003 or higher • Microsoft File System 2003 or higher
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technology integrates natively with the host machine, system application, and Dell Compellent storage to blend the speed and efficiency of hardware snapshots with robust data access capabilities from Simpana.
Simplify management with a single platform CommVault SnapProtect technology helps eliminate the complexity of point solutions and the need for customization and scripting with a single platform that provides policy-based, application-consistent snapshot creation, control, and retention for files, databases, and VMware data stores. CommVault SnapProtect technology and Dell Compellent storage help you simplify management backup and archive operations with consolidated reporting, auditing, and security controls from a hardwarebased snapshot. Use the same, single solution for array-assisted recoveries, database- and volume-level restores, and granular object recovery from a snapshot operation. Implement a tiered storage strategy across multiple storage arrays seamlessly. CommVault SnapProtect technology also provides policy-based automation and control over creation, aging, and expiration of application-aware snapshots. Automated migration capabilities enable you to move snapshots among multiple tiers of storage to support your requirements for data retention and recovery. Automatic cataloging of snapshots provides point-in-time copies that are easily browsed, accessed, and restored.
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Figure 2. The integrated approach of CommVault SnapProtect technology enables you to manage array-based snapshots from a single, unified interface.
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Sustain server performance with off-host processing About Dell Compellent Part of the Fluid Data architecture, Dell Compellent provides storage solutions that optimize efficiency, agility and resiliency for enterprises and the cloud. With built-in intelligence and automation, Dell Compellent helps organizations cut overall storage costs, secure data against downtime and disaster, and scale on a single platform in line with business needs. For more information, visit www.compellent.com.
About CommVault Founded in 1996, CommVault delivers one-of-a-kind Simpana® software for complete data management solutions with high performance data protection, availability, and scalability. The CommVault Simpana software suite of products was designed to work together seamlessly from the ground up, sharing a single code and common function set, to deliver superlative Data Protection, Archive, Replication, Search, and Resource Management capabilities. CommVault has recently been positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant in Gartner’s 2011 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Disk-Based Backup/Recovery. Information about CommVault is available at www.commvault.com. CommVault’s corporate headquarters is located in Oceanport, New Jersey in the United States.
Off-host processing capabilities can help minimize the performance impact of backup and recovery functions on production systems. CommVault SnapProtect technology includes built-in proxy capabilities for indexing, generating content-aware backups, extracting granular objects, and recovering data so you can run those functions on proxy servers and achieve high-speed functionality without affecting production I/O. By automatically indexing, protecting, and tiering Dell Compellent storage file and application data without the need for any scripting, SnapProtect technology increases IT efficiency and frees IT staff for other high-value projects. Your data center can be more efficient and “hands off” by making repeated tasks (such as Data Instant Replay, snapshot indexing, and backing up to other storage with DR copies) seamless, automated, and policy-driven. Only CommVault Simpana software can give you this edge with award-winning modern data management command and control of your enterprise Dell Compellent storage area network (SAN). Further, CommVault Simpana software allows you to extend storage beyond the array with seamless movement to tape libraries or Dell Cloud.
Achieve granular data recovery With CommVault SnapProtect technology and Dell Compellent storage, you can conduct full application and virtual machine (VM) restores as well as granular folder- and object-level recovery. Administrators or users can browse, find, and restore the needed files without having to restore an entire VM. One snapshot enables file, database, mailbox, Microsoft® SharePoint® document, and Oracle table-level restores.
Improve disaster recovery readiness Execute snapshot and clone operations as frequently as required to meet increasingly stringent SLA requirements and ensure readiness for disaster recovery (DR). CommVault SnapProtect technology helps to ensure data integrity for snapshot data sets to validate DR copies are consistent and true. This snapshot integrity enables CommVault to help users meet recovery-time objectives (RTO) and recovery-point objectives (RPO) for critical applications such as Microsoft SQL Server® and Exchange, as well as for VMware virtual machines.
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