CommVault, Dell drive operational efficiencies, cloud enablement with new Dell Powervault DL appliance

CommVault (http://www.commvault.com) Systems (NASDAQ: CVLT) and Dell continue to reinforce their strong OEM partnership with the introduction of the Dell PowerVault DL Backup to Disk Appliance, powered by CommVault with Simpana 8 (http://www.commvault.com/products.html).

"This latest version of the Dell PowerVault product line reinforces our Intelligent Data Management strategy to simplify data storage and provide our customers with integrated solutions and enterprise-class features," says Brett Roscoe, Global Lead for Storage Marketing. "This solution will appeal to SMEs as well as larger enterprises looking for affordable, easier solutions for controlling storage growth and costs while helping to ensure the highest levels of data protection."

This latest addition to the Dell PowerVault product line provides integrated data management with industry-leading scalability, cloud (http://www.commvault.com/solutions-cloud-integration.html) support, faster throughput, optimised deduplication (http://www.commvault.com/solutions-deduplication.html) and a smaller form factor for increased cost savings and operational efficiencies.

Ideally suited for remote offices (http://www.commvault.com/solutions-remote-office-branch-office.html) and any business looking to deduplicate, backup (http://www.commvault.com/products-backup-recovery.html), archive (http://www.commvault.com/products-archive.html) and recover data to and from public and private storage cloud environments, the new DL Appliance provides up to 24TBs of internal storage capacity in a 2U form factor, with ability to scale to over 300TB.

Additionally, the DL Appliance delivers end-to-end block-based deduplication and can achieve deduplication throughput rates up to 3TB/hr when performing weekly backup operations [Please note: Based on Dell lab testing conducted on the PowerVault DL2200 on July 2010 with twelve 1TB HDD. Actual performance will vary based on configuration, usage and manufacturing variability.]

The DL Appliance can facilitate faster backups and restores of both physical and virtual environments, with both VMware and Hyper-V protection (http://www.commvault.com/solutions-virtualization.html) options.

"Since partnering with Dell to deliver the first integrated data management solution more than a year ago, we have worked together closely to extend this joint offering and set the bar for performance and scalability," says David West, vice-president of marketing and business development for CommVault. "With the Dell PowerVault Appliance Powered by CommVault, we're offering unrivalled storage density along with the benefits of embedded deduplication as well as integrated Simpana software functionality, all in a 2U appliance that lets Dell customers maximise storage capacity and take advantage of cloud storage, while minimising costs and requirements."

* CommVault has optimised its embedded deduplication for the DL Appliance. Built-in data deduplication can reduce storage by up to 95% [Please note: The DL Appliance also can further optimise storage resources, lower risk and improve operational efficiencies with CommVault's archiving capabilities.]

* With Simpana software, DL2200 users can retain data longer and more cost effectively by utilising the DL Appliance for Microsoft Windows, Exchange (http://www.commvault.com/solutions-microsoft-exchange.html), SharePoint (http://www.commvault.com/solutions-microsoft-sharepoint.html) and Linux (http://www.commvault.com/solutions-linux.html) file archiving.

* CommVault's virtual server agent now integrates vStorage APIs for Data Protection (VADP) (http://news.commvault.com/press/000536_CommVault_Announces_VMware_Ready_Support_for_VMware_vSphere_41_to_Help.asp) to enable more efficient protection of VMware ESX environments including centralised, off-host, LAN-free backups of VMware vSphere virtual machines. The Dell PowerVault DL Appliance is an ideal repository for agent-less disk backup of up to hundreds of virtual machines reducing the amount of resources needed to protect VM infrastructures. Additionally, automated discovery and backup of newly created virtual machines reduces the management and risk of unprotected virtual machine data.

* With powerful cloud protection capabilities, encrypted (http://www.commvault.com/pdf/CommVault_DataEncryptionCapability.pdf), deduplicated backup and archive data on the DL Appliance can now be seamlessly extended into public cloud storage services from Amazon, Iron Mountain, Microsoft Azure, and Nirvanix for long term, offsite retention.

* CommVault's Simpana SnapProtect (http://www.commvault.com/solutions-snapprotect.html) technology schedules EqualLogic hardware snapshots for application data to merge backup and restore capabilities with persistent snapshot copies for fast recovery.

* The Dell PowerVault DL Backup to Disk Appliance, powered by CommVault leverages a single management console with a consolidated view of data across all applications, platforms, devices and locations to simplify deployment, configuration and management.

* An easy wizard-driven set-up and management utility, along with integrated, dynamic disk provisioning, also eases and expedites operations, requiring less expertise and staff to administer backups. According to Dell, PowerVault appliances can be deployed and performing backups in 27 minutes.

* The Dell PowerVault DL Backup to Disk Appliance, powered by CommVault also provides integrated tape support availability with the Dell PowerVault TL2000, TL4000 and ML6000 tape libraries to streamline disk-to-tape data protection while increasing disaster recovery capabilities.

* CommVault Simpana 8 Software (http://www.commvault.com/products.html)
* CommVault and Dell PowerVault (http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pvaul/en/powervault-disk-backup-commvault-specsheet.pdf)
* CommVault Simpana Deduplication Software (http://www.commvault.com/solutions-deduplication.html)
* CommVault Simpana Replication Software (http://www.commvault.com/products-replication.html)
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