THE VIRTUALIZATION CHALLENGE

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1 THE VIRTUALIZATION CHALLENGE RETHINKING DATA PROTECTION FOR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS POWERED BY:

2 CONTENTS The State of IT The State of Virtualization Virtualization Adoption When Legacy Doesn t Work Modernize Your Data Protection Technology Data Protection Empowers IT Axcient For All Environments

3 THE STATE OF IT Since 2012, IT s most pressing issues have included increasing use of server virtualization and improving data backup and recovery. Top Five IT Spending Priorities in 2015 *601 respondents IT Spending Intentions Survey 2015, Enterprise Strategy Group 50% % Of Respondents 40% 30% 20% 10% 34% 26% 26% 25% 25% 0% Information Security Initiatives Improving Data Backup & Recovery Managing Data Growth Increasing Use of Server Virtualization Desktop Virtualization 3

4 THE STATE OF VIRTUALIZATION In recent years, many companies around the globe have moved toward virtualization: 61.6% Large Companies 63% Small Companies 72% Medium Companies 59% Banking 60% Transportation 61% Retail 62% Service 65% Manufacturing 69% Education 74% Government 79% Insurance By Company Size By Industry In 2014, adoption still remained high. Among IT professionals worldwide: Sources: Market Trends: x86 Server Virtualization, Worldwide, 2013, Gartner; State of IT Report, 2014, Spiceworks 74% Have Adopted Virtualization 16% Don t Plan to Adopt 9% Will Adopt in Six Months 1% Doesn t Know 4

5 VIRTUALIZATION ADOPTION A legacy approach is the combination of legacy back up products with virtualized servers. Once your company begins adopting virtualization you also need to modernize your data protection strategy to avoid performance pitfalls. Staying out of the water 7.7% of companies are 0 10% virtualized. Dipping their toes 15.4% of companies are 10 30% virtualized. Keeping their head above water 19.2% of companies are 30 50% virtualized. Keeping their head above water 23.1% of companies are 50 70% virtualized. Jumping right in 34.6% of companies are % virtualized. At 20% virtualization, a legacy approach will suffice, but your infrastructure will be lacking. At 40% virtualization, a legacy approach will become inconvenient, insufficient, and costly. At 60%+ virtualization, a legacy approach simply isn t keeping pace; it s affecting host performance, VMs, and underlying infrastructure. Given your IT department s challenges, your company may choose to virtualize in phases. IT admins have different approaches to testing the water but it can be tough to stay afloat. 5

6 WHEN LEGACY DOESN T WORK Traditional Physical Servers vs. Virtualized Machines: The backup process from a physical server is relatively straightforward. But running that same traditional process within a virtualized machine is complicated. Legacy approaches to data protection don t work in virtualized environments, and companies in all levels of virtualization keep citing data protection as one of their top challenges. IT managers rank data backup and recovery high on their list of challenges. The Top 3 Virtual Server Data Protection Challenges: 50% 40% 45% 30% 20% 10% 39% 39% Imagine your server infrastructure and data protection strategy working in perfect harmony, ensuring optimal performance and ease of use. With 100% virtualization, this is possible. But what s next for companies working in mixed environments? 0% Recoverability Validating backup Validating recovery of data success access 6

7 MODERNIZE YOUR DATA PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY 31% 28% 20% Backup agents within each VM to an on-premises server Backup agents within each VM to a cloud-backup service VM/Host-based backup using a general-purpose backup software application The next step is to modernize with data protection tools that ll help lift the burden of backup, instead of adding to it. But there s still confusion around the best way to approach data protection. Companies are employing a wide range of strategies for data protection, ranging from agent-based backups to cloud-based DR. 21% 21% 20% In the next 24 months, IT managers are incorporating a variety of protection methods into their virtualization approach. VM/Host-based backup using a VM-specific backup software application VM/Host-based backup using a cloud-based backup service (BaaS) Storage-based snapshots 18% 20% 18% Replication via storage array or hypervisor to an alternate host (self-managed) Ability to failover or resume functionality at a secondary corporate location Ability to failover or resume functionality from a cloud service provider (DRaaS) 7

8 DATA PROTECTION EMPOWERS IT 1 in 3 IT managers reported that virtual servers simplified their disaster recovery testing processes. A solid data protection strategy allows IT managers to confidently plan their data center modernization projects and ensure the continuity of IT operations even during a disaster. Highly virtualized environments help achieve the data protection levels you need. Nearly 50% of respondents with business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) reported that virtual servers simplified (33%) and or increased the frequency (23%) of their disaster recovery testing. When asked how cloud infrastructure servers were being leveraged in 2015, 2 of the 3 most common responses were backup/recovery and disaster recovery. 8

9 AXCIENT FOR ALL ENVIRONMENTS The Axcient solution architecture: Axcient can address your IT department s most pressing issues by offering guidance wherever you are in your virtualization journey. Axcient embraces 3 important trends: Virtual Servers Physical Servers Server portability and flexibility, Virtual LAN Economic opportunities and agile improvements via the cloud Storage Laptop & Workstation Your Office: The I.T. infrastructure across all of your offices Axcient Cloud: Failover servers or virtualize your entire office Fast and flexible deployment options via: Hardware appliance, Virtual appliance, No appliance 9

10 AXCIENT FOR ALL ENVIRONMENTS The Axcient Business Recovery Cloud Solution: Protects physical and virtual servers, laptops, and workstations providing a solution for the entire IT environment. Offers a single pane of glass through Web-based GUI for all protection and recovery needs. Enables virtual sandboxes of servers to assist with disaster recovery testing and test/dev. Allows companies to consolidate backup, snapshotting, replication, disaster recovery, and archiving into a single cloud platform. 10

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