Storage Center and Archiving to

Backup Devices
Yariv Kursh, Director, Solution Architects
Agenda

Storage
 Market update
 New capabilities

Archiving Devices
 Market update: EOLs and new devices

 New devices and capabilities

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STORAGE SOLUTIONS
Market Update: Market Share

Balances changes
Market Update: Market Trends

Enterprise Storage Managers (ESM):

Size vs. Price

ESM devices can scale down

Compliance for all

Price structure is changing
 Market Update: cloud

Moving to the Cloud:

First concept change
 From hardware to software solutions

Virtualization support

Cloud technology support

 On-premise cloud solutions

Service providers
 Storage for NICE Perform R4.1

What’s new?
• Storage Area Management (SAM)
• Removal of archiving limitations
Solution Details
•Automatic load balancing

•Shared quota management

•Multiple ESM support

•Removal of dependency to master site

•New UI for plug-in and storage rules

Business Benefits

Reduce server and storage costs

Achieve higher resiliency

Simplify administration

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 Automatic Load Balancing

What’s new?
Storage Center R4.1 support for automatic load balancing between all Storage
Centers in the system

Solution Details
• All Storage Centers share the archiving load
defined by a specific rule
•Easy configuration and maintenance of load
sharing using the rules
•UI separation between business and design
needs
•Automatic redundancy of N:N

Business Benefits

Focus on business needs

Optimize design methods

Achieve low TCO by reduce the amount of Storage Center Servers

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Configuring Redundancy/Load Balancing
 Shared Quota Management

What’s new?
Storage Center R4.1 support shared quota management between all Storage
Centers

Solution Details
•Storage area managed on the system level and shared by all Storage Centers

•Data archived to the same storage array in redundancy scenarios

•Data archived and deleted from storage group/unit regardless of the “managing”
server’s availability

•MDC configuration supported

Business Benefits
•Optimize utilization of the storage array
•Segment storage array only as a business requirement
•Add storage without impacting storage rules
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Shared Storage Area

Storage 1

Storage 2

Storage Center 1 Storage 3

Storage 1

Storage 4

Storage Center 2
 Multiple Data Centers

Data Center Data Center

•New Storage Center needs to archiveDR

to the
same storage area

•New Storage Center needs to manage files

already archived by a different Storage
Center
Storage Center 1 Storage Center 2

Storage Area
 Multiple ESM Support

What’s new?
Storage Center supports multiple ESMs in one system with one Storage Center

Solution Details

•Multiple EMCs per system

•Multiple NetApp SnapLocks per system

•Multiple vendor integrations in the same system

•Combination allowed on the same Storage Center server

Business Benefits
•Consolidate systems
•Gain more flexibility when selecting a storage vendor
•Reduce server count
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 Remove Dependency to Master Site

What’s new?
Storage Center R4.1 is synchronized with all data hubs

Solution Details

•Arching continues regardless of the connection to the

master data hub

•Less load on the master database

Business Benefits

•Enjoy greater robustness

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 Archiving Using Local Data Hub Database

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Master Secondary 1 Secondary 2

Storage
Storage CenterCenter 1 to work on
1– starts
tasks-startup
in this–example
gets its
configuration
the calls from the 1
are on Secondary
master site
Storage Storage
Center 1 Center 2

Storage
Storage Center
Center 2– starts to
2 startup work on
– gets
tasks- in this example
its configuration from the
the callssite
master are on Secondary 2
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 New UI

What’s new?
Storage Center R4.1 has a new UI for plug-in and storage rules

Solution Details

•Plug-in manages resources:

•Storage Center Servers
•Integrated ESM
•Storage array paths

•Storage rules manage the business needs:

•Selective archiving– what to archive where
•Forced deletion and retention
•Redundancy/auto load balancing
•Naming conventions

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The New UI

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Storage under
Organization
Pool of ESM Devices

SC is Under
All Organization
Site Storage
Center Servers
Each SC has 1 ESM Device
and itsAll
own Storage Area
Organization storage
areas
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GUI

3.2/3.5 Plug-in 4.1 Plug-in

Storage Center
Servers under sites

Each Storage Center ESM D

configured with one
ESM device

Each Storage Center

configured with its own
Storage Groups/Units
Creating Rules
ARCHIVING DEVICES
 Market Update: EOLs

-We lost a few members…

-DDS2, DDS3, DDS4
-DVD (RAM)
-AIT1
-AIT2

-We are about to witness:

-DAT72 (low market availability)
-Any other device will choose

- Media is still available for:

-AIT1/2
-DVD RAM (no cartridge)
-DDS4 and DAT72
 Market Update: Challenges

Tape vendors are aiming for backup

while we use it for archiving:

-Tape size is growing

-Longevity is decreasing

-Backward compatibility is getting

shorter
 Solutions

- Reduce the offering with only tapes

- Greater flexibility with each device and media
-USB, SATA, SAS
-IBM, DELL, HP
-Same media for DAT72 and DAT160
-Alternate solutions
-Storage Center
-Back to File System (stay tuned)
-Support for the legacy solutions:
-ML upgrade
-Find audio
-Tape2SC
 New Solutions: DAT160

What’s new?
DAT160 support for the VoIP Logger

Solution Details
• VoIP Logger based on COTS server can be
equipped with DAT160

•The device utilizes DAT72 media only

•Support for all connection types (USB, SATA,

SAS)

Business Benefits

Receive longer support for DAT72 archived media

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 New Solutions: Archive to File System

What’s new?
Logger archives directly to a network path

Solution Details
• Loggers can archive the audio to DVD file
images on a pre-defined network
•Total archiving to files is constantly enabled
as long as there is disk space
•Media library integration (point file names and
required network path)
•Same look and feel for the backup manger Capture Units Storage
Space
•Available for all Logger FOCs

Business Benefits

Enjoy offline archiving advantages without the hardware challenges

Reduce TCO as it save on the manual activity required for tapes

Gain robust archiving and system independence

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 Archiving to File System: Archiving Details

•Network path configuration on the

logger level
Network path can be shared among
loggers

•Archiving scheme configuration via

backup manager

•Logger archiving of DVD images

(4GB)

•Archiving only when network path is

available with free space

•ML documenting file name

 Archiving to File System: Details

•Retrieval:
•Same network path used for the retrieved images
•ML states which file to plant in which network
path
•Retrieval is manual using the Backup Manager
•Retrieval is from the Logger’s online storage
(before playback)
 Archiving to File System vs. Storage Center

The two solutions can co-exist and serve different needs

•Archiving to File System: Immediate backup to online audio

•Storage Center: Long-term audio and screen management

 Archiving to File System vs. Storage Center
File System
No system dependency (only logger
and storage)
DVD image files
File system only
No redundancy
Manual retrieval process
Total archiving only
Image files managed by customer
No quota management
No retention enforcement
No additional hardware required
Storage Center
Dependency on Applications Server,
Database, Logger, Storage Center
NMF files
File system and ESM
Storage Center redundancy
available
Automatic retrieval
Total or selective archiving
Automatic file management
Storage Center quota management
Retention and FD enforcement
Storage Center server is required