Effective, Affordable Data Management with CommVault Simpana 9 and Microsoft Windows Azure

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1 Effective, Affordable Data Management with CommVault Simpana 9 and Microsoft Windows Azure Businesses benefit from streamlined data management both on premises and in the cloud. White Paper Published: April 2012 Applies to: Microsoft Windows Azure Abstract Today s businesses are under enormous pressure to cut costs and deliver increased operational efficiency. At the same time they must manage more data than ever before, while adhering to new and often stringent compliance requirements. In order to address the challenges of the modern marketplace, they need effective and cost-effective solutions for data management. By deploying CommVault Simpana 9 software with Microsoft Windows Azure, enterprises of all sizes can archive, protect, manage and leverage their data securely and efficiently both on premises and in the cloud from anywhere, at anytime. It is a streamlined data management solution that is efficient, reliable, cost-effective and future-proof. Effective, Affordable Data Management with CommVault Simpana 9 and Microsoft Windows Azure i

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3 Table of Contents The Data Management Conundrum... 2 Data Management Solutions... 2 CommVault and Simpana 9 Software... 3 About CommVault... 3 Simpana 9 Software... 3 Microsoft Windows Azure... 3 The Microsoft ecosystem of cloud services CommVault Simpana 9 on the Windows Azure Platform... 4 An Efficient Choice for Data Management... 4 Reliable, On-Demand Data Protection from Anywhere and at Anytime... 5 An affordable platform that delivers more data management services, at a lower cost... 6 A Future-Proof Solution for Data Management... 7 Conclusion... 7 Additional Information... 8 About CommVault... 8 About Microsoft... 8 Effective, Affordable Data Management with CommVault Simpana 9 and Microsoft Windows Azure 1

4 The Data Management Conundrum Today s businesses are under pressure to cut costs and deliver increased operational efficiency. At the same time they must manage more data than ever before, while adhering to new and often stringent compliance requirements. Effective and cost-effective solutions for data management are essential, yet many companies have been attempting to manage their explosive data growth with disparate networks of legacy backup, recovery and archiving systems. In 2011, Gartner reported that the rising frustration with backup implies that the data protection approaches of the past may no longer suffice in meeting current, much less future, recovery requirements. Gartner has also reported that the market for backup and recovery software will grow to nearly $3.9 billion by 2014, and IDC has estimated that corporate cloud computing will expand more than 25 percent per year to $55.5 billion by These numbers illustrate that companies are indeed ready to modernize their approach to data management. Yet despite their interest, many enterprises remain undecided about which among the many solutions available from software products to cloud-based services are best for their organizations. One thing, however, is certain: today s enterprises are looking for data management tools and services that are efficient, reliable and cost-effective. To be efficient, data management solutions must protect enterprise data across all levels of the organization, and allow authorized parties to access mission-critical data from anywhere, at anytime. To be reliable, the solutions must secure data in multiple ways, and in multiple locations. And to be costeffective, the solutions must be priced affordably and structured in a flexible manner that allows companies to increase or decrease their level of protection as their needs change. Finally, in order to meet the needs of today s forward-looking businesses, data management solutions must be future-proof; they must meet the demands of modern businesses both today and tomorrow. Data Management Solutions As data growth has accelerated, and the importance of managing data intelligently has increased, many businesses have begun to embrace multiple models for data backup, archiving, compliance, storage and recovery in order to ensure that they have control over all of their mission-critical data, whether it is stored onsite, on physical or virtual servers, on laptops or desktops or in remote offices. The question is, which among the many available solutions software solutions and public and private cloud solutions are most efficient, reliable, affordable and future-proof? Effective, Affordable Data Management with CommVault Simpana 9 and Microsoft Windows Azure 2

5 CommVault and Simpana 9 Software About CommVault In 2011, CommVault, a data management software company that provides 15,000 customers with high-performance data management, universal availability and simplified tiered storage of data on complex storage networks, was positioned in the Leaders quadrant in Gartner s Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Disk-Based Backup/Recovery. CommVault earned that distinction because, according to Gartner, it has sustained its growth by adding many new functions and capabilities to its Simpana 9 software. Simpana 9 Software CommVault s Simpana 9 was built and optimized on Microsoft Windows Server, creating a single, unified, Windows-centric data management solution. The software is equipped with an impressive array of features that include universal deduplication, reliable synthetic backup, snapshot protection, active archiving, indexing, granular backup and recovery, content search, SRM and fast migration from other heterogeneous environments so that businesses can protect, manage, locate and leverage their data and information quickly, simply and affordably. It is a thoroughly modern data management solution that creates copies quickly and ensures that they are highly available by integrating and leveraging hardware array-based snapshot technologies. With Simpana 9, data is moved efficiently to appropriate tiers of storage, whether they are on disk, tape or cloud. The data is then retrieved just as easily and seamlessly in the event of a disaster, in order to comply with regulatory requirements or for data mining and ediscovery. With Simpana 9 s deduplication capabilities, businesses are no longer burdened with storing duplicate data. Simpana eliminates 90 percent of redundant data at the source, reducing backup times by as much as 50 percent. With Simpana 9 s unified data management, there is just one tool to learn, so IT staffs spend less time on maintenance and training. Simpana 9 requires a smaller storage footprint and uses less media. Microsoft Windows Azure Windows Azure is Microsoft s cloud services development, hosting and management environment. The platform provides companies with on-demand compute, storage and content network delivery capabilities to host, scale and manage web applications through Microsoft data centers. Effective, Affordable Data Management with CommVault Simpana 9 and Microsoft Windows Azure 3

6 The Microsoft ecosystem of cloud services. CommVault Simpana 9 on the Windows Azure Platform In order to address the data management needs of today s businesses, Microsoft and CommVault, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and 2011 Microsoft Server Platform Partner of the Year, have teamed up to offer a joint solution that allows organizations to archive, protect, manage, locate and leverage their data assets both on premises and in the cloud: Simpana 9 on the Windows Azure platform. By deploying Simpana 9 with Windows Azure, enterprises gain more performance and control over all of their mission-critical data no matter where it resides. It is a streamlined, hybrid solution that is efficient, reliable, cost-effective and future-proof. An Efficient Choice for Data Management Because Simpana 9 was built and optimized on the Microsoft Windows Serverplatform, it provides a unified, Windows-centric data management solution. The full spectrum of Simpana 9 s capabilities including backup and recovery, archiving, deduplication and ediscovery is available on demand through the Windows Azure cloud platform, enabling businesses to affordably extend their data management strategies. Simpana s tight integration with Windows Azure means that companies need only select the CommVault Media Agent and enter their Windows Azure credentials (provided once a Windows Azure account is created with a Windows Live ID) to access Windows Azure Storage; it is a seamless, infinitely scalable and efficient way to manage and protect data off premises, ensuring complete and easy recovery for compliance or regulatory requirements, business intelligence or in the event of an on-premises disaster. Effective, Affordable Data Management with CommVault Simpana 9 and Microsoft Windows Azure 4

7 Simpana 9 with Windows Azure is a seamless solution that is quick and simple to deploy, and easy for IT staffs to learn and manage. The joint solution is inherently flexible and efficient, combining the benefits of onsite protection with the advantages of a public cloud for offsite data protection, archiving and disaster recovery. The joint solution gives businesses more performance and control over their data, allowing them to manage, locate and leverage their mission-critical information quickly, whether it resides on premises or in Windows Azure, from anywhere and at any time. Windows Azure delivers the performance and flexibility for scaling up or down easily. Simpana s seamless access to Windows Azure helps streamline operations and reduce the time it takes to protect data. Simpana 9 s Release Independence technology delivers high-performance data protection by allowing users to migrate data intact from previous versions of Windows to Windows Azure and then restore or recall it to the same or newer Microsoft operating systems, Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and Active Directory. With Simpana 9, businesses can granularly search, access and recover all of their data including Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint data at any moment and from any location. Reliable, On-Demand Data Protection from Anywhere at Anytime. With Simpana 9 and Windows Azure, businesses can protect, manage and encrypt their data wherever it resides (keeping encryption codes local) and from anywhere, at anytime, because Microsoft owns and operates its own data centers that provide non-stop service and security. Businesses can granularly search, access and recover all of their data including Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint data at any moment and from any location. CommVault further protects customer data by keeping it private; the data sent to Windows Azure is encrypted and deduplicated, and the encryption keys are kept locally on premises. Windows Azure boosts security even more by requiring the authentication and authorization of all persons and processes that request access to data. With Simpana 9 and Windows Azure, enterprises gain comprehensive protection of their systems, applications and data while they reduce time-to-protection. Microsoft-owned and -operated data centers are located around the globe and feature a defense in depth security process managed by the Online Services Security and Compliance Team. Windows Azure customers can choose single-location or geo-distributed data centers. Effective, Affordable Data Management with CommVault Simpana 9 and Microsoft Windows Azure 5

8 Microsoft data centers are equipped with redundant power supplies from separate providers, battery and diesel backup generators, climate control and fire prevention and suppression. Microsoft s cloud infrastructure has achieved both SAS 70 Type I and Type II attestations and ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certification. The Windows Azure platform provides logical separation of tenants via dedicated VMs. Windows Azure storage data is replicated multiple times. Windows Azure provides multiple layers of protection supported by flexible Code Access Security policies. Firewalls, application gateways and IDS are used to protect the network. Windows Azure requires authentication and authorization of persons or processes that request access to data. CommVault protects customer data by keeping it private; the data sent to Windows Azure is encrypted and deduplicated, and the encryption keys are kept locally on premises. By offering off-site data protection, Simpana 9 helps ensure complete and easy recovery for compliance or regulatory requirements, or in the event of an onpremises disaster. CommVault s Release Independence capability enables search of Windows, Exchange, SharePoint and heterogeneous files across revisions and promotes upgrades. CommVault Simpana 9 also enables complete virtualization protection, including Hyper-V, within Windows Azure. An affordable platform that delivers more data management services, at a lower cost. Because Simpana 9 was built and optimized on the Windows Server platform, it provides a single, unified data management solution, eliminating the need for disparate products with separate interfaces, hardware infrastructures, training and support requirements and licensing fees. The software s deduplication capability also allows Simpana users to reduce the amount of data sent to Windows Azure for backup, archive and search, which can also lower storage utilization and costs. Microsoft Windows Azure reduces TCO further by enabling organizations to perform complex, intensive tasks on demand without having to invest in processing, storage and network infrastructures. Windows Azure helps businesses to save in the long run, too on ongoing costs associated with IT maintenance, training, power and data storage. Best of all, the Simpana 9-Windows Azure solution allows businesses to pay only for the data protection they need, when they need it, giving companies the flexibility to scale their service up or down as their needs change. The joint solution streamlines data management processes, reducing IT Effective, Affordable Data Management with CommVault Simpana 9 and Microsoft Windows Azure 6

9 maintenance and storage costs and providing end-users with an intuitive platform that leverages familiar Microsoft technologies. With Windows Azure, enterprises pay only for the service they need, when they need it. Windows Azure is a highly scalable platform that provides near-limitless processing power, so businesses can accommodate large increases of data affordably. Windows Azure for off-site storage can serve as immediate tape replacement. A Future-Proof Solution for Data Management The Microsoft-CommVault solution is future-proof because it is a streamlined, scalable data management solution designed and supported by industry leaders that have worked together successfully for more than 12 years. When enterprises deploy Simpana 9 on the Windows Azure platform, they acquire a seamless solution that is quick and easy to deploy, and easy for IT staffs to manage because it centers on familiar Microsoft technologies. Conclusion In order to address the needs of today s data-burdened enterprises, Microsoft and CommVault have teamed up to offer Simpana 9 on the Windows Azure platform. The joint solution is streamlined and easy to use, providing complete data protection and management wherever data resides whether on premises or in the cloud. The solution boosts efficiency further by enabling authorized users to access mission-critical data via the Internet at anytime, from anywhere in the world. Simpana 9 with Windows Azure is also a dependable solution; when businesses deploy it, they gain more performance and control over their data. They can protect, manage, locate and leverage their data assets quickly, simply and affordably both on premises and in the cloud, reducing system downtime and data loss, and ensuring easy compliance with regulatory requirements. The joint solution is also cost-effective because it enables companies to reduce their TCO by avoiding additional hardware and software purchases, by scaling their service up or down to suit their exact needs, by reducing IT maintenance and storage costs and by providing their end-users with an intuitive platform that leverages familiar Microsoft technologies. Finally, the solution is future-proof. CommVault and Microsoft are industry leaders whose technologies are relevant today and will be relevant tomorrow. In addition, the two companies have worked together successfully for more than 12 years, and share a deep commitment to data management. Effective, Affordable Data Management with CommVault Simpana 9 and Microsoft Windows Azure 7

10 Additional Information About CommVault A singular vision guides CommVault in the development of Singular Information Management solutions for high-performance data protection, universal availability and simplified management of data on complex storage networks. CommVault's Simpana software suite of products was designed to work together seamlessly from the ground up, sharing a single code and common function set, to deliver superlative Data Protection, Archive, Replication, Search and Resource Management capabilities. Join those who have discovered the unparalleled efficiency, performance, reliability, and control only CommVault can offer. For more information, go to: or E- Mail azure@commvault.com About Microsoft At Microsoft, we're motivated and inspired every day by how our customers use our software to find creative solutions to business problems, develop breakthrough ideas and stay connected to what's most important to them. We run our business in much the same way, and believe our five business divisions Windows and Windows Live, Server and Tools, Online Services, Microsoft Business and Entertainment and Devices offer the greatest poten al to serve our customers. For more information about Microsoft products and services, call the Microsoft Sales Information Center at (800) In Canada, call the Microsoft Canada Information Centre at (877) Customers who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can reach Microsoft text telephone (TTY/TDD) services at (800) in the United States or (905) in Canada. Outside the United States and Canada, please contact your local Microsoft subsidiary. Microsoft. Be what s next. For more information, visit: Effective, Affordable Data Management with CommVault Simpana 9 and Microsoft Windows Azure 8