PEFCU implemented various EMC products like VMAX storage arrays, Data Domain appliances, RecoverPoint, and SourceOne to protect their business and ensure data availability. These solutions provide backup, archiving, disaster recovery, and regulatory compliance capabilities. The EMC infrastructure includes storage arrays located across three sites with replication between sites to ensure data can be quickly restored in the event of a disaster. The EMC solutions improved performance, reduced costs, and strengthened PEFCU's ability to protect customer data and maintain operations.
EMC IT's Journey to the Private Cloud: A Practitioner's Guide EMC
This white paper is the first in a series of EMC IT Proven papers describing EMC ITs initiative to move toward a private cloud-based IT infrastructure. EMC IT defines the private cloud as the next-generation IT infrastructure comprising both internal and external clouds that enables efficiency, control, and choice for the internal IT organization.
The world’s information is doubling every two years. In 2011 the world created a staggering 1.8 zettabytes. By 2020 the world will generate 50 times the amount of information and 75 times the number of "information containers", while IT staff to manage it will grow less than 1.5 times. This session introduces students to various storage networking, & business continuity terminologies.
UNIVERGE BLUE Backup as a Service Case Study: B & AInteractiveNEC
As an early adopter of SAP HANA for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM), B&A was deployed in the Public Cloud. B&A utilizes SAP HANA ERP for finance, accounting, and time keeping of resources, performing professional services on government contracts.
This white paper describes features introduced in EMC Avamar to extend VMware vCloud Director's service delivery and Virtual Data Center capabilities to include BaaS.
EMC IT's Journey to the Private Cloud: A Practitioner's Guide EMC
This white paper is the first in a series of EMC IT Proven papers describing EMC ITs initiative to move toward a private cloud-based IT infrastructure. EMC IT defines the private cloud as the next-generation IT infrastructure comprising both internal and external clouds that enables efficiency, control, and choice for the internal IT organization.
The world’s information is doubling every two years. In 2011 the world created a staggering 1.8 zettabytes. By 2020 the world will generate 50 times the amount of information and 75 times the number of "information containers", while IT staff to manage it will grow less than 1.5 times. This session introduces students to various storage networking, & business continuity terminologies.
UNIVERGE BLUE Backup as a Service Case Study: B & AInteractiveNEC
As an early adopter of SAP HANA for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM), B&A was deployed in the Public Cloud. B&A utilizes SAP HANA ERP for finance, accounting, and time keeping of resources, performing professional services on government contracts.
This white paper describes features introduced in EMC Avamar to extend VMware vCloud Director's service delivery and Virtual Data Center capabilities to include BaaS.
CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY WITH EMC VPLEX Roy Wassili
A growing number of organizations are using
EMC VPLEX and other off-the-shelf technologies
to ‘stretch’ application processing and data
access across distance—for continuous
application availability that is practical,
affordable, and automatic.
Deploying Applications in Today’s Network InfrastructureCisco Canada
This presentation prepares networking engineers for the fundamentals of deploying application in today’s server virtualization infrastructure. The objectives for this presentation is to share best practices, tips and tricks on how best to implement Cisco technology such as Cisco UCS and Cisco Nexus 1000v with any virtualization stack. During this presentation we will analyze and dissect two server virtualization use cases recently architected. These use cases consist of a multi -tenant private cloud and virtual desktop infrastructure for thousands of users.
INDUSTRY-LEADING TECHNOLOGY FOR LONG TERM RETENTION OF BACKUPS IN THE CLOUDEMC
CloudBoost is a cloud-enabling solution from EMC
Facilitates secure, automatic, efficient data transfer to private and public clouds for Long-Term Retention (LTR) of backups. Seamlessly extends existing data protection solutions to elastic, resilient, scale-out cloud storage
Bringing enterprise class backup, and various cloud storage options, to those seeking standardized corporate data protection services for their Salesforce data is now possible with UNIVERGE BLUE® BACKUP for Salesforce.
When it comes to backup and recovery, backup performance numbers rule the roost. It’s understandable really: far more data gets backed up than ever gets restored, and backup length is one of most difficult problems facing administrators today. But a reliance on backup numbers alone is dangerous. Recovery may not happen as frequently as daily backup but recovery is the entire reason for backup. Backing up because everyone does it isn’t good enough.
Learn about IBM PureFlex Sytem and VMware vCloud Enterprise Suite. The IBM PureFlex System platform has been used to meet the hardware requirements in support of this reference architecture. All the components required to support vCloud Suite (including computing, networking, storage, and management interfaces). For more information on Pure Systems, visit http://ibm.co/J7Zb1v.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210719868/IBM-pureflex-system-and-vmware-vcloud-enterprise-suite-reference-architecture
This Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) research study illuminates the major challenges of deploying and managing software defined data centers (SDDC)-related technologies and processes.
These slides cover:
* The key components and business drivers of the SDDC
* The SDDC technologies and services your peers will invest in and which ones promise the highest ROI
* The key considerations when optimally placing new applications and the core risks
* The key challenges when creating new application environments
* How the Software Defined Storage (SDS) can enhance your data center
* The ‘net’ impact of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and network virtualization
* How the SDDC concept increase the ROI of private and public cloud
* The role of OpenStack within the SDDC and the key reasons for adopting OpenStack
* The role security plays within the SDDC
More security at no additional cost? PowerPro cuts energy costs and reports suspicious activity.
Further Details: http://cynapspro.com/US/products/powerpro
Rethink Storage: Transform the Data Center with EMC ViPR Software-Defined Sto...EMC
This white paper discusses the evolution of the Software-Defined Data Center and the challenges of heterogeneous storage silos in making the SDDC a reality.
CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY WITH EMC VPLEX Roy Wassili
A growing number of organizations are using
EMC VPLEX and other off-the-shelf technologies
to ‘stretch’ application processing and data
access across distance—for continuous
application availability that is practical,
affordable, and automatic.
Deploying Applications in Today’s Network InfrastructureCisco Canada
This presentation prepares networking engineers for the fundamentals of deploying application in today’s server virtualization infrastructure. The objectives for this presentation is to share best practices, tips and tricks on how best to implement Cisco technology such as Cisco UCS and Cisco Nexus 1000v with any virtualization stack. During this presentation we will analyze and dissect two server virtualization use cases recently architected. These use cases consist of a multi -tenant private cloud and virtual desktop infrastructure for thousands of users.
INDUSTRY-LEADING TECHNOLOGY FOR LONG TERM RETENTION OF BACKUPS IN THE CLOUDEMC
CloudBoost is a cloud-enabling solution from EMC
Facilitates secure, automatic, efficient data transfer to private and public clouds for Long-Term Retention (LTR) of backups. Seamlessly extends existing data protection solutions to elastic, resilient, scale-out cloud storage
Bringing enterprise class backup, and various cloud storage options, to those seeking standardized corporate data protection services for their Salesforce data is now possible with UNIVERGE BLUE® BACKUP for Salesforce.
When it comes to backup and recovery, backup performance numbers rule the roost. It’s understandable really: far more data gets backed up than ever gets restored, and backup length is one of most difficult problems facing administrators today. But a reliance on backup numbers alone is dangerous. Recovery may not happen as frequently as daily backup but recovery is the entire reason for backup. Backing up because everyone does it isn’t good enough.
Learn about IBM PureFlex Sytem and VMware vCloud Enterprise Suite. The IBM PureFlex System platform has been used to meet the hardware requirements in support of this reference architecture. All the components required to support vCloud Suite (including computing, networking, storage, and management interfaces). For more information on Pure Systems, visit http://ibm.co/J7Zb1v.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210719868/IBM-pureflex-system-and-vmware-vcloud-enterprise-suite-reference-architecture
This Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) research study illuminates the major challenges of deploying and managing software defined data centers (SDDC)-related technologies and processes.
These slides cover:
* The key components and business drivers of the SDDC
* The SDDC technologies and services your peers will invest in and which ones promise the highest ROI
* The key considerations when optimally placing new applications and the core risks
* The key challenges when creating new application environments
* How the Software Defined Storage (SDS) can enhance your data center
* The ‘net’ impact of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and network virtualization
* How the SDDC concept increase the ROI of private and public cloud
* The role of OpenStack within the SDDC and the key reasons for adopting OpenStack
* The role security plays within the SDDC
More security at no additional cost? PowerPro cuts energy costs and reports suspicious activity.
Further Details: http://cynapspro.com/US/products/powerpro
Rethink Storage: Transform the Data Center with EMC ViPR Software-Defined Sto...EMC
This white paper discusses the evolution of the Software-Defined Data Center and the challenges of heterogeneous storage silos in making the SDDC a reality.
Slow performance and unavailable critical applications can impinge a company’s progress. You can apply patches and updates to improve application quality and user experience, but these changes need to be tested in resource-intensive environments before deployment. Keeping these applications accessing data is vital, too, as on-premises events can put availability at risk.
Our Dell EMC VMAX 250F and PowerEdge server solution supported test/dev environments and production database applications simultaneously without affecting the production applications’ performance. As we added VMs designed for test/dev environments, the production workload maintained an acceptable level of IOPS and achieved an average storage latency of less than a millisecond. The solution also kept data highly available with no downtime and no performance drop when we initiated a lost host connection for the primary storage. To run critical database applications of your company, consider the Dell EMC VMAX 250F for your datacenter.
White Paper: Rethink Storage: Transform the Data Center with EMC ViPR Softwar...EMC
This white paper discusses the software-defined data center (SDCC) and challenges of heterogeneous storage silos in making SDDC a reality. It introduces EMC ViPR software-defined storage, which enables enterprise IT departments and service providers to transform physical storage arrays into simple, extensible, open virtual storage platform.
Data Protection in the cloud, On-premises & anywhere in between.
A company’s most important asset is its data. No matter what a business’s data is comprised of, patent filings, architectural blueprints, medical files, customer account details, etc., it is critical to have comprehensive backup and disaster recovery plans to mitigate potential loss or access.
EMC IT's Journey to Cloud
PHASE 3: IT-AS-A-SERVICE
APPLICATIONS & CLOUD EXPERIENCE
See how EMC’s applications and cloud integration framework enable IT as a service.
Value Journal, a monthly news journal from Redington Value Distribution, intends to update the channel on the latest vendor news and Redington Value’s Channel Initiatives.
Key stories from the May Edition:
• Dell EMC takes open networking to the edge for next-generation access.
• Microsoft announces new intelligent security innovations
• Powering partners’ transformation - Pradeep Kumar, Principal Consultant, Security, Redington Value.
• Redington Value signs new vendor partnerships.
• Fortinet delivers integrated NOC-SOC solution.
• HPE to acquire Cape Networks.
• Malwarebytes introduces endpoint protection and response solution.
• Mimecast offers cyber resilience for email with new capabilities.
• SonicWall announces Capture Cloud Platform.
• Veritas revamps channel program to drive partner growth.
• Red Hat announces availability of Red Hat Storage One.
• AWS announces Amazon S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access(Z-IA).
Breakout session tijdens Proact's SYNC 2013.
VSPEX en vBlock Converged Infrastructure bouwblokken van hypervisor server network en storage.pptx
John Lavallée
Practice Mgr – Cloud Services EMEA
EMC | Global Services Partners
This white paper provides an overview of EMC's data protection solutions for the data lake - an active repository to manage varied and complex Big Data workloads
A company’s success depends on critical application performance and availability. Upgrades and patches can improve application efficiency and user experience, but making the necessary changes requires resource intensive environments to test updates before deploying them. What’s more, these applications need to continue accessing data even in the event of an on-premises crisis.
Our Dell EMC VMAX 250F and PowerEdge server solution supported test/dev environments and production database applications simultaneously without affecting the production applications’ performance. Storage latency for the VMAX 250F peaked at a millisecond in our testing while IOPS stayed within an acceptable range. The solution also kept data highly available with no downtime or performance drop when we initiated a lost host connection for the primary storage. Consider the Dell EMC VMAX 250F array for your datacenter to support the critical database applications that drive your company.
Beakbane safeguards future with ERP - ready infrastructure upgrade.Icomm Technologies
Icomm Technologies delivers enterprise Business Continuity and rationalises Beakbane's IT infrastructure by 70% with virtualised server and storage environments to support a critical ERP system upgrade.
EMC IT's Journey to Cloud : BUSINESS PRODUCTION BACKUP & RECOVERY SYSTEMSEMC
EMC IT's Journey to Cloud
PHASE 2: BUSINESS PRODUCTION
BACKUP & RECOVERY SYSTEMS
Discover how EMC uses its next generation deduplication, backup, and archiving.
Oracle PeopleSoft on Cisco Unified Computing System and EMC VNX Storage EMC
This Cisco Validated Design paper is intended for use by Project Managers, Infrastructure Managers, Storage Managers, System Administrators, and PeopleSoft Application Database Administrators considering the sizing, deployment, and migration of Oracle PeopleSoft Applications to Cisco UCS with EMC VNX storage.
In our tests, ViPR Controller and ViPR SRM saved administrative time and effort. Based on our analysis, these savings can translate into significant OPEX savings.
Furthermore, the ability to integrate with orchestration applications and cloud stacks and to leverage officially unsupported storage via a third-party block provider means that ViPR Controller can benefit your organization across your service portfolio. When coupled with the additional OPEX savings found through reductions in change control and improved site management, ViPR Controller and ViPR SRM can improve your organization’s bottom line, providing millions of dollars in OPEX savings.
Reducing Operating Expense with EMC ViPR Controller and ViPR SRM
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You Have Aligned IT with
Business – Are You Protecting
the Business?By Karen Sullivan, CIO/CSO, Publix Employees Federal Credit Union
T
he financial industry must have the appropriate
technologies in place to quickly adapt and change
to evolving regulations, technology advancements
and business process changes. PEFCU’s IT
department must be visionaries to keep up
with rapidly changing technology and maintain regulatory
compliance. This requires long-term strategic planning and
strong teamwork within the organization. Performing an
analysis of the five year business plan and goals allows IT to
strategically plan for those changes and determine the impact
to the infrastructure and security of the business.
PEFCU invested in EMC and Cisco technologies ensuring
we were responsive enough to face any challenge. Our strategy
evolved to keep up with technology and regulations we must
Karen Sullivan
CIO Insight
adhere to. In choosing vendors, most notably, EMC, we provide
members and staff maximum uptime, security, and performance.
More importantly, strategic planning for the growth of data and
software applications is considered along with data retention,
backup, archiving, and data security.
PEFCU has branches in Florida and Georgia with centralized
IT at our Lakeland, Florida office. Our Disaster Recovery site
in Jacksonville is an exact mirror of the Lakeland office with a
Tertiary site in Norcross GA, which hosts a VNX system for critical
applications only.
Challenges in Protecting the Business
For business continuity/disaster recovery, we installed several
EMC products to protect our business. Disaster Recovery is “top-
of-mind” and availability is critical. We require 365/24/7 uptime
for our customer facing e-services applications. In a competitive
market we must differentiate ourselves from competitors through
the use of technology. In order to protect the business and financial
data we have had to evolve our Archiving, Backup and Recovery
to reduce complexity, recurring costs, and expand data protection
service levels.
Tomeetbusinessandfinancialgoalsweconsolidatedbackupand
archiving on to EMC Data Domain
appliances (DDRs) and replicated
that data to 3 sites, maintaining data
integrity and reducing business risk
by ensuring quick data restoration.
Operationally we improved
replication performance, reduced
RTO for backup and Disaster
Recovery and operational efficiency
by streamlining management of
backup and recovery operations.
Environment & Existing
Applications
We use EMC VMware Vsphere
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In choosing vendors,
most notably, EMC, we
provide members and
staff maximum uptime,
security and performance
ESXi 5.0 on a Cisco UCS Blade system running 120 VMs. This
system is attached to an EMC VMAX 10k with a mix of Flash,
Fibre Channel and SATA drives using Fast VP.
PEFCU implemented an EMC Enterprise Storage Network
that comprises two EMC VMAX 10K storage arrays located in
Lakeland and Jacksonville. Each unit is configured with a total of
40 TB useable capacity.
The units employ three distinct storage tiers using EMC
FAST technology to migrate data amongst the tiers depending
on usage. Tier 1 is the highest performing and contains 1 TB of
EFD/Flash Drives. 15K fiber channel drives (18 TB) on Tier
2 and 7200 RPM SATA drives (21 TB) on Tier 3. EMC FAST
technology uses sophisticated algorithms to determine proper tier
placement for data and dynamically moves data amongst the tiers
to ensure optimal performance.
The ESN is comprised of two Cisco MDS 9148 switches in
Lakeland, two Cisco MDS 9124 switches in Jacksonville and
EMC Recover Point Appliances (RPA). Each switch constitutes
a complete VSAN in the storage network providing a logical
security boundary. PEFCU’s ESN employs the concept of
mapping, zoning and LUN masking to restrict and enforce access
to SAN Data.
EMC RPAs are designed to incorporate Disaster Recover/
Business continuity with one
cluster at Lakeland and another
cluster at Jacksonville, allowing bi-
directional SAN based replication.
Each cluster consists of four 1U
Recover Point appliances that
provide asynchronous replication
between Lakeland and Jacksonville
across a 200 Mbps Ethernet
Private Line (EVPL). This mode
of replication sends point in time
copies and allows for the recovery
of replicas on a very granular level
and protection against replication of
deletes or data corruption from site
to site so we can return to a restore point an instant before the deletion
or corruption occurred.
These RPA’s work with the EMC VMware SRM solution to
providing an efficient disaster failover/failback solution requiring
minimal user intervention. This allows for the failover of one or more
VMs from Lakeland to Jacksonville and back.
Archiving, Backup and Recovery Overview
The Credit Union employs several other EMC products to protect the
business and member data.
SourceOne was implemented for archiving and 5 year data
retention of e-mails. Exchange E-mails are journaled and SourceOne
pulls these emails from the Journal to a staging area on the server
and written to the SourceOne archive on the DDRs. SourceOne
provides E-discovery for all archived content and Email supervision
for regulatory compliance.
After 90 days, emails are shortcutted and represented as a stub in
Outlook clients. After one year the stub is removed from Outlook and
Exchange and the user can search for e-mails using many parameters
in the web client of SourceOne.
All applications write to production DDRs and backups replicate
from the production DDRs to the hot and warm sites using cascading
replication. The basic diagram of our current VMAX environment
includes Recover Point and Cisco MDS switches along with
Site Recovery Manager (SRM), allowing for full site failover in
approximately 1 hour.
VMDKs are backed up to the DDR’s and EMC DiskXtender
backs up our Imaging system to the DDRs as well.
Data is written to DDRs over Ethernet via CIFS shares or NFS
mounts.Theretentionofthefilesisdefinedbythebackupapplications,
not Data Domain. All data on the appliances are deduplicated and
compressed using CPU and memory, is continually verified by the
appliance, and available whenever needed. DDRs maintain statistics
on all content written and report their overall statistics and health
daily.
Data Domain Statistics
An example of data reported upon is the amount of data written
before deduplication, as well as disk capacity
TCO savings achieved are the consolidation of archive data
onto DDRs as the sets are deduplicated together, resulting in disk
capacity savings overall and reduction ratios directly correlate to
WAN bandwidth savings, as data is replicated deduplicated between
facilities.
Because Data Domain is used as a NAS, many applications can
write to it over Ethernet directly. This results in software license cost
savings, as applications can write backups directly to DDRs without
requiring additional backup software costs.
In summary, EMC provides PEFCU industry leading hardware
and software for application protection, backup, recovery, archive,
and compliance.