NetVault SmartDisk Fast, cost-effective and scalable disk-based backup and deduplication for NetVault Backup and vRanger

When it comes to disk-based backup SmartDisk is also hardware agnostic, so of your business-critical data, what it will operate in your existing storage NetVault SmartDisk once seemed impossible on a limited infrastructure. This eliminates the need enables you to free up storage budget is now easily attainable. to purchase expensive, specialized storage space and reduce Retaining a rapidly growing volume of appliances. And with SmartDisk’s post- data, backing it up within small windows process deduplication option, you can storage costs, yet requires that don’t run into working hours and schedule the deduplication outside the only a minimal level of ensuring the data can be reliably backup window to prevent any impact on expertise to operate. recovered is significantly easier and less normal backup operations. costly with NetVault SmartDisk. STORAGE SAVINGS ACROSS BENEFITS: This powerful data deduplication solution MIXED ENVIRONMENTS Simplified disk-based backup frees up storage space and reduces NetVault SmartDisk seamlessly storage costs, yet requires only a integrates with NetVault Backup, giving • Byte-level, variable-block minimal level of expertise to operate. you greater control over your disk-to- deduplication Using an efficient byte-level, variable- disk backups and deduplication. In block deduplication engine, SmartDisk • Software-based and hardware fact, you can turn deduplication on and independent ensures the highest levels of efficiency off at the job level. This enables you to by analyzing data with more granularity. separately target deduplicated and non- • Post-process deduplication It also has the ability to dynamically deduplicated data to ensure the best • Rapid deployment with existing change the block size to recognize more storage savings and performance. duplicate patterns. This approach can infrastructure reduce the backup storage footprint by • Integrates with NetVault Backup up to 90 percent. and vRanger

• Deduplicates data across backup jobs and backup servers

LAN LAN • Replicates deduplicated data from Physical machine Virtual machine one instance to another

NetVault vRanger • Easily scalable Backup Backup server server Cost savings

Virtual machine host Virtual machine • Reduces data storage footprint by SmartDisk instance up to 90 percent Backup/Restore paths Backup/Restore paths • Analyzes data at a more granular level to prevent fixed blocks from Network attached SmartDisk storage WAN instance Virtual machine masking changes and storing duplicate data as unique

Secondary • Works on most file systems and SmartDisk instance eliminates the need to acquire specialized appliances NetVault SmartDisk’s ability to share disk-based backup storage across heterogeneous platforms eases administrator workloads by providing a single data protection solution. • Enables you to scale by easily adding file system paths to existing storage pools, reducing complexity and deferring storage expenses For efficient off-site disaster recovery ADDITIONAL FEATURES protection, NetVault Backup users can • Deployment of multiple instances replicate deduplicated data from one allows you to distribute network SmartDisk instance to another. Because loads and disk deduplication only unique bytes are sent over the wire, resources to improve load balancing replication is extremely efficient. When and performance. this capability is combined with NetVault • Shared storage support enables you to Backup’s job-level encryption, you can share one storage repository across all save on storage and maintain strict of your physical and virtual backups. security standards by deduplicating the primary copy of your backup data, while • Data movement support within NetVault encrypting the secondary copies for Backup lets you move data from one offsite storage and compliance needs. SmartDisk instance to another instance, or to a virtual tape library (VTL) and MAXIMIZE STORAGE RESOURCES tape-based devices to place redundant IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS backups in off-site locations for failover and disaster recovery. NetVault SmartDisk also integrates with vRanger, our backup and recovery • Fast restores minimize downtime and solution purpose-built for VMware. achieve shorter recovery time objectives. SUPPORTED PLATFORMS Redundant data proliferates quickly in ABOUT QUEST NetVault Backup: Windows, virtual environments, but your storage Quest helps our customers reduce UNIX, Linux and Mac OS X infrastructure shouldn’t stifle growth. With this combination, you’ll not only tedious administration tasks so they can vRanger: Windows get continuous and integrated data focus on the innovation necessary for their protection for your entire vSphere businesses to grow. Quest® solutions are Learn more and download environment, you’ll be able to scalable, affordable and simple-to-use, trial versions at quest.com/ dramatically reduce your backup storage and they deliver unmatched efficiency solutions/data-protection/ footprint. SmartDisk deduplicates data and productivity. Combined with Quest’s across all of your vRanger backup jobs, invitation to the global community to be across all of your ESX(i) servers, and a part of its innovation, as well as our even across multiple vRanger backup firm commitment to ensuring customer servers, allowing you to optimize your satisfaction, Quest will continue to critical resources and allow room accelerate the delivery of the most for growth. comprehensive solutions for Azure cloud management, SaaS, security, workforce As your disk-based backup and mobility and data-driven insight. deduplication needs grow, the highly scalable SmartDisk architecture enables you to easily add more capacity without discarding existing deployments and wasting your previous investments. You also have the option to quickly deploy multiple SmartDisk instances to balance network, disk and deduplication workloads, as well as to ensure storage is not underutilized.

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