SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Corp.
(NYSE: QTM) today announced that Connecticut-based Groton Utilities is using
DXi® disk-based deduplication and Scalar®
tape in combination with Veeam backup and replication software to
consolidate multi-site backup and disaster recovery (DR),
protecting its critical data against malware and loss and reducing
overall costs. Groton's
implementation demonstrates a commitment to 3-2-1 data protection
best practices: three copies of data, using two different media
types, with one copy offline and off-site.
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Effective Protection for VMs
Groton Utilities
provides water, power and other services for a wide area of
southeastern Connecticut,
including the City of Groton. Over
the years, the IT team's approach to backup and DR protection has
evolved — for example, when the servers were all physical, backups
were written to a tape library. As servers became 95 percent
virtualized, disk then became part of the strategy. To protect
virtual machines (VMs) more effectively, the team chose software
from Veeam, and it added Quantum DXi deduplication appliances to
handle data growth, in part because the company had such a positive
experience with Quantum's tape library and service support team.
The DXi appliance not only provides fast backup and restore to keep
data readily available but also delivers high deduplication rates
that enable Groton to retain
backup data for a full 30 days.
"We saw the value of a 3-2-1 approach to data protection," said
Tom O'Farrell, Groton Utilities
system administrator, "but we hadn't found an effective and
cost-efficient way to implement it until we deployed the
Quantum-Veeam solution."
Tape Protects Against Ransomware
Writing data to tape
provides "air gap" protection against data loss and malware,
including ransomware. The IT team created a configuration using the
two different data centers and disk-to-disk replication. Veeam
backs up the VMs to the DXi appliance, and the team's legacy backup
application creates tapes.
"We have seen the damage and costs that recent ransomware
attacks have created, and we know the best protection is having a
kind of 'air gap' — keeping a copy of critical data on tape that is
isolated from the vulnerable spinning disk," said O'Farrell.
Reducing Backup Complexity
The Groton Utilities team
plans to simplify the backup system further by adding another DXi
at its second data center to back up both VMs and CIFS shares to
the DXi appliances using Veeam, and then replicating backup data
between data centers using the DXi appliances. The new system will
leverage integration of the DXi systems with the Veeam Data Mover
to increase performance and support features such as synthetic full
backup and Instant VM Recovery directly on a DXi appliance. Veeam
will also back up the physical servers and create tapes.
"The power of the Quantum and Veeam technology is enabling us to
simplify," said O'Farrell. The DXi appliances are getting excellent
dedupe rates and providing highly effective replication," said
O'Farrell. "Veeam can now do backups for both VMs and physical
servers, and it can write data both to CIFS shares and to tape
libraries. Our experience over the last year is that the Quantum
and Veeam elements of the combined solution work very well
together."
Photo Link: www.quantum.com/pr/Groton-Utilities.jpg
Photo Caption: Groton Utilities uses Quantum DXi
deduplication and Scalar tape library with Veeam software for
comprehensive data protection
Additional Resources
- Learn more about how the combination of Quantum and Veeam
protects Groton Utilities:
www.quantum.com/customerstories/grotonutilities/index.aspx
- For more information about DXi:
www.quantum.com/products/disk-basedbackup/index.aspx
- Read about Scalar tape libraries:
www.quantum.com/products/tapelibraries/index.aspx
About Quantum
Quantum is a leading expert in
scale-out tiered storage, archive and data protection, providing
solutions for capturing, sharing and preserving digital assets over
the entire data lifecycle. From small businesses to major
enterprises, more than 100,000 customers have trusted Quantum to
address their most demanding data workflow challenges. Quantum's
end-to-end, tiered storage foundation enables customers to maximize
the value of their data by making it accessible whenever and
wherever needed, retaining it indefinitely and reducing total cost
and complexity. See how at www.quantum.com/customerstories.
Quantum, the Quantum logo, DXi and Scalar are registered
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"Safe Harbor" Statement: This press release contains
"forward-looking" statements. All statements other than statements
of historical fact are statements that could be deemed
forward-looking statements. Quantum advises caution in reliance on
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include,
without limitation, 1) benefits and value to customers from
combined Quantum Veeam solutions, including Quantum's DXi
appliances, 2) Groton Utilities' future plans for its backup system
and 3) customer demand for and Quantum's future revenue from such
solutions and appliances. All forward-looking statements are based
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