TOP TEN “AHA MOMENTS” FOR EVERY SNAPMANAGER & SNAPVAULT® USER

HOW CATALOGIC ECX COMPLEMENTS YOUR NETAPP ONTAP® ENVIRONMENTS

October 2014

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AHA

The moment a

previously

unsolvable problem

becomes suddenly

clear and obvious.

FAS Systems Volumes, Snapshots FilesDozens to hundreds Thousands,

Tens of ThousandsMillions, Billions

YOUR NETAPP ENVIRONMENT CONTAINS THOUSANDS OF SNAPSHOTS AND MILLIONS OF FILES, SO HOW DO YOU SEARCH IT – ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAS DEVICES OR LOCATIONS?

Problem: How can I find a file or know how many copies of the file or snapshots I even have?

AHA MOMENT #1USE CATALOGIC ECX TO INSTANTLY SEARCH ACROSS YOUR ENTIRE NETAPP ENVIRONMENT

Locating all copies of a file or snapshot in seconds!

Primary Datacenter

Location

Secondary Datacenter

Location

Problem: With multiple copies of files spread across more than one site, how do I validate

compliance against my retention goals?

IN A CENTRALIZED REPORT ACROSS YOUR ENTIRE ENVIRONMENT,

CATALOGIC ECX REPORTS ON THE NUMBER OF SNAPSHOT COPIES INCLUDING SNAPVAULTS AND SNAPMIRRORS

Under-protected

Over-protected

AHA MOMENT #2

Problem: How can I uncover if secure or confidential files have been copied to other locations?

Firewall

BranchOffice

Primary Datacenter

Location

Secondary Datacenter

Location

Secured file

accidentally copied

to unsecured

location

AHA MOMENT #3ELIMINATE DATA SPRAWL OR LEAKAGE ACROSS ALL SITES, ENSURING YOUR DATA IS LOCATED WHERE IT SHOULD BE WHILE ELIMINATING THOSE EXTRA COPIES

Problem: How many videos, image files, or other formats not aligned with corporate policy exist on my network?

Wasting TBs of disk space

AHA MOMENT #4YET ANOTHER WAY ECX HELPS YOU UNCOVER AND RECLAIM VALUABLE STORAGE SPACE WHILE ENFORCING COMPLIANCE

7 Million RAW image files consuming 143 TB … Ouch!

One User Creates

a 10 MB file…

Problem: How many copies of a file do I have andhow old are those files?

Shares with 3 friends

30 MB’s consumed from one

file

Over 300 MB

Now used for one file

10 Versions later, the file

size has grown and

each user has all ten copies

At the rate of just one file weekly

~1.6 TB of wasted

space for just one file

Edits begin.

Version 1, Version 2,

…

Repeat for each of your users

How Much Stale

Data Exists?

Stale data Active data

AHA MOMENT #5Less Copies, Less Risk. Get Control of Your Copies and Find Your Stale Data to Reclaim Wasted Storage Space.

ECX found 35 copies of the same file, all the locations, and the age of the

files too !

Problem: I love my SnapManagers and SnapVaults, but how can I fully utilize these tools for data protection?

SnapshotsSnapManager

SnapMirror

AHA MOMENT #6CATALOGIC ECX PROVIDES A CENTRALIZED CATALOG. YOU CONTROL THE POLICIES TO VALIDATE DATA PROTECTION, AND USE SEARCH TO LOCATE FILES TO RECOVER INSTANTLY.

Problem: How can I keep from drowning in customs scripts and using multiple consoles to manage my NetApp and VMware environments?

MultipleConsoles &

Custom Scripts

MultipleConsoles &

Custom Scripts

AHA MOMENT #7ONE SINGLE GUI AUTOMATES SNAPSHOT CREATION AND WORKFLOWS, ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR SCRIPTING ACROSS NETAPP AND VMWARE

FAS Systems Volumes, Snapshots FilesDozens to hundreds Thousands,

Tens of ThousandsMillions, Billions

Orphaned snapshots degrade overall system performance

Problem: How to I find out how many orphaned Snapshots I have?

AHA MOMENT #8IDENTIFY ORPHANED SNAPSHOTS AND DELETE THEM TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND RECLAIM SPACE

AHA MOMENT # 9: WHAT ECX CAN DO FOR YOU

Reclaim Disk Space

Improve System

Performance

Validate Complianc

e

Improve Data

Protection

Save Money

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