SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Corp.
(NYSE: QTM) today announced Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) is using
Quantum DXi® deduplication with Veeam®
availability solutions for dramatic data reduction results and
greater availability in its virtual machine environment. The
combined solution has significantly lowered backup application
costs, achieved 90 percent data reduction and cut backup times in
half. Quantum is a Premier Technology Alliance partner with Veeam,
and the success RFS has experienced illustrates how the two
companies collaborate to provide simplified virtual data backup
solutions that deliver high performance and maximize production
system availability while lowering the total cost of ownership
(TCO).
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Cutting Backup Times and Reducing the Data Center
Footprint
RFS is a global wireless and broadcast
infrastructure specialist with 1,800 employees working in seven
factories and research and development centers in five countries,
and it relies on a highly virtualized environment to cut hardware
costs and energy use. The company's Hanover, Germany, facility backs up CIFS data
and VMware storage, which is growing by 10 to 20 percent annually.
Nearly 85 percent of its infrastructure is virtualized, with a goal
of hitting 95 percent, making a reliable backup solution
particularly vital. Looking to save time and reduce disk space
used, the RFS Hanover IT team sought a new redundant backup and
replication solution for its virtual environment. The team also
wanted an inexpensive system incorporating the latest technologies
that would be easy to manage.
A Potent Combination for Protecting VMs: Veeam and Quantum
DXi
RFS selected Veeam Backup & Replication™ software
for its ESX operations, gaining convenience and reliability. This
solution gave the Hanover facility
fast and flexible recovery while bringing backup and replication
together into a single system. It also offered recovery time and
point objectives (RTPO™) of less than 15 minutes, meeting the
stringent recovery requirements of tier-1 applications.
RFS chose a Quantum DXi4700 deduplication appliance for backup.
The DXi4700 line of deduplication appliances — powered by StorNext
5, a streaming file system with policy-based tiering software — is
designed to accelerate storage workflows for remote sites. RFS was
impressed by Quantum's patented variable-length deduplication
technology, which delivers
30:1 data deduplication rates. In addition, the DXi4700 can scale
up to 137TB via capacity-on-demand to address RFS's future backup
needs and is the only appliance offering a direct link to move
older backups to tape.
Supporting Quotes
- Falko Schmudlach, IT
Infrastructure Administrator, RFS: "Since early 2015, when RFS
first tied Veeam Backup & Replication with Quantum's tiered
storage solution, the facility has cut backup application costs,
reduced backup windows and improved utilization rates of production
VMs. The combination has proven to be an easy and powerful way to
protect our VMware vSphere environment."
- Doug Hazelman, Vice
President, Product Strategy, Chief Evangelist, Veeam:
"Organizations of all sizes face a variety of technical challenges
that are forcing them to rethink how they approach storing and
protecting their data. Veeam availability solutions, combined with
Quantum storage, deliver a scalable solution to optimize efficiency
of both data storage and Availability for the Always-On Enterprise™
— enabling customers to maximize business value by storing, sharing
and preserving assets over their entire lifecycle."
- Robert Clark, Senior Vice
President, Product Operations, Quantum: "Maximizing data
availability for virtual environments while reducing the cost of
protecting them is an ongoing demand for IT departments. By
combining Quantum disk with Veeam's unique features, RFS has tapped
a potent solution to the challenge of protecting VMs with growing
data volumes while keeping the cost of ownership manageable."
Additional Resources
- Read the complete RFS case study:
www.quantum.com/customerstories/rfs/index.aspx
- For more information describing the Quantum-Veeam approach to
protecting VMs:
www.quantum.com/applications/veeam-dxi/index.aspx
About Quantum
Quantum is a leading expert in scale-out
storage, archive and data protection, providing solutions for
capturing, sharing and preserving digital assets over the entire
data lifecycle. From small businesses to major enterprises, more
than 100,000 customers have trusted Quantum to address their most
demanding data workflow challenges. With Quantum, customers can Be
Certain™ they have the end-to-end storage foundation to maximize
the value of their data by making it accessible whenever and
wherever needed, retaining it indefinitely and reducing total cost
and complexity. See how at www.quantum.com/customerstories.
Quantum, the Quantum logo, Be Certain, DXi and StorNext are
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and its affiliates in the United
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Quantum Corp.
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