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discussions with the suppliers
and product demonstrations,
it decided to evaluate Mimosa
NearPoint and C2C against
test copies of its production
Exchange database.
Based on this trial, and the
strength of customer
recommendations, Monarch
chose NearPoint. “It was a
technology decision.
NearPoint uses log-shipping,
which does not place a
performance overhead on the
Exchange servers, whereas
journaling, which is used by
IAN RADFORD 1-2-1
C2C, does,” said Radford. “We
wanted a solution that
relieved our Exchange servers
of as much workload as
possible,” he continued.
Ease of deployment—with no size and using new server Backup Headaches
agents to deploy on the hardware, Monarch is Cured
desktops—and ease of replacing six Exchange servers Prior to deploying the Mimosa
management were also major with just two; one in Luton solution, completion times for
factors in this decision. and one in Bromley. Monarch the full daily backups of
Users can manage their own also has a NearPoint server at Monarch’s email system
archived emails, which simply each site, and uses regularly exceeded the backup
appear as items in an Outlook Doubletake—a Mimosa window. Brick-level backups,
folder, removing the technical partner—to replicate a specialized form of
administrative burden from the log traffic between the Exchange backup geared for
the IT department. two. This means Monarch can individual mailbox and
reconstruct the Exchange message level recovery, took
The ease of use of NearPoint database from the archive at even longer.
also extends to its disaster either site in a matter of
recovery (DR) capability. hours. The NearPoint next generation
Radford explained: “For a architecture uses transaction
high availability solution with Benefits log shipping to capture the
C2C we would have needed to NearPoint enables Monarch to content of the Exchange
get extra kit and build it achieve its goal of reducing environment. This maintains a
ourselves. It would have been email store sizes and replica of the Exchange Server
more complicated, and would providing a resilient DR database on the NearPoint
not have been a supported solution for its Exchange server and keeps it current
configuration.” In contrast, service. At the same time, through the use of transaction
the NearPoint Disaster NearPoint gives Monarch’s logs. That means
Recovery option simply end-users virtually infinite transactions can be rolled
integrates into the base mailbox capacity and back to recover Exchange
product. unlimited access to all their stores, mailboxes, or
emails and attachments, even individual messages. “Rather
By reducing the email store when off-line. than perform full Exchange
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