Scale-Out System is Easy to Install
EDENS backs up its data in daily incrementals and replicates the backups each week to its DR site. EDENS installed ExaGrid appliances at its remote offices for local backups, which replicate to the main data center. McCown was pleased with the quick installation. “We brought all of the appliances to the main office and configured them with the help of ExaGrid customer support, and then shipped them to the remote offices, so all that was left to do at those locations was rack and stack.”
The ExaGrid system is easy to install and use and works seamlessly with the industry’s leading backup applications so that an organization can retain its investment in its existing backup
applications and processes. In addition, ExaGrid appliances can replicate to a second ExaGrid appliance at a second site or to the public cloud for DR (disaster recovery). EDENS still uses Dell EMC NAS boxes as repositories but McCown is looking to expand the ExaGrid system further to replace the boxes as they do not integrate with Veeam well enough to optimize the backup application’s features.
ExaGrid appliances contain not just disk but also processing power, memory, and bandwidth. When the system needs to expand, additional appliances are simply added to the existing system. The system scales linearly, maintaining a fixed-length backup window as data grows so customers only pay for what they need, when they need it.
Data is deduplicated into a non-network-facing repository tier with automatic load balancing and global deduplication across all repositories.