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EMC Avamar

EMC Avamar. Never back up the same data twice. Agenda. Today’s data protection reality The usual answers Avamar overview How it works Flexible deployment Avamar solves customer challenges Summary. Today’s Data Protection Reality. Data growth is immense

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EMC Avamar

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  1. EMC Avamar Never back up the same data twice

  2. Agenda Today’s data protection reality The usual answers Avamar overview How it works Flexible deployment Avamar solves customer challenges Summary

  3. Today’s Data Protection Reality Data growth is immense Companies want more data protected Time required for backup is expanding Backup hampered by tape’s unreliability and poor performance Virtual machines pose unique backup challenges Increasing volume of data at remote offices More data stored locally on desktops and laptops Pressure to meet the changing needs of the business

  4. The Usual Answers Backup to tape, or stage to disk, and then archive to tape Manually move tapes offsite for disaster recovery Traditional backup and recovery Inefficient and slow, ~200% of primary data moved across the network weekly Tedious, multi-step recovery process Risks the loss or theft of unencrypted tapes in transit Data is difficult to recover and leverage

  5. Avamar Overview Avamar Software Agent-only or deployed on qualified, industry- standard servers Avamar Data Store Fully integrated software/hardware offering Avamar Virtual Edition for VMware Avamar server deployed as a virtual appliance Backup and recovery software with integrated global, source data deduplication • Reduces the size of backup data at the source—before it is transferred across the network • Delivers fast, daily full backups using existing infrastructure • Reduces network bandwidth for backup by up to 500 times • Deduplicates across sites and servers, reducing total backup disk storage by up to 50 times • Cost-effectively stores daily full backups on disk—reducing or eliminating the need for tape • Ideal for protecting VMware environments, remote offices, LAN/NAS servers, and desktop/laptop systems

  6. Avamar: How it WorksGlobal, sub-file data deduplication H O O O H H H H H H O • Break data into atom (sub-file, variable-length segments of data) • Send and store each atom only once • Avamar backup repository O H H O H H At the source—Deduplication before data is transported across the network At the target—Assures coordinated deduplication across sites, servers, and over time Granular—Small, variable-length sub-file segments guarantee most effective deduplication

  7. E D D C C B B A A Avamar: How it WorksSimple example of global, sub-file deduplication Remote Site 2 Data Center • Duplicate Instance • Modified Instance Data already backed up, so only unique IDs stored (20 byte pointers) Deduplication server (stored backup data) Remote Site 1 E • First Instance Only unique data segments are backed up New data segment identified and backed up

  8. Avamar: Real-World ResultsAvamar daily full backups versus traditional daily full backups Source: EMC While results will vary by data type and mix, Avamar can dramatically improve backup performance and efficiency

  9. Avamar’s Innovative Architecture Redundant Array of Independent Nodes (RAIN) architecture Each server node includes CPU, memory, and internal disk storage Provides high availability and fault tolerance across nodes Grid architecture for online scalability and performance Daily Avamar server integrity checks Data recoverability verified daily RAID protection from disk failures Available for Avamar software and Avamar Data Store U.S. Patent No. 6,826,711 Avamar Server • Verified checkpoint Parity across storage nodes Utility and spare node

  10. Avamar’s Centralized Management Centralized management of multiple Avamar systems Intuitive, web-based interface At-a-glance dashboards Capacity reporting and alerting Facilitates “set and forget” deployment in smaller enterprises Improves efficiencies and streamlines management in remote/branch offices Specialized management interface for desktop/laptop clients Policy-based, multi-site management over existing network bandwidth

  11. Avamar Server Deployment Options Avamar VM Avamar VM Avamar VM Resource Pool VMware Virtualization Layer x86 Architecture Avamar Software Avamar Data Store Avamar Virtual Edition for VMware Software for industry-standard servers Fully integrated hardware/software solution with single point of support Single-node Avamar server running as a virtual machine (virtual appliance)

  12. Avamar’s Flexible Deployment

  13. Avamar Data Store Complete EMC backup, recovery, and disaster recovery offering Avamar backup and recovery software with integrated source/global data deduplication EMC-certified hardware built to order—fully configured and delivered Built-in high availability Avamar RAIN technology Spare node, RAID Redundant power distribution Redundant switches, NICs for automatic failover on user’s network Simplifies Purchase (single vendor, certified hardware) Deployment (minimizes onsite setup) Service (single vendor support) Fully integrated software/hardware solution

  14. Avamar Data Store Avamar Data Store Scalable with up to 52.8 TB of deduplicated disk capacity Equivalent of up to several petabytes of cumulative traditional disk or tape backup storage Reduces required backup disk storage by up to 50 times High availability and reliability with RAIN architecture, RAID, daily integrity checks, and redundant power, switches, and NICs Avamar Data Store single node Supports 1 TB, 2 TB, and 3.3 TB licensable deduplicated storage capacity configurations Equivalent of up to 114 TB of cumulative traditional disk or tape backup storage Designed for easy deployment at remote offices Offers fast, local recovery without dependence on a WAN Flexible deployment options

  15. Avamar Virtual Edition for VMware Industry’s first deduplication virtual appliance for backup, recovery, and disaster recovery Leverages existing ESX servers and storage Can use existing iSCSI, SAN, or DAS disk storage Replication (of applications and storage) eliminates shipping tapes Replicate between virtual Avamar servers and physical Avamar servers Facilitates rapid, cost-effective deployment and return on investment Supports VMotion for deployment flexibility Up to two Avamar Virtual Edition for VMware virtual appliances per VMware ESX server for scalability Avamar VM Avamar VM Avamar VM Resource Pool VMware Virtualization Layer x86 Architecture Avamar server deployed as a virtual appliance

  16. Avamar Data Transport Policy-driven process exports and restores Avamar deduplicated data to and from tape Searchable file-level catalog eases and speeds restoration Leverages existing backup software (e.g., EMC NetWorker) Avamar grid ESX server Existing backup server NetWorker/ NetBackup server/storage node Transport Node Transport Node SAN/LAN Tape vault Avamar backs up clients to Avamar server Replicates selected Avamar server data to data transport node residing on ESX servers Avamar coordinates export of data transport replica through tape backup system Resource Pool VMware Virtualization Layer x86 Architecture Export deduplicated data to tape for long-term storage Fewer tapes for lower costs—up to 50 times reduction in long-term storage costs

  17. Avamar Supported Operating Systems and Applications Client operating systems supported • Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 • Microsoft Windows Vista and XP • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.4 on zLinux • Red Hat Linux 7.2, 7.3, 9.0 • Solaris 8, 9, 10, 10 x86 • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 8, 9, 10, 11 • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10SP3 on zLinux • Apple Macintosh OS X 10.4.x, 10.5.x, 10.6.x • CentOS 4.x, 5.x • Debian 4, 5 • Free BSD 6.2 • HP-UX 11.0, 11iV1, 11iV2, 11iV3 • IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 • NetWare 6.5 • Novell Open Enterprise Server OES SP2 • Oracle Enterprise Linux R5 • SCO OpenServer 5.0.5, 5.0.6, 5.0.7 • SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 Application modules • IBM DB2 9.1, 9.5, 9.7 • IBM Lotus Domino 6, 7, 8 • Microsoft Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010 • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 • Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, 2000, 2005, 2008 • NDMP (EMC Celerra with DART 5.5, 5.6) • NDMP (NetApp Data ONTAP 6.5, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.1x. 7.2, 7.3.x) • Oracle 9i, 9.2, 10, 10g, 10gR2, 11g, 11gR2 VMware infrastructure • ESX 3.0.x, 3.5, 3i • vSphere 4 = ESX client operating system-certified using RHEL 4 client (support within virtual machines depends on VMware support of client operating system) No charge for client agents or application modules

  18. Avamar Solves Key Backup Challenges VMware environments Remote office/branch office (ROBO) LAN/NAS servers Desktop/laptop

  19. VMware Backup Challenges ESX server Hardware Virtualization changes server, application, and information paradigm… backup must evolve to deliver even greater consolidation and value Old Paradigm Physical environment: Low overall server utilization and plenty of bandwidth for backup New Paradigm Virtual environment: High overall server utilization and littlebandwidth for backup 100% 100% 80% 80% 60% 60% CPU Utilization CPU Utilization 40% 40% Shared physical resources 20% 20% 0% 0% Server A Server B Server C Virtual Server A Virtual Server B Virtual Server C 20% resource utilization 80% resource utilization

  20. Avamar’s Optimized Backup for VMware Infrastructure Optimal location: Reduces data at the source Data deduplicated at VM guest or proxy server (source) Duplicateddata never traverses congested shared physical resources Data moved during backup is reduced from ~200% to ~2% of primary data weekly Deduplicates data globally across virtual machines and/or VMDK (virtual machine disk) format files Optimal granularity: Sub-file, variable-length segments VMDK is one large file; any changes cause an incremental/full traditional backup Fixed-length segment deduplication solutions fail due to frame offset Avamar efficiently moves only new, unique variable length data segments Ideal for the protection of VMware environments Delivers fast, daily full backups over existing virtual and physical infrastructure Enables greater server consolidation by eliminating backup bottlenecks Maximizes value from VMware Avamar deduplicates at the optimal location and level of granularity

  21. Avamar Solutions for VMware InfrastructureFlexible, fast, efficient, and reliable backup and recovery Universal support for all vSphere 4 backup options Daily full guest- and image-level backups vStorage API integration Greater backup and restore flexibility VMware vCenter Server integration Single point of management within Avamar for all VMware backup options Avamar and VMware vSphere 4 integration

  22. Avamar’s Optimized Backup for VMware InfrastructureAvamar efficiently protects virtual machines Up to… 95% reduction in data moved 90% reduction in backup times 50% reduction in disk impact 95% reduction in NIC usage 80% reduction in CPU usage 50% reduction in memory usage Traditional moves ~200% weekly Avamar moves ~2% weekly Resource Pool VMware Virtualization Layer Resource Pool VMware Virtualization Layer x86 Architecture x86 Architecture All backups are stored as “virtual full backups,” ready for immediate restore Enables greater server consolidation ratios without overtaxing CPU utilization

  23. Avamar Backup for VMware Guests Avamar agent resides inside each virtual machine Fast, daily full backups Deduplicates data within the virtual machine, as if they were physical servers Moves minimal backup data Reduces resource contention and accelerates backups Provides file-level restore for Windows, Linux, and Solaris VMware Virtualization Layer x86 Architecture Resource Pool = Avamar Software Agent

  24. Avamar Image-Level Backups through Storage APIs Avamar agent resides on the proxy server Fast, daily full backups Deduplicates within and across VMDK files Supports both file-level (Windows only) and image-level recovery Avamar replication provides disaster recovery for VMDKs Virtual Machines VMware Virtualization Layer Mount x86 Architecture Avamar server Resource Pool Physical server SAN storage = Avamar Software Agent Avamar client software runs on the proxy server vStorage API virtual proxy server with Avamar agent

  25. Remote Office/Branch Office (ROBO) Backup challenges and Avamar solution The “Achilles’ heel” of data protection More than 4 million remote offices in the U.S. Remote office data growing at more than 50% per year* Most back up to tape and move unencrypted tapes offsite Often unskilled, untrained IT staff at remote sites Avamarremote office/branch office backup is simple, safe, and manageable Extend data center protection to the edge Fast, daily full backups and one-step recovery through existing WAN/LAN links Avamar agent-only deployment for smaller offices (no extra local hardware) Eliminate distributed tape management/infrastructure Mitigate risk involved with manually shipping tapes Data encrypted in-flight and at-rest for security “Avamar enabled us to reduce administrative support requirements by 80%, reduce backup windows by 90%, and recover lost files and servers in minutes rather than hours.” • Mike DePhillip, Backup Administrator,Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles *Source: Gartner

  26. NAS Filer Backup and Recovery Challenges Limited backup windows Daily full backups desired, but not feasible Limited backup and recovery performance Single filer controllers have limited resources and can become a bottleneck Incomplete backups leave data at risk Limited network links and disk storage Redundant data limits performance of network/ infrastructure and requires more disk storage Impact on end users When backups exceed allotted window, end users compete for the NAS resources (poor response, lower productivity) NDMP licenses Traditional NAS filers require expensive NDMP licenses to support backup and recovery

  27. Avamar NAS/NDMP Backup Accelerator How it works Avamar Accelerator uses NDMP to communicate to source NAS device Accelerator requests only modified data daily Accelerator performs source-based deduplication on modified data Only new modified segments are sent to Avamar Data Store Source and global deduplication occur at Accelerator Avamar’s NDMP backups are ready for immediate recovery Avoids time-consuming task of restoring weekly full, plus daily incremental, backups Fast, efficient daily full backups for EMC Celerra and NetApp Filers LAN LAN/WAN Avamar Data Store NAS device(EMC or NetApp) Avamar NDMP Accelerator

  28. Avamar Optimized Backup for NAS Filers Eliminates time-consuming, traditional full NDMP backups Daily deduplicated full backups Up to 10-times faster than traditional NDMP backups Fast recovery from full backup image Eliminates hassle of recovering from last good full and subsequent incremental backups Flexible recovery Restore full file system or single fileto Avamar client or NAS device Allows flexible disaster recovery solutions Cost-effective disaster recovery Backup data is encrypted Easily replicated offsite through existing WAN bandwidth Before Avamar Weekend Full Weekend Full Daily Incre- mental Daily Incre- mental Daily Incre- mental Daily Incre- mental Daily Incre- mental After Avamar Daily Full Daily Full Daily Full Daily Full Daily Full Daily Full Daily Full

  29. Desktop/Laptop Backup Challenges and Avamar Solution Puts power in end-users hands Eliminates Help Desk for restoring data to desktop or laptop End users restore their data anytime, anywhere Self-managed restores Document-level search engine Multiple language support All the benefits of Avamar backup Data deduplicated at the source Daily full backups—up to 10-times faster Minimal impact on PC and network resources during backup Avamar Desktop/Laptop End-user initiated restore Windows or Mac OS X Avamar Data Store

  30. Avamar’s Unique Value Deduplicates data at the client (source) Fast, daily full backups through existing infrastructure Deduplicates data globally Reduces required backup disk storage by up to 50 times Fast, single-step recovery Eliminates hassle of recovering last good full and subsequent incrementals to reach desired recovery point Recoverability verified daily Daily server integrity checks; data recoverability verified daily High availability RAIN architecture and replication—no single points of failure Centralized management Streamlines administration and management of remote backups Flexible deployment options Complete solution from EMC Backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and data deduplication

  31. Global data deduplication defuses the explosion of backup data Fast, daily full backups through existing networks Backup disk storage reduced by up to 50 times Alters the fundamental economics of disk versus tape Accelerate shift to disk as primary medium for backup Key element of EMC’s next-generation backup portfolio Avamar Transforms Backup and Recovery

  32. EMC Services for Avamar Derive maximum value Consulting Services Align service levels and Reference Architectures with business requirements Implementation Services Minimize risk, accelerate implementation, and speed time to value of new technologies Operational Assurance Services Post-implementation operational best-practice knowledge transfer Performance optimization and tuning Process recommendations for improvement Training recommendations Residency Services Fill missing skill gaps with Avamar services professionals—typical contract three or more months Tailor best-practice recommendations, knowledge transfer based on in-depth understanding of your environment Designated Support Engineer Senior support resource resolves product support issues quickly

  33. NetWorker and Avamar Integration How it works Integrated client is a standard feature of NetWorker NetWorker represents the Avamar Data Store as a deduplication node Deduplication is enabled through NetWorker Management Console Save process gathers metadata and sends it to the NetWorker server and data to the deduplication node On recovery, required deduplication data is requested, and full dataset is restored at client A A A A A Metadata Data NW NW NW NW NW Metadata NetWorker Management Console Server Avamar NetWorker Data Storage node Data Store Disk, VTL, Tape NetWorker Deduplication node NetWorker Clients

  34. Unify—See—Act Automatically collect data from across data protection infrastructure Transform disparate data into new insights, actionable information, and service-level agreement statistics Make better, faster decisions to meet service level agreements, correct issues, and drive efficiency Payback typically 12 months or less Reduces costs with automation and new insight that drives efficient use of people and infrastructure Improves compliance, lowers risk with greater visibility into service-level agreement recoverability statistics Minimizes complexity with a single, integrated view across the environment Data Protection AdvisorUnified monitoring, analysis, and reporting Single view for data protection management, including backup applications, replication, and continuous data protection (CDP)

  35. Avamar deduplication backup software EMC Data Domain and AvamarRetain, replicate, recover Deduplicate everything without changing anything Never back up the same data twice Simplify backup, archiving, and disaster recovery with easy integration across workloads, infrastructures, and backup software Revolutionize your backup by moving less data to solve your toughest VMware, NAS, and remote-office backup challenges Data Domain deduplication storage systems

  36. USE CASEMecklenburg CountyBacking up NAS Filers through the Avamar NDMP Accelerator Before Avamar • Rapid data growth straining existing tape infrastructure • Inadequate bandwidth for data replication • NAS Filer full backups taking 72 hours to complete • High cost of tape-based backup Solution • Avamar NDMP Accelerator With Avamar • Time to complete full backups was reduced from 72 to two hours • Reducing the tape backup process resulted in annual savings of $50,000 • New backup efficiencies have freed up IT staff • Improved data recovery speeds • Compliance with government regulations “The Avamar system has been absolutely bulletproof since it was fully implemented, it’s part of our strategy to reduce overall costs and provide more efficient public services —advantages that can’t be over-emphasized in today’s economy. • Jason Girad, Storage Engineer

  37. USE CASESt. Peter’s Health Care Services Backing up a VMware infrastructure Before Avamar • Data center redesign focused on server consolidation and virtualization • Concern about traditional, tape-based backup in VMware environment • Backup windows strained; physical resources overburdened With Avamar • Deployed agents within virtual machines • 95% reduction in data moved • 90% reduction in backup times • Major reductions in NIC, CPU, and memory usage • Centralized management and control “Avamar provides a huge time and cost savings for backup of multiple virtual machines.” With Avamar, we can centrally manage all of our backups, and we also gain the ability to rapidly restore data down to the file level.” • Curtis Damhof, Network Manager, St. Peter’sHealth Care Services

  38. USE CASEGlobal Industrial Manufacturer Backing up a VMware infrastructure Before Avamar • Struggling to meet backup, recovery, and reliability goals across extended enterprise • Lengthy backup windows caused by increasing data volumes, threatening network performance • Expanding existing backup solution would require second master server, two additional tape silos, 16 new LTO tape drives With Avamar • Backup for VMware (24 ESX servers, 332 virtual clients) • Avamar agents installed in VM guests • Eliminated physical tape management • Reduced backup and recovery administrative burden • Backup performance increased ten-fold • Backup network traffic reduced by 95% “Avamar was much less expensive than our other backup and recovery options. But it also provides us faster data restores, more backup capacity, and scalability to meet future data protection needs.” • Company spokesman, global industrial manufacturer

  39. USE CASEFortune 20 Healthcare SupplierBacking up a VMware infrastructure Before Avamar Growing VMware environment struggles to meet backup window Daily tape backup and offsite tape shipments—risky slow recovery Unable to quickly replicate data through WAN for disaster recovery With Avamar Global deduplication effective within and across VMDK files More than 70% reduction in first backup and average of 99.7% thereafter Compared to traditional alternatives, testing showed: Avamar moved 20% of the data that Symantec PureDisk moved Avamar moved 190% less data than traditional tape backup software

  40. USE CASEVirginia Department of Motor Vehicles Remote-office/branch-office backup Before Avamar 73 remote offices, backup to local, direct-attached tape drives No local IT staff Daily backup required five hours per site; six hours to restore entire server With Avamar Four hours to back up all 73 offices through existing WAN (56k-T1) to central Avamar server 45 minutes to restore entire servers; files restored in seconds Centralized management and control “Avamar enabled us to reduce administrative support requirements by 80%, reduce backup windows by 90%, and recover lost files and servers in minutes rather than hours.” • Mike DePhillip, Backup Administrator, Virginia DMV

  41. USE CASECorporate ExpressRemote office/branch office backup Before Avamar Storage demands were rapidly increasing Tape library was reaching slot capacity and upgrading was not ideal due to age and maintenance costs Needed to control costs and simplify data management Backup and disaster recovery was time consuming With Avamar Reduced stored data by more than 50 percent—from 92 TB to 44 TB Achieved significant financial savings Enabled disk-based backups to be completed in 30 minutes, compare to six hours in the past for tape Reduced restoration times for business-critical data from 24 hours to minutes “We were blown away by the simplicity of the management interface and the comprehensive capabilities offered by Avamar. After carrying out a proof of concept, we clearly understood the benefits Avamar would bring to our business.” • Mark Jones, Technology Infrastructure Manager

  42. USE CASEA Global Pharmaceutical CompanyRemote-office/branch-office backup Before Avamar Strain developing and deploying a coherent IT strategy for more than 250 sites, 100,000 employees Lacked consistent IT infrastructure Cumbersome tape backup solution was overextending staff and overtaxing virtual machines Escalating capital and operation costs With Avamar Deployed from templates within a virtual application pack Reduced backup time by more than 75%; slashed cycle time for offsite data replication Minimized impact on network bandwidth Reduced storage costs by eliminating tape backup and slashing storage requirements “When we compared the total cost of ownership of EMC Avamar to that of traditional backup, we found that Avamar cost less yet provides exponentially better data protection and service levels.” • Head of Storage ServicesGlobal pharmceutical company

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