BRANCH OFFICE CONSOLIDATION WITH THE DELL POWERVAULT DL2100 –POWERED
BY COMMVAULT SIMPANA REPLICATION
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Theproliferationofremoteandbranchofficeenvironmentscontinuestoincrease
pressureonITinfrastructuresandteams.Nomatteryourorganization’ssize,you
likelyneedtoincluderemotesitemanagementaspartofyourplan:it’scommon
forlargeorganizationstohave100ormoreremotesites;mostmid‐sized
organizationshavesomewherebetween25and10
0
remotesites;evensmall
organizationssupportremotesystemsthatmaybeusedinstand‐alone,small
officeorhomeofficesettings.
Whileremotesitesproliferate,therequirementsforcapturing,protectingand
preservingremotedatahavealsoincreased.Datarecoveryisrequirednotonlyto
supportda
y‐to‐daybusiness
operations,butpreservationofremotesitedata
includingemailandend‐userfilesisalegalrequirementfororganizationslarge
andsmall.Butmanagingremotedataischallengingandexpensive,andplacesa
heavymanagementburdenonalreadyoverworkedITpersonnel.
Mostorganizationshavecontinuedtorel
yonantiqua
tedtape‐basedapproaches
toremotesitedatamanagement.Theseapproachesareslow,expensive,and
unreliable.Theyalsorequirelocalofficepersonneltoperformmanualtasks,such
asrotationoftapecartridgesanddatarecovery,forwhichthelocalpersonnel
typicallyarenotwelltrainedorwellsuited.Preservingda
t
afordisasterrecovery
fromthesesitesrequiresrotationoftapestooffsitestoragelocations,mostoften
byhigh‐costservicescompanieswhochargetosendtrucksfortapepickupfrom
everysite.Sometimestapesarerotatedoffsiteinthetrunksofemployees’cars.In
effect,remotedataisatriskan
dun
protectedinmostcaseswhilealsobeingacost
draintoshrinkingITbudgets.
Asolutionwhichhasbeenavailableforsometimebutnotoftendeployed,isto
centralizedataformanagementfromremoteofficesacrossWideAreaNetwork
(WAN)connections.Ratherthanattemptingtomanagedataatremotesites
wheredat
a
managementinfrastructureisinsufficient,centralizationbringsthat
datatodatacenterlocationswheretheinfrastructureisrobust.Thecostsavings
areenormous:retiringbackupequipmentandservicecontractsfromremotesites
isanimmediatebenefit,whileenablinglocalpersonneltostayfocusedontheir
workratherthanbei
n
gdistractedwithbackuptypicallyraisesproductivity.The
benefitstodatamanagementaresimilarlyprofound:datacenterlocationsmore
oftenstaycurrentwithmoderndatamanagementinfrastructureandcan,
therefore,morereliablyprotect,manageandpreservedataandusuallycanalso
restoreitfasterevenoverremotenetworkconnectionsbacktoremotesitesand
systems.
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