NetApp attacks archiving TCO

January 15, 2009: NetApp claims the integration of its archive and compliance solution with Symantec Enterprise Vault 8.0 can reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of archive environments by up to 60%.

Enterprise Vault has optimised its support of NetApp deduplication which is able to combine with Symantec Optimised Single Instance Storage to eliminate redundant data.

Enterprise Vault users are able to employ NetApp’s cascading Snapshot approach for end-to-end replication across the entire archive application stack and employ one management platform to reduce overhead and improve scalability and flexibility.

“Today’s economic uncertainty is accelerating customers’ needs for efficient storage,” said Brian Babineau, analyst with Enterprise Storage Group. “As a result of its efficiency benefits, deduplication is quickly becoming a de facto standard for storage environments. NetApp has focused on including this functionality across primary, backup, and archival data. Deduplication must be part of any effective archive strategy.”

With NetApp’s cascading Snapshot approach, customers can automate and synchronize backups and replication across the archive database, index, and content repositories. By integrating with Symantec Enterprise Vault, NetApp is further improving customers’ ability to quickly and easily recover their archive environments.

“Customers are archiving across more than just e-mail to include file systems, SharePoint, and IM,” said Simon Jelley, senior director, Symantec Enterprise Vault product management. “With more information being archived, customers are looking to optimise their storage costs and resource allocation. Enterprise Vault 8.0 brings storage efficiency with optimised single instance storage and takes it a step further with integration toNetApp’s deduplication technology. Together, we are continuing to innovate and help customers realise greater value from their data protection and archive environments.”

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