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ESG LAB VALIDATION

Dell PowerVault DL2000 Powered by CommVault

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ESG Lab Validation Highlights

 The PowerVault DL2000 was shipped factory-installed with Microsoft Windows 2008 and CommVault

Simpana software.

 Twenty minutes after starting the configuration process, ESG was performing backup operations to the

PowerVault DL2000.

 ESG was able to search and recover individual files, e-mail messages, and database objects using the

intuitive wizard-driven user interface.

 CommVault SIS data deduplication achieved a reduction rate of 85% after just four backups as

measured by ESG Lab. Up to 97% reduction for file-based data was projected for data retained for just

30 days.

 CommVault enables the ability to browse virtual machines‘ backup sets and restore them to the source

virtual machines as if the backups were created locally, eliminating the burden of manually tracking the

location of backup sets as they relate to specific virtual machines.

 Long term data protection, archival, and recovery was easily accomplished via simple integration with

Dell‘s PowerVault TL2000 tape library.

 Continuous data replication was able to protect a live file server using minimal bandwidth. Restores

were fast and intuitive.

Issues to Consider

 Automatic storage provisioning is only supported with the factory installed and add-on MD1000 disk

shelves populated with factory SATA drives. If a user wants to provision any other storage for use with

the DL2000, it must be done manually.

 While the installation process will enable the software to provide basic functionality, there are some

common custom configurations that should be enabled. For example, the DL2000‘s Windows 2008

firewall must be disabled and File and Print Services should be enabled on the management network

interface for web‐based remote CommCell console access.

 CommVault SIS deduplication is an advanced storage feature for the DL2000 appliance that must be

licensed for the Media Agent and configured on the CommCell Console.

 By default, each backup cycle (full plus any dependent incremental backups) is retained for 15 days on

disk. By enabling ―managed data,‖ users can increase disk retention and keep their data on disk longer.

If free disk space falls below the minimum, data eligible for pruning will automatically be erased (oldest

first) by CommVault.