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“Copy data management: These products can perform a host of functions, including backup, archiving, replication and creation of test data using a minimal number of copies.”
To go from good to great, storage administrators should evaluate these types of tools:
13 March 2013 ID:G00248888
…And a ‘Best Practice’
Dave RussellVP Distinguished Analyst
“The notion of copy data management — which reduces the proliferation of secondary copies of data for backup, disaster recovery, testing and reporting — is becoming increasingly important to contain costs and to improve infrastructure agility.” 15 August 2013 G00252768
Best Practices for Repairing the Broken State of Backup
Copy Data Growth DriversQ: What are the reasons for growth of secondary data copies?
Other
Lack of data copy management tools and/or practices
New/expanded use of business analytics
Regulatory requirements to store data for a specific period of time
Larger size of secondary copies to be created
More copies per application are created
Increased number of applications
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% of respondentsN=556
The Power of Copy Data Management
Tools Landscape
RecoverPointSRDF
MirrorView
DataDomainAvamar
AvamarNetworker
FAST
TimefinderRM
SnapView
Remote Copy
Continuous Access
DataProtector
AdaptiveOptimization
Virtual CopyEVA
Snapshot
SnapMirror
SyncSortCommVaultNetBackup
AST
InmageTrue Copy
CommVault
SmartTiers
Shadow ImageCoW
Snapshot
NetBackupBackupExec
VxFS DST
PureDiskStoreOnce
SnapShot
HDIM
VVR
RealTime
Tiering
Snapshot
Backup
Dedup
Replication
Context and Problem
• Situation- Resource & time intensive business processes require
immediate systems performance and limited downtime- 5 ESX Hosts, 50 servers, 16TB storage, Dual LTO4- 500k emails/mo (3,500/FTE); annual data growth 10%
• The Problem- Backup window entering business day- Business continuity technology didn’t protect all
systems & relied on tape* for server restoration- Level 1 RTOs range 5hrs (SQL) to 12hrs (email), 48hrs (file)
- Backup email service not acceptable for multi-hour use
* If tapes are corrupt, RPO grows to 7 days or longer.
Objectives
• Justification & Business Case- Fully protect all company systems
- Eliminate need for expensive Tier 1 storage
- Establish Co-Lo for systems and personnel
- Free-up expensive real estate (i.e., NY Server Room)
- Avoid growing IT staff
• Specific Goals & Timeline- 3 month project start-to-finish