基于云的服务领导者的重复数据删除策略削减了一半，提供即时恢复的价格

As the premier international provider of cloud-based workforce management software, WorkForce Software has to be sure that customer data is absolutely secure, disaster recovery protection is carried out daily, and data is retained for up to seven years, often within strict regional boundaries. When these requirements collided with the company’s growth, backup and DR started to fall behind.

分散保护站立

“We had separate tape libraries set up in each of the regions we were serving, and different local teams,” reports Rob Williams, WorkForce Software’s senior backup administrator. “It was a real pain... The only things that were consistent were the need to back up data every day and get it off-site, and the amount of admin time that it all took—which was way too much... Backup was always going on, and file recovery was a nightmare.... It was slow and ate up lots of admin hours.”

Finding the Right Deduplication

Williams joined WorkForce Software to help the company standardize and simplify data protection globally.

“我看着所有的副业供应商，”他解释道，“我留下了Quantum所令人印象深刻。重复数据删除很棒，性能快，而且成本实际上是竞争对手的一半......成本节省巨大。“

新系统在每个主要地区 - 美国，欧洲和澳大利亚投放了两个DXI电器。备份每天写入一个DXI，并立即复制到第二个。差异是戏剧性的。

Faster Backup and Instantaneous Restores

“在美国，其中备份需要30小时并且始终重叠，现在只能在14小时内完成每日备份 - 包括所有数据库，记录和VM，”威廉姆斯报告。“那个时间现在通常包括非现场DR保护，因为数据立即复制。

“高重复数据删除率也意味着我们不需要多大的网络带宽 - 在其中一个办公室中，我们每天通过2MB链路复制900GB数据库。整个系统很棒。“

当必须恢复文件时，利益更加戏剧性。

“我们建立了两个备份方法，以快速恢复，”威廉姆斯解释说。“一个备份是......在NBU自己的格式中，但我们还直接编写数据库文件......以本机格式为DXI。DXI还复制到DR网站的复制。因此，我们可以直接从DXI的NFS磁盘共享访问数据。没有得到媒体。没有重建系统。没有找到磁盘空间。而且没有管理员开销 - 它就在那里。过去常常需要一天或更多小时的保姆是瞬间的。

Integration with OST is Key

Another important feature is the integration between DXi and NetBackup’s OpenStorage Technology (OST) API.

“It’s critical that our process be coordinated through NetBackup to minimize manual work and to be sure that all the backup catalogs are kept consistent,” says Williams. “NetBackup kicks off both duplication operations and replication jobs, so the master servers are all up-to-date automatically at both sites, while the data itself moves directly from one DXi to the other. It makes the process fast and automatic. ”