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a result, any backup solution indicating how easy and of 15 NAS filers and 400
deployed must ensure that effective the product is to use servers amounting to over 250
TECHNOL
messages, along with the very with Institute staff able to TB of data. The platform is
large attachments associated retrieve data with a much capable of scaling into several
with scientific files, could be reduced need for specialist petabytes ensuring that the
used and protected without technical support. benefits of Time Navigator
OGY
crushing the Exchange extend well into the future.
message store. A key requirement for the Since the time of the
extension to the BBSRC implementation there have
The Solution server network was that the been disaster recovery
B
A
In 2003, the BBSRC decided to solution was entirely situations where, for example, CKUP
turn to Atempo and its Time heterogeneous and an individual server may have
Navigator solution. Atempo compatible across the variety failed. All these situations
Time Navigator was initially of different technology have been managed
used by the BBRSC for the platforms, operating systems seamlessly and there has not
backup of Network Appliance and protocols in use across a been a single instance where
filers providing central storage diverse range of systems there has been a problem
at each of its locations. Time supporting BBSRC research. It retrieving data.
Navigator’s deployment has was also essential that since
over time expanded the network attached storage
significantly to cover a total of is based on technology from The BBSRC has found that in
400 servers consisting of NetApp and relies on its a very dynamic environment,
UNIX, SQL and Windows NDMP protocol, the data Atempo has kept pace and
hardware and the Exchange protection solution needed to continued to meet very
infrastructure. offer NDMP support. Atempo exacting requirements.
ticked all of these boxes and Advances in science mean
BBSRC reviewed a range of made it an easy decision to that the volume of data will
alternatives but decided use Time Navigator. continue to soar
that the Atempo solution exponentially. The Atempo
provided the breadth of Result solution will serve the BBSRC
facilities required in its Originally deployed in not just now but well in to the
diverse ICT estate. BBSRC BBSRC in 2003, the future.
haS been very impressed wider Atempo
with Time Navigator deployment Looking to the future, the
where it was used to has now BBSRC is now considering
back up their central file been in further extending its use of
storage and Exchange place at Atempo across the
infrastructure. The theorganisation and is currently
retrieval of data BBRSC reviewing the Atempo Digital
was found to since Archiving for Messaging
be easy when 2007 (ADAM) solution. This would
needed. and reduce management
Despite data currently overheads on the BBSRC’s
increasing rapidly BBSRC protects Exchange servers and provide
found that the level of a total sophisticated indexing and
calls concerning search capabilities allowing
data recovery easy retrieval of emails for
and retrieval both business and regulatory
to the IT help purposes.
desk was
declining,
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