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Software Delivery in Minutes COPY DATA MANAGEMENT FROM COMMVAULT Organizations today require multiple copies of application data for development, testing, and operations (called “copy data”). In most organizations, more is better: more copies, more frequently, with more self-service portals across the organization. However, traditional copy data management tools often result in more cost and more complexity. Let’s review some of the challenges to these legacy approaches and discuss the new approach to copy data management with Commvault.
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
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• Project milestones Traditional approaches to data movement during development cycles often means missing critical dates during projects and create time-to-market concerns for the business. • Pace of innovation Developing and deploying new applications and feature releases is risky; at the same time, potential revenuegeneration is deferred and may lead to a competitive disadvantage. • Application availability Numerous dependencies and aging infrastructure cannot deliver data when and where it is needed the most.
• Innovation • Control cost of projects • Improve organizational alignment
Commvault can help you construct the most efficient cloud implementation so that you can truly achieve the flexibility and data portability you need all while minimizing complexity, assuring security and avoiding unexpected costs.
TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES • Managing copy data Legacy tools often fail to address redundant copies of production data, as these products were not built to manage the movement of data in support of modern development methodologies. • Data availability Complex and proprietary formats delay access to data, increasing the backlog of development issues and missing opportunities to respond to new initiatives. • Infrastructure sprawl From a 2015 Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) survey, most organizations’ data is growing at 40% year-over-year; while IT budgets are growing only at an estimated 5-7% year-over-year. The majority of this data growth is due to redundant copies of data (often called “copy data”). This requires substantial storage capacity to house this duplicate data.
VALUE • Simple For most organizations, the mandate of cloud-first, app-driven services is the “new normal”. Copy data management should be no different. That means one platform for all data (not point-products and complex scripts). And with multiple integration points for applications from Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP, Commvault makes complexity disappear with space-efficient copies of production data for any number of developers – instantly. • Timely Businesses can realize competitive advantages through time-tomarket, time-to-value, and so forth. Application development, testing, and deployment cycles require instant access to data in a native format – regardless of location, storage tier, or data type. Commvault delivers a “best fit” approach (verses “one-size-fits-all”) for copy data management. This means less time to provision and more time to develop; increasing productivity and accelerating time-to-market. • Speed Smartphones are faster. Internet connections are faster. So it is no surprise that developers want provisioning and automation to be faster as well. Furthermore, the speed is also limited by data access. Instead of development and operations teams waiting on each other, Commvault software allows teams to leverage self-service portals to access production copies, automate refreshes of nightly builds, and more – which ultimately leads to better applications, faster.
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Preserving Agility with Data Recovery in the Cloud As IT organizations build out private and hybrid clouds, agility has become a primary motivating factor.
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BEST PRACTICES • Enable workload and data portability Every organization’s journey to effective copy data management requires different phases and timing. That is why Commvault simplifies how redundant copies of production data are handled, with the flexibility and enables industry-leading workload portability across a multitude of servers, storage arrays, and cloud providers as business demands change. • Avoid vendor lock-in Commvault software not only simplifies workload and data portability, it enables freedom of choice so organizations can adopt new applications, such as NoSQL databases or in-memory databases, without fear of disrupting the business. • Eliminate data silos By comprehensively storing all corporate data in a virtual repository that spans physical, virtual, and cloud locations, data is managed using a single, deduplicated index. This facilitates better control of the application lifecycle for increased developer productivity, collaboration, and decision-making. • Assure scalability without boundaries As data continues to grow, an organizations’ ability to scale can be the largest obstacle to effective copy data management. Often, legacy systems force teams to use multiple solutions to support more data – thus, creating increased operational burdens and cost. But for Commvault, scalability is a core advantage: the distributed architecture allows it to manage billions, even trillions, of objects to support any size data environment without limiting features or functions. • Benefit from proven and continuous innovation Perhaps Commvault’s biggest differentiator is its long-standing focus upon innovation. Analysts, customers, and partners alike continue to recognize Commvault as the leader for its vision and execution in the datacenter backup, archive, and recovery industry.1 Many even herald Commvault for announcing new feature service packs that have the depth of innovation other vendors typically reserve for major releases.
1 Gartner Inc. “Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery Software” by Dave Russell, Robert Rhame, Pushan Rinnen. June 2016.
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QUESTIONS TO ASK • What is the impact on development/test teams or reporting teams when data is not immediately available? • What is it worth to your organization if developers could directly provision copies of production data? • How many copies of your application are required for development, test, acceptance, and performance testing environments? • Is there a development backlog within your organization? • What would be the cost savings if development cycles could be reduced by a third? By two-thirds?
Learn more about why Commvault fits application development projects with one platform for copy data management at commvault.com/solutions.
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