Dell PowerVault DL2000 - Manual (Page 2)

ESG LAB VALIDATION
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................... i
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 1
Background ......................................................................................................................................... 1
Dell PowerVault DL2000 Powered by CommVault ............................................................................... 2
ESG Lab Validation................................................................................................................................ 3
Simple, Automated Configuration and Management ............................................................................ 3
Protecting Mission Critical Applications ................................................................................................ 6
Microsoft Exchange............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Microsoft SharePoint ........................................................................................................................................................... 7
Microsoft Active Directory .................................................................................................................................................... 8
Deduplication .................................................................................................................................... 10
Integration with Physical Tape ........................................................................................................... 13
Remote/Branch Office Protection ....................................................................................................... 15
ESG Lab Validation Highlights ............................................................................................................ 19
Issues to Consider .............................................................................................................................. 19
ESG Lab’s View ................................................................................................................................... 20
Appendix .............................................................................................................................................. 21
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ESG Lab Reports
The goal of ESG Lab reports is to educate IT professionals about emerging technologies and products
in the storage, data management and information security industries. ESG Lab reports are not meant
to replace the evaluation process that should be conducted before making purchasing decisions, but
rather to provide insight into these emerging technologies. Our objective is to go over some of the more
valuable feature/functions of products, show how they can be used to solve real customer problems
and identi
fy any areas needing improvement. ESG Lab‗s expert third-party perspective is based on our
own hands-on testing as well as on interviews with customers who use these products in production
environments. This ESG Lab report was sponsored by CommVault.