SAN JOSE, Calif., March 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Corp.
(NYSE: QTM) today announced Germany's District of Lippe is using a
combination of the company's DXi® deduplication
appliances and Veeam® availability solutions to protect
its expansive virtual environment and successfully manage
dramatically increased data volumes, changes in supported services
and evolving technology. The streamlined backup and restore
operation has benefited the entire organization, cutting the time
needed for restoring files in half and leaving more time to support
the rest of the IT infrastructure.
"The combination of DXi and Veeam is just ideal for us," said
Tim Veers, head of Information
Technology, District of Lippe. "Backup processes run reliably, and
Veeam ensures that the VM servers are backed up every day, as
required. We feel much more secure. The systems run soundly, we get
good backup rates and we can retain more backup sets thanks to the
very high deduplication rates."
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Protecting Data in an Evolving Environment
The
District of Lippe administers a range of vital services for 16
separate urban centers and a rural population, and the IT
department manages over 1,500 separate end-user devices. The data
sets the District generates and stores form a critical asset. As
the District's server environment evolved, data protection was a
constant challenge, and restoring data was complex and time
consuming.
Working with system integrator PMCS, the IT team initially
installed two DXi systems for fast and efficient deduplication and
replication — one in the central district office and a second,
smaller appliance in a remote service training center. Backups were
written to the first DXi by the legacy backup software nightly, and
by day the backup set was replicated to the second appliance for
off-site protection. Data in both locations was directly visible to
the IT staff, and most restores were simple. However, the legacy
backup application began to struggle with backing up virtual
machines (VMs), and a year later Lippe's IT department chose new
availability software by Veeam to address the problem. Eventually
the team deployed Veeam Endpoint Backup to protect physical servers
as well, for shorter backup windows and accelerated recovery.
Addressing the Growth Challenge
In 2014, the District
of Lippe added the administration of public employment agencies to
its list of responsibilities. Coupled with new, higher resolution
images associated with mapping and geospatial work, data volumes
nearly doubled overnight. The team could no longer complete nightly
backups. As a result, the District added a new, larger DXi
featuring higher capacity, faster throughput and expanded
scalability. Today the system includes 15 physical servers and more
than 180 VMs, and its data is used by over 1,500 separate end-user
devices spread across more than 40 locations.
Backups to the new DXi are now completed nightly. Each morning,
the backup is replicated to the other DXi in the main data center
and to the remote site for disaster recovery protection. Servers
located at the secondary site are also backed up locally, and
copies are replicated to the main data center, so all of the data
has multiple copies in different sites. In addition, the District
uses a Quantum Scalar i500 tape library for the long-term retention
component of their data protection strategy. The new DXi provides
deduplication rates of 29:1, and bandwidth savings up to 136:1, so
the entire replication process usually takes less than 30
minutes.
As a result of the streamlined backups and restores, the Lippe
IT department can spend less time managing backups and more time
tending to other IT support requirements for the organization.
"Organizations like the District of Lippe are coping with a
shifting technical landscape that requires them to rethink how they
store and protect data," said Doug Hazelman, vice president,
Product Strategy, Veeam. "The combination of Veeam availability
solutions and Quantum storage provides a scalable solution to
maximize the value of digital assets over their entire
lifecycle."
"IT departments worldwide are challenged to maintain data
availability for virtual environments," noted Robert Clark, senior vice president, Product
Operations, Quantum. "By combining Quantum disk with Veeam's unique
features, the District of Lippe has found a way to protect the
growing data volumes of their VMs."
Additional Resources
- Read the District of Lippe case study:
www.quantum.com/customerstories/districtoflippe/index.aspx
- For a solution brief describing the Quantum-Veeam approach to
protecting VMs:
www.quantum.com/pr/quantum-veeam-solution-brief
- For a copy of the Veeam and Quantum DXi validation technical
brief: www.quantum.com/pr/veeam-dxi-validation
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.
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