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Archive 7.0 file Systems and NAS
Optimize Storage Resources, Automate Data Management and Improve Operational Efficiencies
The Business Problem
Faced with explosive growth of electronic data, many organizations are looking for a cost-effective archive. Archiving allows preservation, transparent retrieval and discovery of information held within file system and network attached storage (NAS) environments. Large file shares can contain vast stores of unmanaged, aged data stored on expensive storage. Opportunities to recycle existing storage capacity, address new retention requirements and control the size of active file stores by employing centralized, policy-based storage can reduce costs and simplify management. Migrating aged data from file systems and NAS devices to secondary, tiered-storage balances storage utilization across the enterprise and maintains transparent end-user access.
The CommVault® Solution
CommVault® Data Archiver (DA) offers a hierarchical data management solution that reclaims valuable primary storage space by automatically moving data to secondary storage. This solution also provides transparent access to end-users, who can see and recall migrated files by selecting them from the file system. Using DA, IT teams can redistribute their file stores across tiered storage. DA migration policies are unique compared to traditional solutions because they work inside existing file system directory structures. Data can be directly migrated from its original location, rather than moving it first to media staging folders. This offers a transparent access experience for end-users and applications because the access point remains identical to before it was migrated. Additionally, the remaining "stub" retains security properties of the original file. Organizations can classify data by application, plan its lifecycle over time and assign the most appropriate and cost-effective storage resources.
Archive 7.0 for Microsoft Exchange Systems
Active-Archive of Exchange Messaging for Mailbox Management, Legal Discovery and Compliance
The Business Challenge
Messaging data continues to grow at exponential rates. According to the Radicati Group (Sept 2006), the average corporate e-mail user generates about 16.4 MB per day; this is expected to grow to over 21.4 MB per user per day in 2010. The size of messaging stores, coupled with increasing litigation, puts organizations at greater risk. Standards for civil litigation such as the Federal Rules for Civil Procedure (FRCP), industry regulations, privacy acts, evolving case law and freedom of information acts require that more and more e-mail be preserved for longer periods of time. Businesses need to control growth and costs of storing Exchange data, while also being able to respond efficiently and effectively to legal discovery actions.
The CommVault® Solution
To address these challenges, CommVault® software offers a modular solution for Exchange archiving:
- Data Archiver for Exchange Mailbox systems controls the growth and cost of primary storage
- Data Archiver for Exchange Compliance works with the message journaling feature of Exchange systems to archive all incoming and outgoing messages and attachments
- Content Indexing (CI) enables higher efficiencies with universal search of archived email messages and attachments
Used separately or in combination, CommVault Archive modules help control Exchange data growth, reduce costs, and manage risks associated with legal discovery and compliance. CommVault Archive software serves mailbox end-users, administrators, legal discovery and compliance teams, and maintains high-speed performance in the face of increasing data volumes.