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fast backup performance and load balancing of all data to change any of our backup
because data is written across servers is automatic. processes. Also, ExaGrid’s
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directly to disk, and data de- customer support is extremely
duplication is performed post- Commenting on the potential responsive and
process after the data is of de-duplication technology knowledgeable. We’ve been
stored to reduce data. for end users, Alasdair Hill, extremely pleased with
says: “The market has ExaGrid’s high level of support
Flexibility and scalability was changed so much in the last and the system as a whole
also an important feature in ten years with many confusing has greatly improved our
choosing ExaGrid to back up messages. The days of smoke backup capabilities and
data from its 1000 user Glan and mirrors are now well streamlined our operations.”
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Clwyd Hospital. The Trust now behind us, people have been
backs up business and clinical looking to disk to accelerate ExaGrid and Symantec
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system to the ExaGrid, and is techniques in the early days, performance, and certified
considering backing up companies had two-three disk-to-disk-to-tape backup
additional data at Glan Clwyd times the amount of SATA and recovery – including
Hospital and adding ExaGrid compared to their production continuous data protection for
systems at some of its other environments which just Microsoft Exchange, SQL, file
facilities. ExaGrid’s data de- doesn’t make sense. servers, and workstations.
duplication technology is High-performance agents and
extremely effi cient when used “De-duplication (pre or post) options provide fast, flexible,
at multiple sites because it enables companies to re- granular protection and
moves only the byte-level address the balance. ExaGrid scalable management of local
changes, or only 1/50th the is a plug and play type and remote server backups.
data, across the WAN. appliance that helps to reduce
backup and restore windows, Organizations using Symantec
“With the ExaGrid system, we putting the customer back in Backup Exec can look to
are able to meet our backup control.” ExaGrid as an alternative to
needs today and into the tape for nightly backups.
future. As we begin to backup Resiliant Hardware,
more systems with ExaGrid, Auto Notification, ExaGrid sits behind existing
we can deploy the systems Superior Customer backup applications, such as
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at a reasonable cost and we ExaGrid is easy to install and providing faster and more
can easily add additional use, with a hardware platform reliable backups and restores.
ExaGrid systems easily to that features redundant and
accommodate new backup hot-swappable components In a network running
requirements,” adds Stott. along with advanced software Symantec Backup Exec, using
with automatic notification ExaGrid in place of a tape
ExaGrid’s GRID architecture features and outstanding backup system is as easy as
provides easy scalability, so customer support. pointing existing backup jobs
the system can grow as the at a NAS share on the ExaGrid
Trust’s backup requirements “We had the ExaGrid up and system. Backup jobs are sent
grow. When plugged into a running in 30 minutes and directly from the backup
switch, additional ExaGrid were ready for backups that application to the ExaGrid for
systems virtualize into one night,” says Stott. “The onsite backup to disk.
another, appearing as a single system works seamlessly with
system to the backup server, Backup Exec and didn’t have www.zycko.com
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