1. ExaGrid Stress-free backup storage

2. About ExaGrid Established in 2002 100% focused on disk-based backup
Largest independent vendor in the space
100% focused on disk-based backup
Highly differentiated architecture
Winner of the most industry awards
Large customer base
Over 10,000 systems installed — worldwide
Over 350 published customer success stories
More than all other vendors combined
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3. Backup Requirements Support for leading backup apps, dumps & utilities
Easy to use and manage
Fastest backups for the shortest backup window
Fastest local restores
Instant recoveries – just boot a VM
Fastest offsite tape copies
Fixed length backup window as data grows
Best RPO and RTO from a site disaster
Lowest cost up front and over time

4. Why Disk and Why Deduplication?
Faster backups and restores
More reliable backups and restores
Improved security
Less management time
Why Deduplication?
Disk becomes expensive due to history/retention
Backup can retain 10 to 100 times the primary storage
The amount of disk required needs to be reduced
Deduplication reduces the amount of disk by storing only unique bytes or blocks

5. With Deduplication, Implementation Matters
Is a required feature that reduces the amount of disk
Depending on implementation, deduplication can break backup
If deduplication is not implemented correctly, then
Backups will be slower
Restores will be slower
Instant VM recoveries will take hours
Offsite tape copies could take days
The backup window will grow in length as data grows
Disk usage can grow faster for some more than others
The bandwidth to replicate offsite could be greater
There will be expensive future forklift upgrades

6. Deduplication Deployment Scenarios
Client-side Dedupe
Small remote offices
WAN-efficient transfer of data to the corporate data center
Media Server Dedupe
Average 7:1 dedupe ratio
Use more disk with longer retention
Use more WAN bandwidth
Inline
Slower backups
Slow restores (rehydration)
Dedicated Dedupe Appliance
Average 20:1 dedupe ratio
Uses less disk with longer retention
Uses less WAN bandwidth
Faster backups – dedicated appliance
Faster restores – dedicated appliance
Offload the media server
Heterogeneous environments

7. Disk Backup with Deduplication
Architectural Approaches
Inline deduplication with scale-up
Target-side appliances
Deduplication in the backup software to straight disk
Landing zone with scale-out

8. Backup Software Server-based Deduplication
Compute-intensive inline process in an already taxed media server slows backups down
Data is 100% deduplicated on disk which slows down restores, recoveries, and tape copies due to a lengthy rehydration process for every request
Average deduplication ratio for software is 7:1 versus 20:1 in a dedicated appliance requiring far more disk and WAN bandwidth

9. Challenges of Traditional Inline Deduplication
Slows backup down due to compute-intensive inline process
Data is 100% deduplicated on disk which slows down all requests due to data rehydration time
Backup window grows as data grows since only disk capacity is added Backup software has a lower deduplication rate, resulting in:
More storage
More bandwidth

10. Inline with Scale-up Challenges
Slows backup down due to compute-intensive inline process
Data is 100% deduplicated on disk which slows down restores, recoveries, and tape copies due to a lengthy rehydration process for every request
Backup window grows as data grows since only disk capacity is added, ultimately forcing a forklift upgrade
Need to determine up front what you require – guess at what is needed
Controllers are obsolete each time a new chip becomes available

11. ExaGrid – A Better Way! Unique Architecture
Front-end landing zone
Most recent backups in full form ready to restore
Adaptive deduplication
Occurs in parallel
Global deduplication
Deduplicates across all NAS shares and all appliances in a GRID
Scale-out
Full appliances in a GRID
ExaGrid Solves the Problems
Fastest backups
Fastest: restores, instant recoveries & tape copies
Fixed length backup window as data grows
Eliminates obsolescence and forklift upgrades

12. Works with Leading Backup Apps and Utilities
Oracle Dump
RMAN Dump

13. ExaGrid – Ecosystem Partners

14. ExaGrid – Simple and Flexible

15. Fastest Backups and Shortest Backup Window
Unique landing zone architecture
Back up directly to disk
No inline processes to slow backups
Shortest possible backup window
Deduplicate & replicate in parallel for an up-to-date disaster recovery point
Most recent copy is undeduplicated for fast restores and recoveries

16. Fastest Restores and Recoveries

17. Advanced Architecture for Instant Recovery
Instant Restore
Fast Restore
Fast Backup
Backup 1
Landing Zone
Backup 2
High speed landing zone.
Most recent backup in complete form for Instant VM Recovery
10TB
10TB
10TB
Intact VMs for InstantRestoreTM
10TB
10TB
10TB
Backup 3
Backup 4
Backup 5
Backup 6
Backup 7
Backup 8
Backup 9
(click 1) Give an overview of the ExaGrid architecture (landing zone/repository), then
(click 2) Backup 1: Fast backup with full copy landed in the cache, available for fast restore (wait for all steps to build)
(click 3) Backup 1: Most recent copy compressed 2:1
(click 4) Backup 2: Fast backup with full copy landed in the cache, available for fast restore
(click 5) Backup 2: Most recent copy compressed 2:1
(click 6) Backup 2: The 2% of the data that changed from Backup 1 to Backup 2 is written as tiny byte-level deltas for history
(click 7) Backup 3: Fast backup with full copy landed in the cache, available for fast restore
(click 8) Backup 3: Most recent copy compressed 2:1
(click 9) Backup 3: The 2% of the data that changed is written as tiny byte-level deltas
(click 10) Backup 4: Fast backup with full copy landed in the cache, available for fast restore, most recent copy compressed 2:1, data that changed is written as tiny byte-level deltas
(click 11) Backup 5: Fast backup with full copy landed in the cache, available for fast restore, most recent copy compressed 2:1, data that changed is written as tiny byte-level deltas
(click 12) Summary: 5 Days worth of data (originally 5TB) occupies 580GB of repository space
Repository
5TB
5TB
5TB
5TB
5TB
2:1 Compression
Byte-level deltas of compressed zones
90TB backed up to 6.6TB repository space
200GB
200GB
200GB
200GB
200GB
6.6TB
Backup 4
Backup 1
Backup 2
Backup 3
Backup 5
Backup 9

18. ExaGrid-Veeam Accelerated Data Mover
Veeam-to-Veeam Communications – Faster Than CIFS
With the Landing Zone Further Improves Performance for:
Restores
Instant VM recoveries – boot a VM in seconds to minutes
Tape copy
Sure Backup integrity check
Virtual Lab
Veeam backup copy and replication
Synthetic Full Backups on the ExaGrid
Eliminates Veeam backup server overhead and network traffic
Improved Copy and Replication Updates Veeam with Offsite Data
ExaGrid Repository
ExaGrid deduplication is in addition to Veeam deduplication
Allows for longer-term retention

19. Support of Oracle RMAN Channels
Multi-hundred terabyte database backup to a single ExaGrid scale-out GRID
Parallel RMAN channels for the fastest backups
RMAN performance-directed sections for maximum performance
RMAN failover if any appliance the GRID fails
Most recent database in an undeduplicated form for the fastest restores
Fixed length backup window with a scale-out storage architecture

20. ExaGrid Integration with Symantec OST20

21. ExaGrid Support for Symantec OST
Unified control and access of local and remote backup data
Support for unbalanced retention
ExaGrid integration with backup policies
Monitor replicated backup status from within the backup application
Simplified disaster recovery
Shorter backup windows
OpenStorage data transfer optimization
ExaGrid link balancing
Direct backups from Windows servers to an ExaGrid system

22. ExaGrid Database Support
Fast, simple database backups
Direct application support from leading utilities: RMAN, SQL Dump, Dell LightSpeed, Red Gate SQL Backup Pro, Idera SQL Safe
Fastest restores
Dramatic cost savings of 50% to 90%
Free up expensive primary storage and leverage deduplication
Reduces backup application licenses for DB agent
WAN-efficient replication of database backups
Cost effectively scale as your databases grow with ExaGrid’s scale-out architecture

23. Fixed Length Backup Window

24. Scale-Out versus Scale-Up Backup Storage
ExaGrid EX32000E – up to 25 Appliances in a Scale-Out GRID
TB/hr. Ingest Rate
DD4200/4500
DD7200
DD9500
DD2500
Full Backup TBs

25. ExaGrid Appliances 25 Appliances to a Scale-Out GRID (800TB Full Backup)
ExaGrid Model
Raw Capacity (TB)
Usable Capacity
(TB)
Capacity for Weekly Fulls (TB)
Capacity for 16 Weekly Fulls (TB)
Max Backup Throughput (TB/hr)
ExaGrid Appliance Nodes
EX1000 5 2 1 16
0.36
EX2000 7 4 32
EX3000 9 6 3 48
0.72
EX4000 11 8 64
1.08
EX5000 10 80
EX7000 20 14
112
2.40
EX10000E 26
160
EX13000E 13
208
EX21000E 42 21
336
4.32
EX32000E 72 63
512
7.56
ExaGrid Appliance Nodes with Encryption
EX7000-SEC
EX10000E-SEC
EX13000E-SEC
EX21000E-SEC
EX32000E-SEC

26. Max Backup Throughput (TB/hr)
ExaGrid Appliances 25 Appliances to a Scale-Out GRID (800TB Full Backup)
EX32000E
14 in a GRID
Full Backup
(TB)
Usable Capacity
Max Backup Throughput (TB/hr) 1 32 63
7.5 2 64
126 15 3 96
189
22.5 4
128
252 30 5
160
315
37.5 6
192
378 45 7
224
441
52.5 8
256
504 60 9
288
567
67.5 10
320
630 75 11
352
693
82.5 12
384
756 90 13
416
819
97.5 14
448
882
105
Scales to 25 appliances in a scale-out GRID (800TB Full Backup / 187.5TB/hr.)

27. Technical Specifications
ExaGrid Model
EX1000
EX2000
EX3000
EX4000
EX5000
EX7000/ -SEC
EX10000E/ -SEC
EX13000E/ -SEC
EX21000E/ -SEC
EX32000E
-SEC
Chassis 2U 3U 4U
Max Single Backup
1TB
2TB
3TB
4TB
5TB
7TB
10TB
13TB
21TB
32TB
Disks 5 7 9 11 8 10 13 16 24
Disk Size
Memory
4GiB
8GiB
16GiB
32GiB
CPUs/Cores
1 CPU
4 Cores
4 Hyperthreaded
Cores
NICs
Two 1GbE
Four 1GbE
and Two
Optional
10GbE
Six 1GbE
and optionally
replace two
1GbE with two
All Servers
Intel processors / Enterprise SATA drives (SAS drives for EX21000E and EX32000E; FIPS-2 compliant SAS drives for all -SEC systems) / RAID6 with hot spare / Redundant fans / Redundant power supplies / ExaGrid software / 19-inch rack-mount chassis

28. Onsite and Offsite Tape Replacement
Adaptive deduplication deduplicates and replicates in parallel with backups for an up-to-date recovery point
WAN efficiency of 50:1 (2% data change rate)
Configure the disaster recovery site to all repository to save cost
Bandwidth throttle – set times of day and Mbps limit
WAN encryption for data replication

29. Multi-site Data Center Disk Backup Topology
Multi-site Architecture
50:1 WAN efficiency across all sites
Management from single UI
Cross-site protection between sites
Consolidated DR copies of backup reduces costs

30. Unified Management Console: ExaGrid UI
Single interface across all systems
Simple dashboard gives quick view

31. Daily Report
System Status
Landing Zone
Repository

32. Redundancy and Security
Redundant Hardware
RAID6 guards against simultaneous disk drive failures
Includes spare drive in every system
Failed drives rebuilt automatically
Redundant power supplies
NIC teaming
Security
Optional FIPS compliant data encryption
Ensures data at rest is encrypted with 256-bit AES
Occurs at the drive level in nanoseconds
Does not impact backup performance

33. World-class Maintenance and Support
Phone and Support
Maximum one-hour response during business hours
Assigned US-based support engineer
Support staff are subject matter experts in backup applications
Customer Installable
Customer self-installable with phone support
All Releases Provided
Point and full releases – includes all new features
No license fees to track or renew
Health Status Monitoring
ExaGrid Support can monitor status
ExaGrid Support can notify of any unresolved issues
Next Business Day Replacement of All Hardware
Customer installable
No additional charge – All included in support program
World-class Customer Ratings
ExaGrid received world-class Net PromoterTM Scores (NPS)
from the Net Promoter survey
for our product and customer support — comparable to Apple in consumer Net Promoter benchmarks.

34. Selected ExaGrid Global Customers
Business Services
Manufacturing Transportation / Retail
Healthcare
Banking Insurance / Law
Business Services
Government

35. Industry Recognition 2014 - 2015 2011 - 2013
ExaGrid Named” Visionary” in the Magic Quadrant for Disk Backup with Deduplication
“Top Emerging Vendor”
Cool Vendor in Data Protection
“Best Value for Money”
“One to Watch”
ExaGrid Named 2013 “Disk Backup Champion"

36. Gartner Magic Quadrant

37. Info-Tech Disk Backup Vendor Landscape

38. DCIG 2014 Buyer’s Guide: Rankings Under $100K

39. ExaGrid / Stress-free Backup Storage
Shortest Backup Window
Back up straight to a landing zone
Perform Adaptive Deduplication in parallel
Bring landing zone and bandwidth with every appliance
Fixed Length Backup Window as Data Grows
Full appliances in a GRID – scale-out architecture
Fastest Restores, Recoveries and Tape Copies
Most recent backups in full undeduplicated form
Lowest Cost for Backup Storage
No product obsolescence
Mix and match any size or age appliance in the GRID
No forklift upgrades as the backup window is fixed length
Maintenance & Support includes all options – no hidden costs

40. From Customers who Chose ExaGrid over DD
Cross Country Homes
ExaGrid and market leader Data Domain both dedupe at the target but Data Domain does inline deduplication, and Matulik decided a post-process data deduplication appliance was better for his needs. “Our backup windows had to be much smaller. We looked at the best method of doing backup in a smaller window.”
Vermont Electric Power
“We compared both systems and chose the ExaGrid based on its price/performance and scalability. Also, ExaGrid’s post-process data deduplication technology seemed like a good fit for us and we liked the fact that we could retain our investment in Backup Exec.”
Ascend One (former customer of DD)
“From the beginning the system wasn’t properly sized, so we couldn’t back up as much data as we would have liked and performance was poor. We chose the ExaGrid over other solutions for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is the uncomplicated scalability as well as the ability to do replication.”
Grow Financial (former customer of DD)
“In our business, time is money, and downtime can be calculated in losses of thousands of dollars an hour. Ninety-nine percent of the time, we need to restore data from the most recent backup, but with the Data Domain unit, stored data had to be reconstituted, and the recovery process was long and complicated.”
Volkswagon Credit
“We tested solutions from both ExaGrid vs. Data Domain side by side and chose the ExaGrid based on its approach to data deduplication and its overall simplicity. The ExaGrid also had the best price/ performance.”
Cross Country Homes
ExaGrid and market leader Data Domain both dedupe at the target but Data Domain does inline deduplication, and Matulik decided that ExaGrid’s data deduplication appliance was better for his needs. “Our backup windows had to be much smaller. We looked at the best method of doing backup in a smaller window.”
Vermont Electric Power
“We compared both systems and chose the ExaGrid based on its price/performance and scalability. Also, ExaGrid’s data deduplication technology seemed like a good fit for us and we liked the fact that we could retain our investment in Backup Exec.”
Ascend One (former customer of DD)
“From the beginning, the [Data Domain] system wasn’t properly sized, so we couldn’t back up as much data as we would have liked and performance was poor. We chose the ExaGrid over other solutions for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is the uncomplicated scalability as well as the ability to do replication.”

41. CASE STUDY: First National Bank of Hutchinson
Before ExaGrid
Before ExaGrid
After ExaGrid
Environment
Backup Media: Disk & Tape
Software: Backup Exec with software deduplication
Challenges
Backups ran 20 hours
Desired backup window 12 hours
Unable to run full backups within window
5:1 deduplication ratio which consumed too much disk
Environment
Backup Media: Disk & Tape
Software: Backup Exec with software deduplication
Challenges
Backups ran 20 hours
Desired backup window 12 hours
Unable to run full backups within window
5:1 deduplication ratio which consumed too much disk
Environment
Two-site ExaGrid system
Symantec Backup Exec
Advantages
Backup window reduced to 11 hours for increased data
Better deduplication resulting in more retention
“You never know what your data is going to look like in a few years, and I wanted a product that would allow me to easily scale; the ExaGrid provides that. It seems that ExaGrid is really on top of new technology, and the system is a very good fit for our environment.” — Tim Miller Senior VP and Manager, IT FNBH

42. CASE STUDY: Strategic Hotels and Resorts
Before ExaGrid
Before ExaGrid
After ExaGrid
Environment
Backing up to cloud solution
Challenges
Cloud’s unfriendly interface very cumbersome and time consuming
Required granular detail to locate and restore data
Cloud costs $12K-$14K/month and escalating
Environment
Backing up to cloud solution
Challenges
Cloud’s unfriendly interface very cumbersome and time consuming
Required granular detail to locate and restore data
Cloud costs $12K-$14K/month and escalating
Environment
Single-site ExaGrid with Symantec Backup Exec
Retention period met with 70% of the system still available
Advantages
Instant restores with “flawless, very fast” performance
Savings of $150,000 per year; three-month ROI
“Our IT department runs lean, as do so many others these days. Given that, ExaGrid taking care of the system for us is a godsend. You just don’t find that with other vendors without a huge price tag! ExaGrid’s support is, in my opinion, the best in the business!” — Bryce White, Director of IS, Strategic Hotels & Resorts

43. CASE STUDY: St. John’s Riverside Hospital
Before ExaGrid
Before ExaGrid
After ExaGrid
Environment
D2D2T solution using Symantec NetBackup
Challenges
Nightly backups ran 12 hours
Needed to be shorter to avoid impact to users
Out of capacity on disk and tape
Not all data backed up
Solution would only allow one week retention
Environment
D2D2T solution using Symantec NetBackup
Challenges
Nightly backups ran 12 hours
Needed to be shorter to avoid impact to users
Out of capacity on disk and tape
Not all data backed up
Solution would only allow one week retention
Environment
Two-site ExaGrid system with NetBackup
Advantages
Backup times reduced 50%, to less than 6 hours
Vast improvement in restore times
All data backed up regularly
Three months retention

44. CASE STUDY: Prudential Douglas Elliman
Before ExaGrid
Before ExaGrid
After ExaGrid
Environment
Symantec Backup Exec to tape
Challenges
Backup window exceeded 24 hours
Backings required up to 15 tapes for daily backups and up to 40 for full backups
Restores took one to five days
Environment
Symantec Backup Exec to tape
Challenges
Backup window exceeded 24 hours
Backings required up to 15 tapes for daily backups and up to 40 for full backups
Restores took one to five days
Environment
Single-site ExaGrid with Symantec Backup Exec
Advantages
Backup window reduced
Reliable backups and restores
Backups are now self-running
Restores complete in a few hours
“I have peace of mind that I didn’t have before. Because our tape process was so complicated and manual, I was the only one who could manage the backups before. Now with the ExaGrid, the backups just run, even if I’m not in the office.”
— Tony Pahuja, Network Manager, Prudential Douglas Elliman

45. CASE STUDY: Lawndale Christian Health Center
Before ExaGrid
Before ExaGrid
After ExaGrid
Environment
Symantec Backup Exec to tape
Challenges
Unable to complete full backups within backup window
File server alone took 12+ hours to back up
Tape-based DR strategy gave cause for concern
Environment
Symantec Backup Exec to tape
Challenges
Unable to complete full backups within backup window
File server alone took 12+ hours to back up
Tape-based DR strategy gave cause for concern
Environment
Dual-site ExaGrid with Symantec Backup Exec
Advantages
Reliable backups as well as restores
All backups completed in less than 8 hours
Restores fast and painless compared to tape
“The ExaGrid is a terrific product. We were in a terrible spot with our backup times and disaster recovery situation, but installing the ExaGrid system has solved both problems. We no longer have issues meeting our backup window, and we’re able to get complete backups every time. ExaGrid has done everything we wanted and more.”
— Michael Strong, Systems Administrator, Boston Private Bank & Trust

46. CASE STUDY: Hitachi Consulting
Before ExaGrid
Before ExaGrid
After ExaGrid
Environment
Symantec NetBackup to tape
Challenges
Tape library problems required daily management
Restores required recalling tapes from offsite storage
Differential backups ran for over 12 hours
Full backups took more than 48 hours
Only able to back up 7TB of 12TB nightly
Environment
Symantec NetBackup to tape
Challenges
Tape library problems required daily management
Restores required recalling tapes from offsite storage
Differential backups ran for over 12 hours
Full backups took more than 48 hours
Only able to back up 7TB of 12TB nightly
Environment
Symantec NetBackup with three ExaGrid 2-site systems including off-site
Advantages
Able to protect all data
Nightly backup time reduced 75% to 3 hours
Saved thousands of dollars in license/maintenance fees vs. tape
“The ExaGrid system was much more cost-effective than the other solutions…ExaGrid’s customer support has been stellar. In fact, it’s been among the best support I’ve had from any vendor I’ve worked with and I would put them up against any other support organization in the industry.” — Brad Leonard, Network Engineer, Hitachi Consulting

47. CASE STUDY: NPS Pharmaceuticals
Before ExaGrid
Before ExaGrid
After ExaGrid
Environment
ARCserve Backup to tape
Challenges
Weekly full backup taking 38 hours
Meeting SOX requirements costly and time consuming
Tape media, transportation and storage costs excessive
No DR plan
Environment
ARCserve Backup to tape
Challenges
Weekly full backup taking 38 hours
Meeting SOX requirements costly and time consuming
Tape media, transportation and storage costs excessive
No DR plan
Environment
2-site ExaGrid system with ARCserve
Advantages
Achieved goal of 24-hour recovery from disaster
Retention increased to 3 months
Weekly backup reduced 60% (to 12 hours)
Nightly backup reduced 50%
Saved $1,500/month in tape costs and storage fees
“The return on investment for the ExaGrid system is tremendous. It’s easy to justify the cost with hard numbers like tape, storage and transportation costs, but it makes even more sense when you figure in time we spend managing and troubleshooting backups and restores and the cost of downtime for the user waiting for a file.” — Jason Ostrowski, Manager of I.T., NPS Pharmaceuticals

48. CASE STUDY: Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service
Before ExaGrid
Before ExaGrid
After ExaGrid
Environment
D2D2T with Backup Exec
Challenges
Tape was proving costly and time consuming to manage
Policies dictated three-year retention
The cost of tape and offsite storage was a budget-buster
Environment
D2D2T with Backup Exec
Challenges
Tape was proving costly and time consuming to manage
Policies dictated three-year retention
The cost of tape and offsite storage was a budget-buster
Environment
2-site (5TB) ExaGrid system with Symantec Backup Exec
Advantages
Reduced backup windows by 30%
Reduced long-term tape archiving by 30%
Saved $1,240/month in tape costs and transporation fees
“The system was more cost-effective than other solutions…We were able to set the system up ourselves and it’s easy to manage and administer. When we factored all that in with the reduced tape and transportation costs, it was an easy choice.”
— Dana McCutcheon, IT Specialist, FMCS

49. Before ExaGrid Before ExaGrid After ExaGrid Environment Challenges
CASE STUDY: MOTO (UK)
Before ExaGrid
Before ExaGrid
After ExaGrid
Environment
44 locations operating 24/7 using ARCserve
Challenges
Full backups nightly to tape backup exceeding 12 hours
Reliability of tape backup and restores
Growing database volumes from new ERP system
Too risky to perform incremental backups during the week using tape
Environment
44 locations operating 24/7 using ARCserve
Challenges
Full backups nightly to tape backup exceeding 12 hours
Reliability of tape backup and restores
Growing database volumes from new ERP system
Too risky to perform incremental backups during the week using tape
Environment
2-site ExaGrid system with ARCserve
Citrix software at each of 43 locations, with central backups at datacenter; second site for disaster recovery
Advantages
Deduplication ratios of up to 34:1
Incrementals nightly and full backups each weekend
One year of retention on ExaGrid system
“…with ExaGrid, we no longer have to worry about our backups. We have a high degree of confidence in the system and we know that our backups are completed each and every night. The ExaGrid system has been extremely cost-effective and has enabled us to streamline our operations.” — Simon Austin Systems Architect Moto

50. Before ExaGrid Before ExaGrid After ExaGrid Environment Challenges
CASE STUDY: Concur
Before ExaGrid
Before ExaGrid
After ExaGrid
Environment
Disk-to-disk backup with inline deduplication, backing up over 10,000 databases daily
Challenges
Maxed out number of disk trays; single controller
Couldn’t scale: 2-1/2 days with D2D system to deduplicate one day’s worth of data
IT reverted back to tape backups
Restores slow, difficult and expensive
Environment
Disk-to-disk backup with inline deduplication, backing up over 10,000 databases daily
Challenges
Maxed out number of disk trays; single controller
Couldn’t scale: 2-1/2 days with D2D system to deduplicate one day’s worth of data
IT reverted back to tape backups
Restores slow, difficult and expensive
Environment
ExaGrid 80TB system backing up 1PB of data
Advantages
Deduplication ratios average 27:1
Backups meet goals, scale using GRID
Restore speeds: quick with full copy of most recent backup in high-speed landing zone
Able to add capacity in modular increments to pay as they grow
“We’ve worked closely with ExaGrid on our backup infrastructure and have been extremely pleased with the product, customer support, and the company as a whole. The folks at ExaGrid go the extra mile, and we consider them to be a trusted partner.”
— Sean Graver, Storage Architect, Concur

51. Before ExaGrid Before ExaGrid After ExaGrid Environment Environment
CASE STUDY: Dot Foods
Before ExaGrid
Before ExaGrid
After ExaGrid
Environment
CommVault Simpana to tape
Challenges
Backup window continued to grow to unacceptable proportions
Limited by number of tape drives, which didn’t provide sufficient throughput and volume
Amount of tapes required and related physical storage were problematic
Environment
ExaGrid two-site cross-replicating system
Advantages
Approach to deduplication optimizes disk space
Seamless integration with CommVault
Two-site system provides disaster recovery protection
Much less time spent managing backups
“The time that we spend managing our backups has been cut considerably using the ExaGrid. Our tape library was cantankerous and didn’t want to work half the time. When you only have a few tape drives and just one of them goes down, it really puts a crimp in things whereas backing up to disk, you can write hundreds of streams simultaneously.”
— Les Hultquist, UNIX Administrator, Dot Foods

52. ExaGrid / Stress-free backup storage
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