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Agenda▲ Background – Who is this guy?▲ Archiving – What is it?▲ What’s driving archiving?▲ Benefits of archiving▲ Holistic approach to archiving▲ Additional benefits to archiving ▲ Case study▲ Questions & Comments
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Background
▲ Dimension Data▲ Founded in 1983, we are a $2.5 Billion company with
9,000 employees operating in 30 countries▲ We plan, build and manage technology
infrastructures for organization to support their business
▲ Gary Brown▲ 21 Years in IT▲ Architect and Consultant▲ Provides Storage Roadmaps for many companies▲ Quoted and soon to be published in Storage
Magazine▲ NC Resident
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Archiving Definition
▲ Function: nounA place in which public records or historical documents are preserved; also the material preserved
▲ Function: transitive verbTo file or collect (as records or documents) in or as if in an archive
Source: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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What is driving archiving?
Recovery
Performance
Growth
BusinessPolicies
Regulations
Total Cost of OwnershipTCO
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The Data Rule
For Every Byte of online storage that is added considerations must be made for:
• Backup• Recovery• Replication (Local and Remote)• Disaster Recovery
What is driving archiving? (Growth)
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What is driving archiving? (Growth)
UnstructuredData Growth
EmailImages
PDFs
Assignments
MedicalForms
PaperDocs
80%of enterprise and
government contentis unstructured today(Enterprise Storage Group)
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What is driving archiving? (Regulations)
Factoids
• More than 10,000 Regulation in the US alone• Depth Narrow – Certain Records• Depth Broad – Every Application• Trend
• More records created• More records retained• More risk
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Benefits of archiving▲ Compliance - Audit▲ Business policies ▲ Specific data retention▲ Protection needs ▲ Disaster Recovery▲ Performance – Offload
Systems▲ Cost/staffing levels
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Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)
Protect /Replicate
Create andCatalogue
Business Requirements
Archive
Migrate /Optimize
DisposalAccess
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Holistic Approach
Archiving RequirementsStudent
AdmissionHuman
ResourcesFinance E-Mail /
GroupwareMedical Blackboard
Legal /Compliance
Growth
Business Policies
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Holistic Approach-Rules
Archiving RequirementsStudent
AdmissionHuman
ResourcesFinance E-Mail /
GroupwareMedical Blackboard
Legal /Compliance
Growth
Business Policies
• Data Must Move to Archive without manual intervention
• End-User must not have to access archived data with additional steps
• Archive Rules:Store, Index, Search, Retrieve, Audit, Dispose
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Archiving RequirementsStudent
AdmissionHuman
ResourcesFinance E-Mail /
GroupwareMedical Blackboard
Legal /Compliance
Growth
Business Policies
Holistic Approach-Products
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Example Conceptual Diagram
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Additional Benefits▲ Reduction in online storage
▲Files (75%)▲Email (80%)▲Databases (30%)
▲ Pipes, Pump and Tanks▲Pipes = Network (IP and SAN)▲Pumps = (Servers)▲Tanks = (Disk, Tape, Optical, NAS, CAS)
▲ Additional Benefits▲Reduction in most expensive storage▲Reduction in networking required (backup)▲Reduction in processing power required▲Faster Recovery for DR, BC and local▲Enables Replication▲Reduction in backup window
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Case Study – email only▲ Background
▲15,000 user email environment▲4 large Servers supporting▲8 TB of email▲80% not accessed in last 30 days ▲Mostly attachments▲Backups 10 drives (LTO) took 40 hours▲Restores…don’t even think about it▲DR…virtually impossible
▲ Solution▲Email archiving package (server, software and CAS)
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Case Study – Results
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Servers
Tape Drives
Backup Time
Network
After
Before
50% Reduction
50% Reduction
80% Reduction
80% Reduction
RecoveryDisaster
Recovery Audit