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Advanstor TM

Advanstor TM. Business issues driving change in data protection. Data is growing at 100% per year Weekend backup windows are non-existent Remote office data is poorly protected Regulatory requirements driving systems that can guarantee years/decades of reliable data retention

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Advanstor TM

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  1. AdvanstorTM

  2. Business issues drivingchange in data protection • Data is growing at 100% per year • Weekend backup windows are non-existent • Remote office data is poorly protected • Regulatory requirements driving systems that can guarantee years/decadesof reliable data retention • Dozens ofisolated &independent storage, protection, and management tools – complexity leads to increased risk of data loss • Tape-based backup/restore & archiving systems are time consuming to manage, unreliable • Backup tapes are getting stolen, misplaced, and lost in shipment & offsite storage facilities – huge security hole • Site disaster recovery systems are unaffordable and complex to manage. Company Confidential

  3. The Evolution of Data Protection $ $ $ Dozens of Backup, Archive, HSM, Replication systems, Jukeboxes, Offsite Tape Storage, Snapshots, CDP, CAS, .. Cyclical trend - simple to complex to simple $ $ Hundreds of servers with tape drives and backup software $ $ $ $ $ $ Complex 2000’s 1980’s 1990’s Simple Jukebox Advanstor Centralized network-based backup 1 server with a tape drive & local backup software Backup Server Company Confidential

  4. AdvanstorA Data Protection “Grid” • Deployed across two sites • Appliance model (Advanstor software on standard servers) • Each site acts as a disaster recovery site for the other Company Confidential

  5. AdvanstorAn Innovative Architecture InfiniteFilers • High-performance primary NAS storage tier • Industry standard Microsoft WSS2003 Repositories • GRIDdisks - servers with SATA disk storage • Execute data management tasks in parallel • Simple to expand, shared pool, scalable architecture • Onsite/offsite disk-based backup • Lower-cost storage tier for inactive data Company Confidential

  6. A A A A A A A A Inactive Data Repository Repository InfiniteFiler InfiniteFiler AdvanstorIntegrated Data Management Intelligent Automated Backup • Continual, hourly to daily • Incremental only - no more weekend fulls • Delta versioning – saves space & bandwidth Fast, Ultra-reliable Restores • Seconds to restore, many backup replicas Automated Data Migration • InfiniteFiler filesystems don’t fill up • Inactive data kept in lower $ repositories • All files accessible to clients / apps Self-Healing • Each GRIDdisk continually checks and corrects all backup files Rapid Site Disaster Recovery • Minutes to migrate any/all shares • Global namespace w/Microsoft DFS NAS Clients NAS Applications X A A MAN/WAN Company Confidential

  7. Advanstor Fast, Reliable Disaster Recovery Tape-recovery Model • Prepare 2nd facility • Rebuild LAN • Rebuild Storage • Rebuild Servers • Rebuild Backup / Restore System • Initiate recovery from offsite tapes Advanstor • Prepare 2nd facility • Rebuild LAN • Rebuild Storage • Rebuild Servers • Rebuild Backup / Restore System • Initiate recovery from disk repository DONE Weeks of Downtime, Error Prone Process Minutes of Downtime, Ultra-reliable Process Company Confidential

  8. Centralized Backup of All Remote Offices WAFS Remote Offices WAN Replication Remote Offices 3rd Party Backup Database Server Email Server Email Server Email Archiving SAN Regulatory Compliance, Fast “Discovery” Access to All Data, Ultra-reliable Archive Disk-to-Disk Backup, >100GB/hr Offsite Backup Replication 1000:1 delta compression AdvanstorIt works with what you’ve got… Primary NAS Storage with Integrated Backup/DR/HSM ECM, CAD, SCM, … NAS Clients Advanstor Company Confidential

  9. AdvanstorSimplified Administration Global Reporting • SNMP and Email Notification • Assets, configuration, status • Capacity, chargeback Protection Policy • Per share • How often to backup (hourly…daily) • Retention/Purge management Point-and-Click Control • Restore • Any file version • A folder to an earlier point in time • Share Migration • After site disaster • To increase overall performance across multiple InfiniteFilers Company Confidential

  10. AdvanstorBusiness Impact • Cost-effective • Saves huge amounts of storage space and WAN bandwidth ($$$) • Inactive data on lower $ storage • Secure • No more lost/stolen tapes, trucks • No fines - successfully execute regulatory “discovery searches” • Reliable • No more failed restores from lost/unreadable tapes • Foolproof DR, minimal downtime • Increased End-user productivity • Transparent access to all data, all the time • Seconds to restore lost/deleted data • Minutes, not days, to recover from site disaster Company Confidential

  11. AdvanstorIT Operational Impact • No more weekend full tape backups • No moreslow, unreliable restores from backup/archive tapes • No more tapes to rotate onsite and offsite • No more “filesystem full” alerts at 2AM • No more guessing about which files to archive and when • No more complex procedures for managing a site disaster • No more tape drives or jukeboxes to purchase and repair • No more tapes to verify and refresh • No more complex procedures to manage dozens of independent storage, backup and archiving products Company Confidential

  12. Comparative Solutions Advanstor customers have reduced capital costs by 50% and operational costs by 80% Advanstor replaces … • Backup Server(s) • Backup Server & Client SW • Tape Jukebox(es) • Tape Drives • Tapes • Replication Software • NAS server(s) • HSM Software • Offsite tape storage service • 2nd Site with all of the above Capital Costs ($) Company Confidential

  13. Advanstor Summary Advanstor … • Decreasesthe cost, complexity & associated risk of storing, protecting, restoring, retaining and recovering your data • Increasesthe security, availability and access to all of your data Company Confidential

  14. Thank you! www.exagrid.com

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