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Dell
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powervault
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Dl2000
powereD by symantec
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backup exec™
The industry's rst and only integrated
solution for faster disk-based backups and
recoveries gets you up and running 5 times
faster than conguring it on your own.
up anD running 5x Faster
Conguring homegrown backup-to-disk
solutions can be difcult, time consuming,
prone to errors, and expensive. Dell has
simplied the backup process by offering
the industry's rst and only integrated hardware, software, and services solution powered by
Symantec Backup Exec™ software. This integrated solution is a cost-effective way to reduce total
cost of ownership.
PowerVault™ DL2000 – Powered by Symantec comes factory installed with Backup Exec™
software, plus a unique wizard-driven setup and management utility. Integrated automated
dynamic disk provisioning congures and sets up the disks for immediate use.
Set it up, congure 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.
In fact, we've timed it: You can deploy PowerVault DL2000 – Powered by Symantec Backup Exec
and start executing your rst backup in just 18 minutes. That's 5 times faster than setting up and
conguring the hardware and software pieces on your own.
Industry leaders Dell and Symantec co-developed this offering to get you up and running fast
with a tested solution that offers easier management. It’s an ideal way for any IT department to
achieve fast, reliable backups and restores. It’s disk-based backup simplied by Dell.
55% Faster, more reliable Disk-baseD backup anD 49% Faster restores than tape
Managing tapes can be complex and time consuming. Backups to tape often exceed their
backup window, and tape-based backups can fail. Disk-based backup with the PowerVault
DL2000 – Powered by Symantec Backup Exec is up to 55% faster than tape backups and
restores are up to 49% faster.
better than vtl
Virtual Tape Libraries (VTLs) are ”point products” that can help x backup and recovery
bottlenecks in the short run. But they’re also separate “boxes” that create silos of information
and add management complexity. Virtual tapes have to be created, provisioned, and managed,
and VTL products lack alerting and reporting within the backup solution. The PowerVault
DL2000 is a native, disk-to-disk solution that is designed to eliminate the need for manual setup
and management. It automatically and dynamically provisions disk, invisibly to the user, and
gives you proactive monitoring, alerts, and reporting.
integrateD tape support
The PowerVault DL2000 is available with the Dell PowerVault TL2000, TL4000, or ML6000 tape
library integrated into the full solution. Take advantage of backup-to-disk for quick availability
then transfer to tape from the same management console for offsite disaster recovery.
The PowerVault DL2000 – Powered by Symantec Backup Exec is the rst of
Dell’s TierDisk family of products, designed to provide cost-optimized solutions
for secondary storage environments for data protection and data management.