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TOP TEN “AHA MOMENTS” FOR EVERY SNAPMANAGER & SNAPVAULT® USER
HOW CATALOGIC ECX COMPLEMENTS YOUR NETAPP ONTAP® ENVIRONMENTS
October 2014
CatalogicSoftware.com
AHA
The moment a
previously
unsolvable problem
becomes suddenly
clear and obvious.
FAS Systems Volumes, Snapshots FilesDozens to hundreds Thousands,
Tens of ThousandsMillions, Billions
YOUR NETAPP ENVIRONMENT CONTAINS THOUSANDS OF SNAPSHOTS AND MILLIONS OF FILES, SO HOW DO YOU SEARCH IT – ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAS DEVICES OR LOCATIONS?
Problem: How can I find a file or know how many copies of the file or snapshots I even have?
AHA MOMENT #1USE CATALOGIC ECX TO INSTANTLY SEARCH ACROSS YOUR ENTIRE NETAPP ENVIRONMENT
Locating all copies of a file or snapshot in seconds!
Primary Datacenter
Location
Secondary Datacenter
Location
Problem: With multiple copies of files spread across more than one site, how do I validate
compliance against my retention goals?
IN A CENTRALIZED REPORT ACROSS YOUR ENTIRE ENVIRONMENT,
CATALOGIC ECX REPORTS ON THE NUMBER OF SNAPSHOT COPIES INCLUDING SNAPVAULTS AND SNAPMIRRORS
Under-protected
Over-protected
AHA MOMENT #2
Problem: How can I uncover if secure or confidential files have been copied to other locations?
Firewall
BranchOffice
Primary Datacenter
Location
Secondary Datacenter
Location
Secured file
accidentally copied
to unsecured
location
AHA MOMENT #3ELIMINATE DATA SPRAWL OR LEAKAGE ACROSS ALL SITES, ENSURING YOUR DATA IS LOCATED WHERE IT SHOULD BE WHILE ELIMINATING THOSE EXTRA COPIES
Problem: How many videos, image files, or other formats not aligned with corporate policy exist on my network?
Wasting TBs of disk space
AHA MOMENT #4YET ANOTHER WAY ECX HELPS YOU UNCOVER AND RECLAIM VALUABLE STORAGE SPACE WHILE ENFORCING COMPLIANCE
7 Million RAW image files consuming 143 TB … Ouch!
One User Creates
a 10 MB file…
Problem: How many copies of a file do I have andhow old are those files?
Shares with 3 friends
30 MB’s consumed from one
file
Over 300 MB
Now used for one file
10 Versions later, the file
size has grown and
each user has all ten copies
At the rate of just one file weekly
~1.6 TB of wasted
space for just one file
Edits begin.
Version 1, Version 2,
…
Repeat for each of your users
How Much Stale
Data Exists?
Stale data Active data
AHA MOMENT #5Less Copies, Less Risk. Get Control of Your Copies and Find Your Stale Data to Reclaim Wasted Storage Space.
ECX found 35 copies of the same file, all the locations, and the age of the
files too !
Problem: I love my SnapManagers and SnapVaults, but how can I fully utilize these tools for data protection?
SnapshotsSnapManager
SnapMirror
AHA MOMENT #6CATALOGIC ECX PROVIDES A CENTRALIZED CATALOG. YOU CONTROL THE POLICIES TO VALIDATE DATA PROTECTION, AND USE SEARCH TO LOCATE FILES TO RECOVER INSTANTLY.
Problem: How can I keep from drowning in customs scripts and using multiple consoles to manage my NetApp and VMware environments?
MultipleConsoles &
Custom Scripts
MultipleConsoles &
Custom Scripts
AHA MOMENT #7ONE SINGLE GUI AUTOMATES SNAPSHOT CREATION AND WORKFLOWS, ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR SCRIPTING ACROSS NETAPP AND VMWARE
FAS Systems Volumes, Snapshots FilesDozens to hundreds Thousands,
Tens of ThousandsMillions, Billions
Orphaned snapshots degrade overall system performance
Problem: How to I find out how many orphaned Snapshots I have?
AHA MOMENT #8IDENTIFY ORPHANED SNAPSHOTS AND DELETE THEM TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND RECLAIM SPACE
AHA MOMENT # 9: WHAT ECX CAN DO FOR YOU
Reclaim Disk Space
Improve System
Performance
Validate Complianc
e
Improve Data
Protection
Save Money
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AHA MOMENT # 10: TRY ECX