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intelligent and reliable tape- data. As a result, IFB also made a big impression.
based data protection, a customers benefit from the “The systems arrived, and
Quantum Scalar i500 tape ability to store backup data Quantum was there the next
library is connected to the on disk for months instead of day to configure and deploy
DXi7500, and a smaller days, providing fast, reliable them, as well as provide
Quantum Scalar 50 tape restores, increased data training,” continued Gordon.
library is attached to the recovery granularity, and From a functional perspective,
DXi3500. CommVault Galaxy® reduced media management. the reporting capability is
Data Protection 7.0 completes second to none, and the
the architecture, offering Gordon has been administration works like a
quick and easy enterprise- exceptionally pleased with the dream. The result of all this is
class backup and recovery outcome. “Since the that our clients have the
management for the entire introduction of the Quantum confidence that IFB can
solution. DXi-Series with deduplication provide them with a truly
technology, IFB has been able resilient, flexible, and cost-
As part of IFB’s managed to expand the amount of effective backup and restore
backup and restore service, backup data clients can retain managed service.”
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staging boxes have been on fast-recovery disk by 12
deployed into the client sites times. And as the system That word “flexibility” is key
to ensure the data is as close matures through use, we’re here. One of the great
as possible to the clients’ own expecting to reduce disk advantages of the Quantum
environments. Each customer requirements by a factor of DXi-Series is its scalability.
is given a log-in ID to the twenty to one,” he said. The DXi7500, for example,
backup infrastructure via “Simultaneously, Quantum is scales from 12TB to 240TB of
CommVault Galaxy. This also helping IFB to meet more raw capacity and allows the
backup and recovery network time sensitive service level IFB team to choose between
represents a secure, shared agreements and their related different deduplication
enterprise-level disk and RPOs and RTOs by retaining approaches for different data
tape-based service which more backups on disk instead sets, which Quantum calls
offers all the features clients of tape. “policy-based deduplication.”
need to back up, archive, and Gordon explained, “It’s of
recover their critical data, Plus, IFB has reduced its course very difficult to
without the need to own, operating costs - such as forecast the demand and
maintain, and support any space, power, and cooling - by growth in managed services,
hardware or software. operating fewer devices with so both the Quantum DXi-
more capacity. When we
Enabling flexible, cost- deployed our first customer Series and the i500 tape
effective storage on the deduplicated library allow IFB to upgrade at
The heart of this end-to-end infrastructure, we achieved a will. Whenever we reach a
disk and tape backup solution complete return on our initial certain capacity threshold, we
is Quantum’s data investment in only four simply upgrade - it’s quick,
deduplication technology, weeks.” flexible, and cost-effective.
providing IFB clients with Many vendors talk about offering
performance comparable to But there’s more to this best- the highest level of service; but
conventional disk but more of-breed data protection few can match the level of
cost-effective in terms of infrastructure than saving service Quantum physically
medium-term retention. money and storing more data delivers. When our customers
on disk. The quality of see the Quantum logo, they
Deduplication eliminates Quantum Professional know they can trust us.”
redundant data at a sub-file Services and the functionality
level and stores only unique of the Quantum solution have www.quantum.com
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