Tyler Orick SJCOE/CEDR Joan Wrabetz Eversync Solutions

About CEDR Systems Department of SJCOE Custom Application Development Department Numerous state-wide education systems: EDJOIN, SEIS, PROMIS, etc Environment consisting of Windows Server, VMWare, SQL Server, IIS w/.net, and Linux About Tyler Orick B.S. Computer Science & Engineering Systems & Database Specialist for CEDR Systems Contact Information Email: torick@sjcoe.net Phone: 209.468.9094

Original Backup Configuration LTO 1-8 Tape Autoloader LTO 2-8 Tape Autoloader Backup Exec 9.1-2010 All backups done across Gigabit network Original Backup schedule M-W-F Backups of Databases & Application Code Weekly Backups of All Files & Databases Backups moved offsite once per week

Observed Issues Weekly backup time approaching 7 days Backup Exec incompatibilities & Agent Issues Daily and weekly backups spanned 16 tapes Retention Schedule resulted in need to store ~130 tapes Current tape drives were nearing EOL

Who do we contact for a solution? Former co-workers & current colleagues CETPA EDTECH Trusted Sales Contacts Research Proposed Solutions Backup Exec + Tape Drives Avamar Data Domain + Legato Networker Eversync Solutions(Revinetix) Commvault + Tape Drives I365/E-Vault Microsoft DPM

Backup Set & Needs Nightly Backup 700GB Weekly Backup 3.5TB Largest Individual File Backup 220 GB Largest Individual File Set 11 Million Files(~1.75TB) Desired Features Reduced or no Client/Agent Fees with an overall reasonable cost Moving away from tapes if costs allow Ability to handle large file-sets Simplify offsite and job rotation schedule

Backup Exec Tape & VTL Backup Agent Instability Per client/agent fee. Commvault Tape & VTL Backup Per client/agent fee. Avamar Did not scale beyond 2TB Evaluations

Evaluations Data Domain & Legato Networker Feature rich data protection appliance Archive by tape De-Duplication capable Per client/agent fee I365/E-Vault Feature rich data protection appliance Source Based de-duplication Per client/agent fees Microsoft DPM 2010 Fully Integrated Microsoft Product Agent Issues No De-Duplication

Evaluations Eversync Solutions No per agent/client fee Included Agents VMWare Hyper-V SQL Server Exchange (w/individual message recovery) Warm & Cold bare-metal backup All major OS Agents Universal Archive Media(SATA or USB Disks) Block Level De-Duplication Replication Included(with 2 nd appliance) NAS Functionality

Installation 1. Rack Single 4U appliance 2. Power on and configure web-access IP 3. Login to web-access & configure system settings 4. Configure Client(s) 5. Total Time for first backup: <30Minutes

Immediately Observed Benefits ~25%-30% increase in backup speed on some servers Lower agent resource usage Integrated job aging system made rotating backups easier Less work for data recovery Less work for offsite backup rotation Multiple concurrent backup jobs significantly reduced backup windows

Current Backup Set Nightly Backups 1.04TB Weekly Backup 4.95TB Largest Individual File Backups 320 GB Largest Individual File Sets 13.6 Million Files(2.86TB) Retention Nightly database backups: 3-5 months Full Weekly File system backups: 3-5 months Incremental File System Backups: 2-3 Months

De-Duplication Benefits We are currently protecting 114TB of data using only 26TB of storage due to block level de-duplication. This is a greater than 4:1 compression ratio

De-Duplication Benefits This image further demonstrates the power of block-level de-duplication. The servers with the highest change-rate consume the most space.

Total Data Protection Solutions October 2012

Challenge: Protecting your data The Data Growth: The average educational institution has data growth rates of 15% per year or more Data privacy is critical The Budget Budgets are tight must be planned a year in advance IT Staff is limited Not able to specialize or train on a specific tool Facilities No site for live recovery during a disaster Increased expectation among users of instant access to data from mobile devices Increased virtualization of servers 10/16/2012 2012 Eversync All rights reserved. Company Confidential 2

What are your requirements? Be Reliable Protect my data: From hardware failures From accidental user data loss From disasters From accidental privacy breaches Be Affordable Work with my budget constraints: Simple pricing with no additional or variable costs, even as my data and servers grow Fit within my budget constraints Be Simple Feasible with my IT Staff Require no consulting, deployment, or training Takes very little administrator time Be Smart Understand our applications and tools Work with virtualization Protect my transactional applications Allow easy access from anywhere, anytime 10/16/2012 2012 Eversync All rights reserved. Company Confidential 3

Simple All in one data protection appliance Easy to deploy and use no admin experts required Single point of service and support Simple browse and click web user interface Licensing and pricing is simple and straightforward 2 20TB 10/16/2012 2012 Eversync All rights reserved. Company Confidential 5

Affordable Replacement for multiple vendors/systems No per client fees Back up as many servers as you want No hidden costs Fully automated backups Complete DR solution Lowest TCO in the industry 10/16/2012 2012 Eversync All rights reserved. Company Confidential 7

Reliable Backup/Restore, Disaster Recovery, Archive in one integrated solution Backup / Restore Fully automated backup and restore solution for physical, virtual, bare metal, and application data Disaster Recovery 3 options; no tape! Archive Encrypted removable archive for data retention 10/16/2012 2012 Eversync All rights reserved. Company Confidential 9

Smart: 3 vs 1 Replace 3 separate solutions with 1 30 50% CAPX savings Backup/DR/Archive 50 70% OPEX savings Simplicity Deduplication Network Optimization Single point of management and access for all protected data Eversync 10/16/2012 2012 Eversync All rights reserved. Company Confidential 12

Smart: Virtualization Aware VADP VMware and Hyper V Backup virtual and physical machines Instant File level or application level restore 10/16/2012 2012 Eversync All rights reserved. Company Confidential 13

Smart: Application Aware Application aware (Exchange, SQL, ) Immediate restores of small data files Support for very large Exchange environments (>300 mailboxes) Meet regulatory compliance requirements 10/16/2012 2012 Eversync All rights reserved. Company Confidential 14

Contact Special CETPA promotional discount of 10% Just mention promotion code: CETPA2012 Come and see us at booth #1512 at the Exhibit on Thursday! Joan Wrabetz Chief Marketing Officer 801.747.5631 jwrabetz@eversyncsolutions.com Eversync Sales: 888.264.5116 sales@eversyncsolutions.com www.eversyncsolutions.com Aaron Toczynski 866.499.2580 aaron.toczynski@schooltechsupply.com www.schooltechsupply.com 10/16/2012 2012 Eversync All rights reserved. Company Confidential 20