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TheRemoteOfficeBackupsolutionisdesignedtoseamlesslyreplicatedatafrom

remoteofficestoacentralizeddatacenter,whereitisstoredonamagnetic

library(disk)forreadyaccess.Consolidatingallbackupdataatthecentralizeddata

centerprovidesredundancyfordisasterrecovery,aswellasanalternatesource

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fornormaldatarecoveryoperations.Thisinnovativesolutioniseasilydeployed,

withoutanydisruptionofcurrentdataprotectionoperations,andwithnoimpact

onyourendusersatremoteoffices;noadditionalsoftwareorconfigurationis

requiredonclientcomputers,asonlyMediaAgentsareinvolved.Evenmore

importantly,thedata

fromeveryiDataAgentdeployedatremoteofficescanbe

replicatedtothecentralizeddatacenter,nomatterthesourceofthedata‐‐all

supportedfilesystems,databases,anddatatypes.

Significantbenefitsresultwhenthissolutioniscombinedwithseveralother

availablefeatures;de‐duplicationattheremoteofficeis

performedbeforedatais

replicatedtothecentralizeddatacenter,greatlyreducingthenetworkload.

ReplicationCompressionprovidesasimilarbenefit,compressingdataatthe

remoteoffice,replicatingitacrossthenetworktothecentralizeddatacenter,

thenuncompressingitonthedestinationMediaAgent;finally,Replication

Encryptioncanbeemployedto

ensurethesecurityofdatatransmittedacross

non‐securenetworks,byencryptingthedatabeforetransmissionand

automaticallydecryptingitonthedestinationMediaAgentatthecentralizeddata

center.

Backupandrecoveryofcompanydataatprimarysitestypicallyplaceshigh

demandsontheresourcesofacompany’sITdepartment.

Theresultisthatdata

protectionisneglectedatthesmaller,remotesiteseventhoughinformationat

theseregionalofficesorbranchofficesmaybeasimportantasthatfoundatthe

primarydatacenter.Alackoftechnicalresourcesatremotesitesfurther

complicatestheproblem.Evenifstandardbackup

‐disktechnologiesare

implementedatremotesites,thedatacontinuestositthereunlessatapeDR

strategyisimplementedbecausethereissimplytoomuchdatatoreasonably

replicatebacktoacentralizedsiteforDRpurposes.

BRANCH OFFICE CONSOLIDATION WITH THE DELL POWERVAULT DL2000 –