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Simplify
BackupS
DELL™ POWERVAULT™
DL2000 FAMILY
SimplifyiNG i T
The Dell™ PowerVault™ DL2000 family helps
reduce the cost and complexity of backups and
restores, freeing up valuable resources that you
can apply to make innovation a daily business
practice. We designed these fully integrated
disk-based backup solutions to be up and running
in minutes and simple to manage. If you’ve
worried about losing data or experiencing costly
downtime but don’t have a large or experienced
sta, you’ll appreciate the automated features of
the PowerVault DL2000 family. THE DEll
DiffERENcE
SimplificaTioN iS iN ouR DNa
At Dell, we’re committed to making IT
easier. Our PowerVault DL2000 family
oerings come with factory-installed
software, can be set up easily within
minutes, and are simple to maintain using
familiar tools. You’ll also benefit from
the commonality between PowerVault
and PowerEdge™ products. We built the
PowerVault DL2000 solutions on the
same chassis as a PowerEdge server, so
they can be easily managed by anyone
familiar with Dell products.
faSTER, EaSiER BackupS
aND REcovERy
Data storage requirements are expanding,
but budgets and backup windows are
shrinking. The PowerVault DL2000 family
oers advanced features, including
automation and powerful management
software from industry leaders, that cut
the cost and complexity of speedy
disk-based backup. Plus the integrated
solution of hardware, software, and
services is a cost-eective way to reduce
total cost of ownership.
SafER THaN “HomEGRowN”
Backup-To-DiSk –
up aND RuNNiNG up To 5x faSTER
Configuring homegrown backup-to-disk solutions can be dicult, time-consuming, and prone to errors.
Dell’s answer: PowerVault™ DL2000, the industry’s only integrated solution for faster disk-based backups
and recoveries. It eliminates the risk of untested “homegrown” solutions, and gets you up and running as
much as 5x faster.
We designed the PowerVault DL2000 family to help small and mid-sized businesses easily protect their
applications and files quickly and without complexity. The PowerVault DL2000 is the first of our TierDisk
family of products designed to provide cost-optimized solutions for secondary storage environments for
data protection and data management. It’s backup simplified by Dell.
up aND RuNNiNG iN mERE miNuTES
PowerVault DL2000 solutions come factory installed
with Symantec® Backup Exec™ or CommVault® Simpana®
software, plus an easy wizard-driven setup and
management utility. Integrated automated dynamic
disk provisioning configures and sets up the disks for
immediate use.
Set it up, configure storage, add more disks — it only
takes a few clicks. PowerVault DL2000 solutions are
fully tested and validated, sure to work together, and
you can deploy them fast.
We’ve timed it: you can deploy PowerVault DL2000 and
start executing your first backup in under 30 minutes,
4.5x to 5x faster than improvising a “homegrown”
backup-to-disk solution.
SimplER To maNaGE
Both versions of the PowerVault DL2000 feature
remote management capabilities and alerts that notify
administrators of any critical issues with the systems.
Your data center administrators can use the PowerVault
DL2000’s integrated management console to set
backup tasks and policies and do system monitoring
and maintenance from their central location. This makes
the PowerVault DL2000 the ideal backup solution for
remote oces that don’t have IT experts on site.
faSTER, moRE REliaBlE DiSk-BaSED Backup
Managing tapes is complex and high maintenance.
Backups to tape often exceed their backup window,
and tape-based backups fail due to media or handling
issues. Disk-based backups and restores with the
PowerVault DL2000 are faster than tape and far
more reliable.
THE BEST of BoTH woRlDS
Tape backup can be time consuming — it can
take days to back up your ever-growing data sets.
However, tape is ideal for osite storage for disaster
recovery. The PowerVault DL2000 family of solutions
gives you the best of both worlds, because they’re
available with the Dell PowerVault TL2000, TL4000,
or ML6000 tape library integrated into the full
solution. You can take advantage of backup-to-disk
for rapid recovery, then transfer to tape from the
same management console for o-site
disaster recovery.
BETTER THaN vTl
Virtual Tape Libraries (VTLs) are ”point products” that
can help fix backup and recovery bottlenecks in the
short run. But they’re separate “boxes” that create
silos of information and add management complexity
because they run on proprietary software. Virtual
tapes have to be created, provisioned, and managed
from a separate interface, and VTL products lack
alerting and reporting within the backup solution.
The PowerVault DL2000 is a native, disk-to-disk
solution that eliminates the need for manual setup
and management. It automatically and dynamically
provisions a disk, invisibly to the user, and gives you
proactive monitoring, alerts, and reporting. What’s
more, it’s based on software you already know and
use — not unfamiliar, proprietary software that
boxes you in.
BETTER pRoTEcTioN, faSTER REcovERy
The PowerVault™ DL2000 family was designed to
make it simpler to keep your data safe. In addition
to providing basic disk-based protection to all your
servers and your applications, they oer the following
advanced features:
The PowerVault DL2000 – Powered by Symantec®
Backup Exec™ oers these advanced features:
• Granular Recovery Technology for Speedy Restores:
Patent-pending Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)
for critical Microsoft® applications, including Exchange,
SharePoint® (MOSS), and Active Directory, lets your
administrator recover granular objects from a single-pass
backup by simply browsing and selecting it. Recover
specific items such as public folders and individual
mailboxes — even individual e-mails, attachments, and
calendar items — all without a time-consuming full
restore.
• Continuous Data Protection for Exchange:
Continuously protects Microsoft Exchange and file
data by backing up changes to the disk in real time
as they occur. Improves the overall level of data
protection and reduces administrative complexity
because it eliminates the need for full, incremental,
or dierential backups for Exchange data.
• Protection for VMware™ Virtual Machines with Lower
Cost and Complexity: Managing backups on virtual
machines can be dicult and expensive due to licensing
requirements. The PowerVault DL2000 – Powered by
Symantec Backup Exec incorporates award-winning
technology for virtual machine protection. The Agent
for VMware Virtual Infrastructure includes protection
for an unlimited number of guests on an individual
ESX host. In addition, Backup Exec leverages several
VMware technologies, including VMware Consolidated
Backup (VCB), that make backing up and restoring
virtual machines faster and easier.
• Protection for Desktops and Laptops: Backup
Exec’s Desktop and Laptop Option (DLO) lets users
automatically protect multiple desktops and laptops
via a network share. DLO lets users choose continuous,
scheduled, or manual backups and provides an
intuitive interface that lets users access their most
up-to-date data whether they’re in the oce or on
the road.
The PowerVault DL2000 – Powered by
CommVault oers:
• Data Deduplication: The PowerVault DL2000 –
Powered by CommVault has a built-in compression
and deduplication capability that stores data
only once, eliminating redundant blocks across
consolidated backup sets. No longer are you
limited to one or two full backup cycles on disk.
Deduplication lets you keep weeks
of complete recovery copies on a smaller disk
footprint. You get optimal recovery performance while
minimizing your storage investment and reducing
your storage requirements by up to 95%** with
deduplication.
**Data deduplication can reduce storage requirements by up to 20x compared to the same amount of tape, which in turn
can reduce backup windows, increase restore times, and save money. Individual results will vary. See the CommVault data deduplication calculator at Dell.
com/DL2000 to better estimate potential reductions based on various factors relevant to your storage environment.
• Distributed Protection of Branch Oces: When
you pair two PowerVault DL2000 devices across
geographically distributed sites, you can replicate your
deduplicated backups eciently. Managed from a
central site, each remote PowerVault DL2000 delivers
rapid recovery at the branch oce where it’s located
and also lets you protect your data with a replica
copy at your DR site that you can use for restores or
tape creation.
• Ecient Virtual Server Data Storage: CommVault’s
Universal Virtual Server Agent automatically detects
and protects unlimited virtual servers on an individual
VMware ESX or Microsoft Hyper-V host. Use block
dierential technology to only move and store changed
VMDK or VHD blocks during backup.
• One-Step Individual Object Recovery: Eorts
to restore lost data can range in scope from a full
system recovery to recovering an individual e-mail.
The PowerVault DL2000 – Powered by CommVault®
provides the fast and easy recovery of individual
objects with single-step granular recovery.
• Synthetic Full Backups: Frequent full backups take a
toll on server I/O and can slow down user applications.
The PowerVault DL2000 – Powered by CommVault
removes that performance burden by continually
backing up smaller, incremental changes from production
servers and merging them with unchanged data to
create a synthetic full backup copy. Patented Smart
Client technology reduces the incremental backup time
by tracking all of the files that have changed.
• File and E-mail Archival Agents: File, E-mail, and
SharePoint Archiver software removes infrequently
accessed data from servers and archives it for unified
backup and archive protection. Your end users and
applications retain normal access to the archived items
at all times. By archiving your server data, you can
achieve smaller backups and faster recoveries.
lifEcyclE SToRaGE SoluTioN SuppoRT
Choosing the right backup solution is an important
step in keeping your critical information safe.
Storage Consulting and Deployment from Dell can
help you implement, manage, and optimize storage
infrastructure as well as backup and recovery in a cost-
eective manner, helping to reduce the risk associated
with ineective data management and reduce
complexity while improving information availability.
Having the right support is also important. Dell
ProSupport for IT provides businesses of all sizes with
flexible, reliable, and easier support solutions.
The Dell ProSupport for IT service model was designed
for IT professionals like you. It provides:
• 7x24 direct access to Dell Expert Centers
• Fast-track dispatch for Dell-certified technicians
• Escalation management through Dell’s Global
Command Centers
The globally consistent, customer-driven Dell
ProSupport for IT portfolio includes proactive support
options that align to how you use technology. These
enhanced oerings can help you protect your
investment, reduce risk, manage complexity, enhance
productivity, and guard your sensitive data.
SIMPLY PUT
PowerVault DL2000 gets you set up fast and set up right.
Dell has partnered with industry leaders to create the first
and only fully integrated disk-based backup solution.
SIMPLIFY STORAGE AT DELL.COM/DL2000
Feature PowerVault™ DL2000 – Powered by
Symantec® Backup Exec™
PowerVault DL2000 – Powered by CommVault
Designed for Small – Medium Business
and Enterprises
Small – Medium Business
and Enterprises
Operating Systems
Supported
Windows® and Linux Windows, Linux, and Unix
Applications Supported Exchange, SQL, SharePoint®,
VMware™, Hyper-V™, and Oracle®
Disk Capacity Scaling Up to 144TB of usable disk space Up to 144TB of usable disk space
Features Dierentiation
Deduplication Not Available Deduplication – available with
Advanced Deduplication Edition
Ease of Use Wizard Driven Functionality Wizard Driven Setup and Configuration
Bare Metal Recovery Supported Not Available
Centralized Management
for Multiple Systems
Built-in with Comprehensive
Management Edition
Built-in using CommServe server
Individual Object
Recovery
Performed using Granular Restore
Technology; no need to perform
the database backup and individual
object backup
Performed from CommCell Console; object level
recovery from disk or tape
Support for Virtual
Environments
Unlimited Guest OS supported
with a single Virtual License; can
perform individual object recovery
with this license
Unlimited guest OS support for VMware ESX
and Microsoft Hyper-V; Integrates with block
deduplication for space savings
Remote Oce
Optimizations
Central Management, Network
Bandwidth Throttling
Central Management, Network Bandwidth Throttling,
Data Reduction using Deduplication
Desktop & Laptop
Support
Fully supported Fully Supported
Archival for Primary
Storage
Not Available Options for including File or E-mail Archive integrated
with backup
Exchange, Lotus, SQL, Sharepoint, Oce
Communications Server, VMware, Hyper-V,
Groupwise, Oracle, MySQL and SAP
