The document discusses ExaGrid, a disk-based backup storage system that uses data deduplication. It notes that ExaGrid provides the fastest backups, best scalability, and lowest costs compared to other backup solutions like tape, cloud, or software-based deduplication. ExaGrid's deduplication appliance architecture allows backups to scale from tens of terabytes to hundreds of terabytes without performance degradation.

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ExaGrid Systems
ExaGrid Overview
Trevor Cooper
The Industry’s Best Disk Backup with Dedupe
Fastest Backups
Best Scalability
Best Price in the Industry

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Top IT challenges: ESG
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Data Growth 10TB @ 30% YOY
TBs
Backup
Window
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15% failure rate estimated
for all backups
Source: Gartn
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10-50% failure rate on restores
Data up to one year old: 10 -15% failure rate
Data five or more years old: 40 to 45% failure rate
Source: Gartner and Storage Magazine
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34% of companies backup data
to tape and do not test backups
Source: Boston Computing Network, Data Loss Statistics
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77% of companies who do test
their tape backups found failures
Source: DTI/PriceWaterhouse Cooper
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65% of companies do not have
adequate backup protection for
virtual server environments
Source: Symantec Disaster Recovery Global Data; June 2009
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Five Options for Backups
Tape
Disk Staging (fronting a tape library)
Cloud-based Backup Services
Software Deduplication
Disk Backup with Deduplication Appliance
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ExaGrid at a Glance
Company
Offices across North America, Europe and APAC
Customers
4,000+ systems installed globally
270+ customer success stories and videos at ExaGrid.com
Product
Fastest, most scalable disk backup with deduplication
Best price/performance in the industry
Industry Recognition
Info-Tech Research Group: ―Disk Backup Champion.‖
DCIG Dedupe Appliance Buyers Guide #1 ―Best in Class‖ (Sept. 2011)
Wall St. Journal ―Top 50 VC-Backed Companies‖ (Feb. 2011)
Storage Magazine ―Product of the Year‖ (Feb. 2010)
InfoWorld 100 Award (GreenBank deployment of ExaGrid)
Gartner ―top emerging vendor‖; ―Cool Vendor in Data Protection‖
Technology Testing/Certifications
CA, CommVault, EMC, HP, IBM (TSM and AS400/iSeries), Microsoft (SQL
dumps), Oracle (RMAN), Quest, Symantec, Veeam, VMware
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Customer Impact with ExaGrid
Shorten Backup Windows
• Decrease average backup time by 30-90% Backups reduced from 12 hours to 3 hours
Reduce/Eliminate Failed Backups Backups of sensitive data are
• Eliminate all problems of tape; product just works reliable, more secure and have
higher level of integrity vs tape.
Reduce Costs
• Reduce/eliminate cost of tape media, transportation,
Saved $3,000/month in tape costs, plus
storage, tape library maintenance
transport, storage fees
• Decrease backup admin/mgmt time by 50-80%
Provide Fast, Reliable Disaster Recovery
• WAN-efficient replication, 20:1 reduction in data, bandwidth Easier compliance with FDIC,
Sarbanes-Oxley, audit requirements
Improve Recovery Time (RTO/ RPO)
• Decrease time to recover data from days or hours to minutes
GARDNER TRUCKING, INC.
• No tape retrieval required Restored from system crash in hours;
avoided 2 days of system downtime and
loss of $200K in business, productivity
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ExaGrid Appliance: Disk at the Cost of Tape
Easy to use, plug-and-play disk backup and dedupe appliances
□ Low-risk easy integration with existing processes
□ Shortest backup times (30-90% faster than tape)
□ Fastest onsite recovery
□ Most scalable architecture to support data growth
□ WAN-efficient elimination of offsite tape: ―Instant DR‖
Systems:
EX1000 EX5000
□ Most comprehensive management and reporting
EX2000 EX7000
EX3000 EX10000E
EX4000 EX13000E □ Built-in redundancy with simple automated operation
Scalable from 1-130TB
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Singly Managed Multi-site GRID System
 Single interface across all systems
 Simple dashboard gives quick view of
deduplication and replication status
Boston
Vancouver
London
Los Angeles
GRID
Munich
Chicago
 Virtualized pool of storage
130TB GRID  Data deduplication shared across systems
 Automatic capacity load-balancing
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Non-Scalable vs Scalable Architectures
Legacy Architecture - Single Controller ExaGrid “GRID” Architecture
One Deduplication Engine Backup Window Multiple Deduplication Engines Backup Window
Deduplication Engine Deduplication Engine
X TB/hr CPU Mem GigE Disk X TB/hr 10 TB
Deduplication Engine CPU Mem GigE Disk
Deduplication Engine
X TB/hr 20 TB 2X TB/hr 20 TB
CPU Mem GigE Disk
3X TB/hr Deduplication Engine
X TB/hr 30 TB 30 TB
CPU Mem GigE Disk
X TB/hr 4X TB/hr Deduplication Engine
40 TB CPU Mem GigE Disk 40 TB
5X TB/hr Deduplication Engine
X TB/hr 50 TB 50 TB
CPU Mem GigE Disk
6X TB/hr Deduplication Engine
X TB/hr 60 TB 60 TB
CPU Mem GigE Disk
Legacy Architecture – Appliance Sprawl ExaGrid “GRID” Features
Individual appliances  Linear performance as data grows, stable backup window
Deduplication Engine  Capacity is virtualized across nodes
CPU Mem GigE Disk
Deduplication Engine  Deduplication is shared across nodes
 Simplified management through single UI
Deduplication Engine
CPU Mem GigE Disk
 System can be right-sized to current data size
Deduplication Engine
 Avoids forklift upgrades
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Works with Leading Backup Apps and Utilities
Backup Applications Application Direct Linux/Unix
Direct Tar
Oracle Dump
RMAN Dump
ExaGrid Disk Backup
with Deduplication
Appliance
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Implementation – Simple and Flexible
Remote Offices
SAN Storage
NAS Storage
DAS Storage
MAN/WAN
Email Servers Database Servers File Servers VMWare Servers App. Servers
VMWare
SQL Dumps Veeam
RMAN, TAR VRanger
Switch
Backup Server
Gigabit/10 Gigabit
Ethernet
ExaGrid Primary Offsite Tapes
Backup Site
Tape Library Optional Remote or
DR Site ExaGrid
MAN/WAN
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Fastest Backups and Restores
Backup Performance Restore Performance
Inline ExaGrid 2-3X Faster Than Inline Block-level ExaGrid Byte-level Latest backup stored
Solutions Post-Processing
30-90% Faster Than Tape
Deduplication Deduplication in complete form
Backup Server
 Backup directly to disk  Ready for instant
restore—in as fast as
minutes
 Unique landing zone
architecture
 Fast tape copy
Latest
 Post-process compression backup  Efficient restore of
retained
and byte-level data dedupe for fast earlier versions
restores
 Byte-level changes
 No in-line processes to slow
quickly merged to
Latest
Backup
backups latest backup
 Shortest possible backup ExaGrid Solution  Seamless to backup
Post-process
compression, window application
Deduplicated
deduplication data and long  Can restore from any
term retention historical version
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Redundancy, Simple Automated Operation
• Redundant Hardware and Self-Healing
Redundant Hardware
 RAID6 guards against simultaneous disk drive failures
 Includes spare drive in every system and Self Healing
 Failed drives rebuilt automatically
 Redundant power supplies
• Easy to Use
 Simple web interface for setup, management across entire system
 Job-aware reporting helps with de-dupe ratio, DR planning
 Easy testing of restores
• Automatic Email or SNMP Notification
 Daily status report
 Alerts for system component failure, repository reaching full
 Early warning alerts sent long before event occurs
 All alerts can be sent to ExaGrid support
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Selected ExaGrid Global Customers
Manufacturing/ Healthcare Banking/Insurance/
Business Services Government
Transportation/Retail Law
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MOTO (UK)
 Full backups nightly, tape backups exceeded 12 hours, were
affecting system and network performance
Problem  Reliability of tape backup and restores
 Growing database volumes from new ERP system
 2-site ExaGrid system
 CA Arcserve
Solution  Citrix® software at each of 43 locations, with central backups at
datacenter; second site for disaster recovery
 Deduplication ratios of up to 34:1
 Streamlined backup, so now perform incrementals nightly and full
Results backups each weekend.
 Year of retention on ExaGrid system
“…with ExaGrid, we no longer have to worry about our backups. We have a high
degree of confidence in the system and we know that our backups are completed
each and every night. The ExaGrid system has been extremely cost-effective
and has enabled us to streamline our operations.‖
Simon Austin Systems Architect Moto
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ExaGrid – Making Your Backups Better
Disk at the same price as tape
Fastest backups and restores
• 30-90% reductions in backup time
• Fast restores—in minutes—from onsite backups
Best scalability and performance
• Modular GRID architecture
• Pay-as-you-grow model; no forklift upgrades or extra IT work
Faster, more reliable disaster recovery
• Rapid disk-based recovery vs slow recovery from off-site tape
• Unique ―Instant DR‖ provides fastest disk recovery speeds
Lowest costs for your organization
• Easiest to manage, with fastest installation—in about an hour
• Best price in the industry
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A unique backup target that can
be both an economical sticky plaster AND a
scalable long term solution.
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