Webinar 
The Five Ways Backup Design 
Can Impact Virtualized Data Protection 
Learn How To Meet These Challenges: 
Available On Demand 
1. The Full Backup Challenge 
2. The Changed Block Backup Challenge 
3. The Consolidated Full Challenge 
4. The Replication Challenge 
5. The Instant Recovery Challenge 
For audio playback and Q&A go to: 
http://bit.ly/5DataProtect
About George Crump 
● Founder of Storage Switzerland, and its 
lead analyst 
● Areas of expertise include performance 
optimization and data protection. 
● Recognized for his talks, white papers 
and chalktalk videos on such current 
technology as all-flash arrays, SSDs 
and software-defined storage 
● He has 25 years of experience 
designing storage solutions for data 
centers across the US
ExaGrid at a Glance 
7,000+ 
Systems installed 
globally 
345+ 
Customer success 
stories and videos at 
ExaGrid.com 
Company 
Offices across North 
America, Europe, APAC 
Product 
Highly scalable, cost-effective 
disk backup with 
deduplication system 
Over 20 compatible backup applications & utilities 
and technology certifications
About ExaGrid Speaker 
Kevin Russell, Vice President, North America Systems Engineering 
Kevin has been building, coaching and mentoring high-performance systems 
engineering teams for over 15 years in disciplines ranging from network 
architecture, data backup solutions, virtualization and enterprise storage. Kevin 
holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bowling Green State University. 
i 20 years, he has held multiple leadership positions with major technology 
companies including NetScrJunip, and Riverbed Technology. Kevin has a 
degree from State University in Bowling Green, OH and has co-authored a 
book on network security.
Polling Question 
"What Do You Wish Your Virtualized 
Backup Would Do Better?" 
A) More, Faster Backups Throughout the Day 
B) Require Fewer or Zero Full Backups 
C) Faster Recoveries To Original Host 
D) Better "Recovery in Place" Performance 
E) Better Reporting of DR Status via 
Replication
Polling Question 
"What Do You Wish Your Virtualized 
Backup Would Do Better?"
The State of Virtual Backup 
• Software has improved 
significantly over the past three 
years 
• New features could enable the 
cost effective achievement of 
very high SLA capabilities 
• But…hardware has largely 
remained status quo and has 
been leap frogged by software
Design Challenge #1 
VM Backup Changed the State of Backups
Design Challenge #1 
VM Backup Changed the State of Backups 
● Full Backups Remain A Challenge 
Deduplication and compression does not help on initial 
full backups 
● The Change Block Backup Challenge 
Small but varied I/O now bombard the backup target 
● The Consolidated Full Challenge 
Creating a off-host full is more time consuming than 
simply copying the data over the wire a second time
Virtualization Has Changed Backups 
The Changed Block Backup Challenge 
Legacy: Once a night 
sequential data copy
Virtualization Has Changed Backups 
The Changed Block Backup Challenge 
Now: protection several times a 
day, incremental update 
Optimized 
Native
Virtualization Has Changed Backups 
The Consolidated Full Challenge 
Legacy: Backup 
was a bunch of 
1’s and 0’s
Virtualization Has Changed Backups 
The Consolidated Full Challenge 
Now is multiple 
versions of VM’s that 
need to be 
reconstituted in to a 
new full backup
Virtualization Has Changed Backups 
The Consolidated Full Challenge
Virtualization Has Changed Backups 
The Consolidated Solution 
Consolidation on the 
backup appliance, no 
network hops
Design Challenge #2 
VM Backup Changed Disaster Recovery 
● The VM Backup App and the 
Backup Appliance can replicate off-site 
Having the software do the replication consumes 
backup and DR target server resources 
Having the appliance do the replication means that 
the backup software has no awareness of the replica 
copy
Virtualization Has Changed Backups 
The Replication Challenge 
DR Site
Virtualization Has Changed Backups 
The Replication Solution 
DR Site 
Command Control
Design Challenge #3 
VM Backup Changed Recovery 
● Full Restore Challenge 
Deduplication and Multiple hops can impact full recovery 
when moving data across the network 
● The Tape Copy Challenge 
VM specific backup apps are adding the ability to create 
tape. Deduplication can impact that process and can add 
multiple hops across the network 
● Recovery In Place 
Changes the Relationship we have with the backup 
appliance – It can potentially be production storage
Virtualization Has Changed Backups 
The Restore Challenges
Virtualization Has Changed Backups 
The Restore Challenges
Virtualization Has Changed Backups 
The Restore Solution
Virtualization Has Changed Backups 
The Restore Solution
Virtualization Has Changed Backups 
The Recovery in Place Challenge 
Performance 
degraded because of 
deep drives, busy 
controllers, 
deduplication and 
compression 
Optimized
Virtualization Has Changed Backups 
The Recovery in Place Challenge 
Native 
Optimized
Optimizing Architectures for VM Backup 
● The State of Backups Are Changing 
● The State of DR is Changing 
● The State of Recover is Changing 
● Requires Intelligent Backup Appliances
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ExaGrid –A Better Way! 
Unique Architecture 
• Front-end landing zone 
• Adaptive deduplication 
• Occurs in parallel 
• Scale-out 
• Full server appliances in a GRID 
ExaGrid Solves the Problems 
• Fastest backups 
• Fastest restores, instant recoveries 
& tape copies 
• Fixed length backup window as data grows 
• Eliminates obsolescence and 
forklift upgrades
TechTarget Backup School 
exagrid.com | 28 
Fastest Restores and Recoveries
TechTarget Backup School 
exagrid.com | 29 
ExaGrid-VeeamAccelerated Agent 
• Veeam to Veeam communications 
• Faster than CIFs 
• With the landing zone further improves performance for: 
• Restores 
• Instant VM Recovery 
• Tape copy 
• Sure Backup integrity check 
• Virtual Lab 
• Synthetic full backups on the ExaGrid 
• Eliminates Veeam backup server overhead and network traffic 
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Thank you! 
Storage Switzerland 
http://www.storageswiss.com 
gcrump@storage-switzerland.com 
StorageSwiss on Twitter: 
http://twitter.com/storageswiss 
StorageSwiss on YouTube: 
http://www.youtube.com/user/storageswiss 
Exagrid: 
www.exagrid.com/ 
https://www.facebook.com/ExaGrid 
https://twitter.com/ExaGrid 
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5 Ways Your Backup Design Can Impact Virtualized Data Protection

  • 1.
    Webinar The FiveWays Backup Design Can Impact Virtualized Data Protection Learn How To Meet These Challenges: Available On Demand 1. The Full Backup Challenge 2. The Changed Block Backup Challenge 3. The Consolidated Full Challenge 4. The Replication Challenge 5. The Instant Recovery Challenge For audio playback and Q&A go to: http://bit.ly/5DataProtect
  • 2.
    About George Crump ● Founder of Storage Switzerland, and its lead analyst ● Areas of expertise include performance optimization and data protection. ● Recognized for his talks, white papers and chalktalk videos on such current technology as all-flash arrays, SSDs and software-defined storage ● He has 25 years of experience designing storage solutions for data centers across the US
  • 3.
    ExaGrid at aGlance 7,000+ Systems installed globally 345+ Customer success stories and videos at ExaGrid.com Company Offices across North America, Europe, APAC Product Highly scalable, cost-effective disk backup with deduplication system Over 20 compatible backup applications & utilities and technology certifications
  • 4.
    About ExaGrid Speaker Kevin Russell, Vice President, North America Systems Engineering Kevin has been building, coaching and mentoring high-performance systems engineering teams for over 15 years in disciplines ranging from network architecture, data backup solutions, virtualization and enterprise storage. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bowling Green State University. i 20 years, he has held multiple leadership positions with major technology companies including NetScrJunip, and Riverbed Technology. Kevin has a degree from State University in Bowling Green, OH and has co-authored a book on network security.
  • 5.
    Polling Question "WhatDo You Wish Your Virtualized Backup Would Do Better?" A) More, Faster Backups Throughout the Day B) Require Fewer or Zero Full Backups C) Faster Recoveries To Original Host D) Better "Recovery in Place" Performance E) Better Reporting of DR Status via Replication
  • 6.
    Polling Question "WhatDo You Wish Your Virtualized Backup Would Do Better?"
  • 7.
    The State ofVirtual Backup • Software has improved significantly over the past three years • New features could enable the cost effective achievement of very high SLA capabilities • But…hardware has largely remained status quo and has been leap frogged by software
  • 8.
    Design Challenge #1 VM Backup Changed the State of Backups
  • 9.
    Design Challenge #1 VM Backup Changed the State of Backups ● Full Backups Remain A Challenge Deduplication and compression does not help on initial full backups ● The Change Block Backup Challenge Small but varied I/O now bombard the backup target ● The Consolidated Full Challenge Creating a off-host full is more time consuming than simply copying the data over the wire a second time
  • 10.
    Virtualization Has ChangedBackups The Changed Block Backup Challenge Legacy: Once a night sequential data copy
  • 11.
    Virtualization Has ChangedBackups The Changed Block Backup Challenge Now: protection several times a day, incremental update Optimized Native
  • 12.
    Virtualization Has ChangedBackups The Consolidated Full Challenge Legacy: Backup was a bunch of 1’s and 0’s
  • 13.
    Virtualization Has ChangedBackups The Consolidated Full Challenge Now is multiple versions of VM’s that need to be reconstituted in to a new full backup
  • 14.
    Virtualization Has ChangedBackups The Consolidated Full Challenge
  • 15.
    Virtualization Has ChangedBackups The Consolidated Solution Consolidation on the backup appliance, no network hops
  • 16.
    Design Challenge #2 VM Backup Changed Disaster Recovery ● The VM Backup App and the Backup Appliance can replicate off-site Having the software do the replication consumes backup and DR target server resources Having the appliance do the replication means that the backup software has no awareness of the replica copy
  • 17.
    Virtualization Has ChangedBackups The Replication Challenge DR Site
  • 18.
    Virtualization Has ChangedBackups The Replication Solution DR Site Command Control
  • 19.
    Design Challenge #3 VM Backup Changed Recovery ● Full Restore Challenge Deduplication and Multiple hops can impact full recovery when moving data across the network ● The Tape Copy Challenge VM specific backup apps are adding the ability to create tape. Deduplication can impact that process and can add multiple hops across the network ● Recovery In Place Changes the Relationship we have with the backup appliance – It can potentially be production storage
  • 20.
    Virtualization Has ChangedBackups The Restore Challenges
  • 21.
    Virtualization Has ChangedBackups The Restore Challenges
  • 22.
    Virtualization Has ChangedBackups The Restore Solution
  • 23.
    Virtualization Has ChangedBackups The Restore Solution
  • 24.
    Virtualization Has ChangedBackups The Recovery in Place Challenge Performance degraded because of deep drives, busy controllers, deduplication and compression Optimized
  • 25.
    Virtualization Has ChangedBackups The Recovery in Place Challenge Native Optimized
  • 26.
    Optimizing Architectures forVM Backup ● The State of Backups Are Changing ● The State of DR is Changing ● The State of Recover is Changing ● Requires Intelligent Backup Appliances
  • 27.
    TechTarget Backup School exagrid.com | 27 ExaGrid –A Better Way! Unique Architecture • Front-end landing zone • Adaptive deduplication • Occurs in parallel • Scale-out • Full server appliances in a GRID ExaGrid Solves the Problems • Fastest backups • Fastest restores, instant recoveries & tape copies • Fixed length backup window as data grows • Eliminates obsolescence and forklift upgrades
  • 28.
    TechTarget Backup School exagrid.com | 28 Fastest Restores and Recoveries
  • 29.
    TechTarget Backup School exagrid.com | 29 ExaGrid-VeeamAccelerated Agent • Veeam to Veeam communications • Faster than CIFs • With the landing zone further improves performance for: • Restores • Instant VM Recovery • Tape copy • Sure Backup integrity check • Virtual Lab • Synthetic full backups on the ExaGrid • Eliminates Veeam backup server overhead and network traffic 29
  • 30.
    Thank you! StorageSwitzerland http://www.storageswiss.com gcrump@storage-switzerland.com StorageSwiss on Twitter: http://twitter.com/storageswiss StorageSwiss on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/storageswiss Exagrid: www.exagrid.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ExaGrid https://twitter.com/ExaGrid Remember! Please rate this webinar. Your reviews help us!
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    Thanks for viewingour SlideShare of: The Five Ways Backup Design Can Impact Virtualized Data Protection For complete Audio & Q&A please register for the On Demand Version at http://bit.ly/5DataProtect