Dell PowerVault DL2000 - Manual (Page 20)

ESG LAB VALIDATION
Dell PowerVault DL2000 Powered by CommVault
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FIGURE 18. RESTORING FROM A SNAPSHOT
Finally, the file was restored from the snapshot stored at the remote site. Once the file was restored, ESG Lab
validated the contents by visual inspection; the restored file was identical to the backed up file in every way.
7 Source: ESG Research Report, Branch Office Optimization, January, 2007
Why This Matters
Much of the information critical to the success and efficiency of an organization resides in remote and
branch offices. For example, ESG research found that 61% of remote and branch offices house e-mail
servers and data requiring protection.
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Protecting remote offices using traditional backup methods is often
costly and risky, especially when performed by non-technical local staff. Replicating data over a WAN
instead of shipping tapes reduces the risk of human error, but can be cost prohibitive because of the
significant amount of data that needs to be transferred across the network.
ESG Lab has confirmed that the Dell PowerVault DL2000 Powered by CommVault can use Continuous
Data Replication to protect critical servers and applications while significantly reducing the amount of data
sent over the WAN
—enabling fast, continuous protection. Protection is centrally managed using the
CommVault Simpana GUI and can be used to protect targeted individual folders or entire systems
continuously with user-definable consistency points.