THE SITUATIONBackup and data protection continue to be critical considerations for any enterprise. As an established leader in backup storage, Quantum offers QXS hybrid storage systems as a cost-effective option for block storage that can be used for backup.

Users have many choices for backup and disaster recovery storage, including deduplication appliances, standard block or NAS storage for backup, the cloud for off-site DR protection, and, of course, most users continue to use tape for long term-retention, compliance, and archiving.

QUANTUM QXS HYBRID STORAGE FOR BACKUP STORAGEQuantum QXS hybrid storage arrays are an excellent choice for backup storage—providing the necessary performance at a cost that is typically lower than the competing options. QXS storage includes intelligent software and a flexible hybrid architecture that maximizes performance and minimizes costs. Unparalleled reliability and compliance with the most stringent system certifications make QXS the safe and cost-effective choice for disk backup.

A typical deployment example is shown in the diagram on page 2.

SOLUTION DESCRIPTIONAs shown in Figure 1, we’ve highlighted CommVault as the backup application. CommVault, Simpana, Veeam, and others are all certified for use with Quantum QXS hybrid storage.

For customers that choose fixed-block deduplication provided by the backup application for data reduction, Quantum’s QXS hybrid storage is a good option. For those that require additional data reduction for their data sets, Quantum’s DXi®-Series of deduplication appliances provides a great high-performance alternative with integrated storage.

In this use case, the media servers (the CommVault Media Agents) are connected to the backup storage over a 10Gb Ethernet SAN. This use case showcases Quantum’s QXS-4 series, which provides cost-effective, highly reliable hybrid storage designed for backup storage use cases, as well as remote and branch office applications.

Data is backed up to the QXS-4 series hybrid storage arrays from the backup application (in this example CommVault), data is deduplicated on the media agents using CommVault’s fixed-block deduplication algorithm, and the deduplicated blocks are stored on the QXS-4 series arrays.

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Hybrid Storage for Backup and Data Protection

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ABOUT QUANTUMQuantum is a leading expert in scale-out storage, archive and data protection, providing solutions for sharing, preserving and accessing digital assets over the entire data lifecycle. From small businesses to major enterprises, more than 100,000 customers have trusted Quantum to address their most demanding data workflow challenges. With Quantum, customers can Be Certain™ they have the end-to-end storage foundation to maximize the value of their data by making it accessible whenever and wherever needed, retaining it indefinitely and reducing total cost and complexity. See how at www.quantum.com/customerstories.

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SOLUTION BENEFITSUsers get the benefits of fast restores from disk—enabling them to restore data and return to business operations more quickly—as well as extremely fast backups directly to disk leveraging the high streaming performance of the QXS product line. Fast backups mean that the production operations can return to full performance more quickly, accelerating the applications and overall productivity of the business.

The flexible architecture of the Quantum QXS products allows users the freedom to choose disk as their backup target and still use their chosen application. This flexible architecture ultimately delivers that perfect blend of performance and cost that other vendors cannot offer.

Quantum QXS storage is also available with Q-Tier software to enable automated, intelligent tiering to ensure that the most accessed data is in the fastest storage. All QXS systems include the Q-Tools software management toolkit, which includes thin provisioning, caching, storage pooling, and more. Flexible configurations allow for any combination of flash and disk with densities of up to 56 drives per rack unit.

Learn more at www.quantum.com/hybridstorage.

Figure 1. Using QXS Hybrid Storage for Backup Disk Storage