WEBCASTThe ROI and TCO Benefits of Data Deduplication for Data Protection in the Enterprise (WC)Written by: Deduplication storage is quickly becoming the standard for disk-based backup and nearline storage use in enterprise data centers across many industries. It delivers clear benefits for the retention, recovery and replication of backup and other nearline data and allows customers to eliminate tape from the processes of both operational recovery and disaster recovery. In order to quantify the benefits of deduplication, industry expert Barb Goldworm, Focus Consulting, interviewed and documented the experiences of three enterprise customers who have implemented Data Domain systems into their storage fabric. In evaluating the business case for data protection products, four primary criteria were used:
This on-demand webcast examines and quantifies the costs and benefits of backup with deduplication storage as strategic assets for data protection. Three organizations in different industries are discussed as case studies. Each company was examined based on these four criteria. For each of these companies, operational issues were the driving force behind the purchases—the IT managers involved in the decisions wanted more reliable backups with less operator intervention. However, each company’s results show a substantial cost savings as well. “Direct cost savings were an important part of the business case justification. However, as these cases showed, the biggest savings was in labor. Backup managers spent less time, and in some cases dramatically less time, correcting backup failures and managing tape media. These improvements allowed the operators to shift their focus to more interesting and meaningful work while actually improving the data protection scheme. These Data Domain customers exemplify more reliable backups, more productive IT staff, and reduced costs – the data protection triple play.” |
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