Enable CA ARCserve to store and retrieve backup data to Cloud storage using CloudArray™ software

Enable CA ARCserve ™ to store and retrieve backup data to Cloud storage using CloudArray ™ software For virtualized and physical server environments

Overview
The following presentation provides a functional overview on:
How CA ARCserve software together with CloudArray work seamlessly to protect virtualized and physical environments
This solution provides an economic and highly reliable storage tier for offsite data backup and replication without the logistics and cost of tape transport.
The presentation also provides a 3-year TCO summary on CloudArray vs. existing backup and replication solutions
Details for a Free 30-day evaluation of CloudArray software
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Example Environment
3 physical hosts and 14 virtual machines on VMware ESX servers
CA ARCserve implemented as data protection solution
Initial CA ARCserve backup targets: tape and offsite tape storage
Enhancement solution for CA ARCserve backup target:
CloudArray software
Cloud storage providers
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TwinStrata.com Backup Targets Tape and/or D2D VCB Proxy Server VMs ESX Host Shared storage - VM disk files on primary storage Data Center D2D Tape PS SAN LAN Offsite Tape Backup Storage Typical backup solution using ARCserve VM and PS Data backup VM and PS Data restore VM=virtual machine, PS=physical server, VCB=VMware Consolidated Backup CA ARCserve Backup target Installed: Windows Server VMware converter CA ARCserve FC

TwinStrata.com Backup Targets Tape and/or D2D VCB Proxy Server VMs ESX Host Shared storage - VM disk files on primary storage Data Center D2D Tape PS SAN LAN Offsite Tape Backup Storage VM and PS Data backup VM and PS Data restore VM=virtual machine, PS=physical server, VCB=VMware Consolidated Backup CA ARCserve Backup target Installed: Windows Server VMware converter CA ARCserve FC
Challenges with backup to tape and offsite tape management;
Time consuming
Costly
Not Secure
Data Integrity issues
Time to restore

TwinStrata.com Backup Targets Tape and/or D2D VCB Proxy Server VMs ESX Host Shared storage - VM disk files on primary storage Data Center D2D Tape PS SAN LAN Offsite Tape Backup Storage VM and PS Data backup VM and PS Data restore VM=virtual machine, PS=physical server, VCB=VMware Consolidated Backup CA ARCserve Backup target Installed: Windows Server VMware converter CA ARCserve FC
Challenges with D2D backup:
Capital intensive
Costly and time consuming to expand

TwinStrata.com VCB Proxy Server VMs ESX Host Shared storage - VM disk files on primary storage Data Center PS SAN LAN VM and PS Data backup VM and PS Data restore VM=virtual machine, PS=physical server, VCB=VMware Consolidated Backup CA ARCserve Backup target Installed: Windows Server VMware converter CA ARCserve FC Backup Target Storing backup data for recovery in the Cloud offers many benefits, but how do we inexpensively connect ARCserve to a Cloud provider of our choice?

TwinStrata.com VCB Proxy Server VMs ESX Host Shared storage - VM disk files on primary storage Data Center PS SAN LAN VM and PS Data backup VM and PS Data restore VM=virtual machine, PS=physical server, VCB=VMware Consolidated Backup CA ARCserve Backup target Installed: Windows Server VMware converter CA ARCserve FC Backup Target … with CloudArray software! CloudArray

TwinStrata.com VCB Proxy Server VMs ESX Host Shared storage - VM disk files on primary storage Data Center PS SAN LAN VM and PS Data backup VM and PS Data restore VM=virtual machine, PS=physical server, VCB=VMware Consolidated Backup CA ARCserve Backup target Installed: Windows Server VMware converter CA ARCserve FC Backup Target ESX CloudArray Virtual Appliance CloudArray operates as a virtual appliance It presents iSCSI volumes to physical and virtual servers Volumes are block-based and replicate data to cloud storage providers It’s local cache allows fast access to data

TwinStrata.com VCB Proxy Server VMs ESX Host Shared storage - VM disk files on primary storage Data Center PS SAN LAN VM and PS Data backup VM and PS Data restore VM=virtual machine, PS=physical server, VCB=VMware Consolidated Backup CA ARCserve Backup target Installed: Windows Server VMware converter CA ARCserve FC Backup Target ESX CloudArray Virtual Appliance Companies have the option to run CloudArray on any existing ESX server. In this example, we show an ESX server dedicated to CloudArray.

TwinStrata.com VCB Proxy Server VMs ESX Host Shared storage - VM disk files on primary storage Data Center PS SAN LAN VM and PS Data backup VM=virtual machine, PS=physical server, VCB=VMware Consolidated Backup CA ARCserve Backup target Installed: Windows Server VMware converter CA ARCserve FC Backup Target ESX CloudArray Virtual Appliance Provision CloudArray volume(s) using local storage as a cache or a full local copy VM and PS Data restore

TwinStrata.com VCB Proxy Server VMs ESX Host Shared storage - VM disk files on primary storage Data Center PS SAN LAN VM and PS Data backup VM=virtual machine, PS=physical server, VCB=VMware Consolidated Backup CA ARCserve Backup target Installed: Windows Server VMware converter CA ARCserve FC Backup Target ESX CloudArray Virtual Appliance VM and PS Data restore Cloud Storage Providers WAN CloudArray volume(s) are mapped to your choice of Cloud storage service providers with pricing as low as $0.15/GB per month

TwinStrata.com VCB Proxy Server VMs ESX Host Shared storage - VM disk files on primary storage Data Center PS SAN LAN VM and PS Data backup VM=virtual machine, PS=physical server, VCB=VMware Consolidated Backup CA ARCserve Backup target Installed: Windows Server VMware converter CA ARCserve FC Backup Target ESX CloudArray Virtual Appliance VM and PS Data restore Cloud Storage Providers WAN Present CloudArray volume via iSCSI to Proxy Server CloudArray Vol mapped To VCB Proxy Server iSCSI

TwinStrata.com VCB Proxy Server VMs ESX Host Shared storage - VM disk files on primary storage Data Center PS SAN LAN VM and PS Data backup VM=virtual machine, PS=physical server, VCB=VMware Consolidated Backup CA ARCserve Backup target Installed: Windows Server VMware converter CA ARCserve FC Backup Target ESX CloudArray Virtual Appliance VM and PS Data restore Cloud Storage Providers WAN CloudArray Vol mapped To VCB Proxy Server Backup target = mapped CloudArray volume (NTFS) Proxy Server installs NTFS on vol. and mounts drive iSCSI

TwinStrata.com VCB Proxy Server VMs ESX Host Shared storage - VM disk files on primary storage Data Center PS SAN LAN VM and PS Data backup VM=virtual machine, PS=physical server, VCB=VMware Consolidated Backup CA ARCserve Backup target Installed: Windows Server VMware converter CA ARCserve FC Backup Target ESX CloudArray Virtual Appliance VM and PS Data restore Cloud Storage Providers WAN CloudArray Vol mapped To VCB Proxy Server
In ARCserve admin utility:
key in ARCserve credentials + ESX server details (Hosts to be backed up)
create backup folder on volume created out of Cloud storage
select source and destination targets
schedule
done!
iSCSI

TwinStrata.com VCB Proxy Server VMs ESX Host Shared storage - VM disk files on primary storage Data Center PS SAN LAN VM and PS Data backup VM=virtual machine, PS=physical server, VCB=VMware Consolidated Backup CA ARCserve Backup target Installed: Windows Server VMware converter CA ARCserve FC Backup Target ESX CloudArray Virtual Appliance VM and PS Data restore Cloud Storage Providers WAN CloudArray Vol mapped To VCB Proxy Server Backup data set is written to CloudArray local cache iSCSI

TwinStrata.com VCB Proxy Server VMs ESX Host Shared storage - VM disk files on primary storage Data Center PS SAN LAN VM and PS Data backup VM=virtual machine, PS=physical server, VCB=VMware Consolidated Backup CA ARCserve Backup target Installed: Windows Server VMware converter CA ARCserve FC Backup Target ESX CloudArray Virtual Appliance VM and PS Data restore Cloud Storage Providers WAN CloudArray Vol mapped To VCB Proxy Server The data set is asynchronously replicated to one or more Cloud storage providers of your choice Encryption, Compression, iSCSI

TwinStrata.com VCB Proxy Server VMs ESX Host Shared storage - VM disk files on primary storage Data Center PS SAN LAN VM and PS Data backup VM=virtual machine, PS=physical server, VCB=VMware Consolidated Backup CA ARCserve Backup target Installed: Windows Server VMware converter CA ARCserve FC Backup Target ESX CloudArray Virtual Appliance VM and PS Data restore Cloud Storage Providers WAN CloudArray Vol mapped To VCB Proxy Server A restore operation from ARCserve retrieves data from CloudArray local cache and Cloud storage provider(s) iSCSI

CloudArray vs. Existing Backup & Replication Solutions: 5 TB Environment
Analysis based on increment costs
5 TB environment
Includes all s/w, h/w, maint, & admin
Backup solutions
Existing backup to tape + remote vaulting
Backup to CloudArray
5 months ROI (initial CAP/OP-EX)
$72.8 k savings over 3 yr period
Replication solutions
Existing off-site replication
Replication + snapshot to CloudArray
1 month ROI (initial CAP/OP-Ex)
$240k savings over 3 yr period
TwinStrata.com 3 yr-TCO for CloudArray vs. Existing Backup and Replication Solutions

Feature / Benefits
Provides secure electronic backup to offsite Cloud storage providers without changes to ARCserve
Choice of Cloud storage providers with rates of $0.15 per GB per month
No need to save data to tape(s) and ship offsite
Faster restore from iSCSI volumes
Local copy of data is available in CloudArray cache with option of a full local copy for faster access
Choice of Cloud storage providers to optimize cost and availability
Secure: 256-bit AES at rest encryption
Supports VMware, Citrix XenServer and MS Hyper-V
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Visit TwinStrata’s Web site to download your evaluation copy of CloudArray and explore other solutions
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Enable CA ARCserve to store and retrieve backup data to Cloud storage using CloudArray™ software

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