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Bank of New Zealand Selects Data Domain to Optimize Storage Infrastructure
Jul. 1, 2009 04:00 PM
SANTA CLARA, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/01/09 -- Data Domain, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDUP), the
leading provider of deduplication storage systems, today announced that
Bank of New Zealand (BNZ), a subsidiary of National Australia Bank Group,
has implemented Data Domain's deduplication and replication solutions to
increase the efficiency and reliability of data protection operations for
its two primary data centers. BNZ has streamlined its backup and recovery
processes while reducing storage-related expenditures.
The enterprise IT environment at BNZ comprises over 900 servers split
between two data centers, and supports a full range of business-critical
applications, including transactional databases, financial applications as
well as file and email services. The existing tape backup infrastructure
was struggling to keep pace with the Bank's burgeoning data growth.
Frequent issues with tape drives extended backup windows, which in turn
placed additional load on the servers during work hours and impacted daily
business operations.
Virtualization is a strategic objective for the Bank and VMware technology
is an important means to consolidate servers and improve data center
efficiencies. As an important part of BNZ's backup infrastructure refresh
project, the Infrastructure Design team looked closely at deduplication
storage approaches to fully realize the effectiveness of protecting virtual
machines (VMs).
"We wanted to avoid any major reconfiguration of our environment," said Rod
Park, Manager of Infrastructure Design for BNZ. "Data Domain integrated
with Symantec NetBackup using OpenStorage (OST), and has proved
straightforward to create policies and manage backups."
Park added, "Support from Data Domain allowed us to thoroughly test the
proposed solution." BNZ has purchased two Data Domain DD690 systems which
are deployed at data centers about 400 miles (650 km) apart.
"Data Domain is pleased to add BNZ to its global portfolio of financial
services customers, offering an efficient deduplication storage solution
that meets the organization's business and IT needs," said Beth White, vice
president of marketing for Data Domain. "Enterprises are recognizing the
management and performance benefits that can be gained by implementing the
Data Domain OST option within Symantec NetBackup environments."
BNZ currently keeps four full weekly backups and eight incremental backups
online for improved recovery time objectives. The new backup environment
requires less administration and has been enhanced by the simplified
management and time-saving benefits that the tight integration between Data
Domain systems and NetBackup OST provides. This has alleviated the Bank's
previous backup window challenges. Bi-directional replication between the
two data centers is also expected to provide comprehensive, automated
disaster recovery with quick recovery of VMs and other application data
from each replica DD690 system.
BNZ has reduced the number of physical tapes in use and now only data
requiring a retention period of seven years or more is transferred to tape
and stored offsite. This has also reduced backup and administration costs.
"The team is now able to complete backups within our designated backup
windows, and meet our retention policy objectives. We're confident that
this solution will support future growth," concluded Park.
ABOUT DATA DOMAIN
Data Domain® is the leading provider of deduplication storage systems.
Thousands of companies worldwide have purchased Data Domain systems to
reduce storage costs and simplify data management. Data Domain delivers the
performance, reliability and scalability to address the data protection and
nearline storage needs of enterprises of all sizes. Data Domain products
integrate into existing customer infrastructures and are compatible with
leading enterprise backup and archive software products. To find out more
about Data Domain, visit www.datadomain.com.
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