Showing posts with label data domain. Show all posts
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Thursday, August 27, 2020

Data Domain 7.2 - What is new?

Performance & Security - these are flagship Data Domain features.
They are further improved in new Data Domain 7.2.
Let me invite you for short discussion about new DD 7.2 features.



Direct link to the above discussion about new DD7.2 features: https://youtu.be/m1XNy6IXzOo

What is new in Data Domain 7.2?
1.
Compliance - absolute lock for protected data

Data Domain allows you to absolutely block backups for a specified period of time. Thanks to this, neither ransomware nor hacker can hurt our data - we can always restore from Data Domain:

Data Domain blocks data removal / change for defined period of time (month / quarter / …) Hacker cannot change to bypass the lock - neither directly nor through the NTP server:

Version 7.2 further extends the flexibility of compliance. We can define the maximum time change applied to Data Domain and the maximum number of changes:

The compliance function is available in Data Domain hardware appliances:

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Further extension of Compliance (no removable lock) is Cyber Bunker:
https://youtu.be/jtgm2WHpFPk
described in the article:


2.
How much more space do we gain with new Data Domain models?

New Data Domain models compress new blocks more effectively thanks to dedicated compression card:

And we also gain more performance:

How much do we additionally gain thanks to compression card? The video shows the real numbers from production, worldwide Data Domain:

Let's assume that the old Data Domain would need 100TB for data storage.
New models (DD6900 / 9400/9900) will need
  • only 77TB for storing backups for securing your file system
  • only 85TB for storing backups for securing databases
Detailed explanation of the mechanism that makes new Data Domains to use less space for backups: https://youtu.be/xx-xZC9JtoM?t=191

3.
BoostFS = huge fast backup speed thanks to source de-duplication
For everyone!

BoostFS Live:

Data Domain 7.2 provides even faster BoostFS backups:

DD 7.2 increases the already super performance of BoostFS - - Real data from SQL backups:

4.
Recovery performance

Each recovery stream is split into multiple threads to speed up recovery!
As a result, even if we have Data Domain with a small number of disks, we achieve a big speed:

5.
Further optimization of Garbage Collection algorithms.

Data Domain provides huge performance – regardless if it performs internal processes or not. 
Thanks to this, it has over 50% market share:

How to set Data Domain cleanup parameters - live:

6.
Data Domain - algorithmic device:
https://youtu.be/m1XNy6IXzOo?t=924
focused on performance:
7.
Possibility to extend compliance for ever

8.
Data Domain allows for fast, frequent backups

9.
No visibility of source de-dup for production:


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The video is recording for customers/partners discussion.
Thank you very much all that took place in this event live!
Thank you for time, discussion and... fun!!!

Performance and Security!
BackupRecoveryGuy


#datadomain #dd #7.2 #dd7.2 #backup #backupperformance #recovery #recoveryperformance #dataprotection #security #datasecurity #news #backupmedia #media #boostfs #boost #deduplication #de-dup


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Monday, December 9, 2019

Why new Data Domain models? - DD6900 / DD9400 / DD9900 backup/recovery appliances

In September 2019 Dell announced 3 new Data Domain models (DD6900 / DD9400 / DD9900)
Shall we take under considerations new Data Domain models?

If so why?
What is the architecture?



Below is the summary of changes in new Data Domain models:
  • DD6900
  • DD9400
  • DD9900

Automated protection against ransomware / hacker.
Any backup performed on new Data Domain models is automatically protected for defined period.
Neither ransomware nor hacker can delete it.
How is it possible?
https://youtu.be/xx-xZC9JtoM?t=1169

Reducing disk space required for backups
New models require 10-30% less space for storing backups comparing to previous ones.
Wow! Can it be?
https://youtu.be/xx-xZC9JtoM?t=191

Starting even 64 Virtual Machines from new Data Domains with 60 000 IOps performance!
Hugh, can backup be faster than production?
https://youtu.be/xx-xZC9JtoM?t=961

Faster restores from new Data Domain
What is the reason?
https://youtu.be/xx-xZC9JtoM?t=824

Capacity on demand
In new Data Domain models we can get more space but pay for the one that we use.
Details:
https://youtu.be/xx-xZC9JtoM?t=1569

Faster internal components
Does it matter?
https://youtu.be/xx-xZC9JtoM?t=1437

Scalability from 48 TB to 1 250 TB
Details:
https://youtu.be/xx-xZC9JtoM?t=1774

Networking
100Gb Ethernet card is possible!
https://youtu.be/xx-xZC9JtoM?t=1861

 Very little space required Can you store 1.25PB in single rack?
https://youtu.be/xx-xZC9JtoM?t=1512

Monitoring and visualizing online all its components
Nice…
https://youtu.be/xx-xZC9JtoM?t=1478

Upgrades
How can it move to new models?
https://youtu.be/xx-xZC9JtoM?t=1945

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New Data Domain models have a number new & exciting things.
It makes sense to have a closer look on them...

Presentation about new Data Domain models (the one used in video):
http://gurago.pl/s1/NewDataDomains_Detailed_DD6900_DD9400_DD9900.pdf

Only immediate recoveries!
BackupRecoveryGuy

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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

How to keep long term backups? - Tiering or... something simple!


Recently, customer asked me the question:
      I’m looking for a discussion document which outlines best practice for tiering backups.
This question comes for ages.

Why?
Idea of tiering in backup comes from our internal dream:
Let’s have fast, secure and good media (storage) for recent backups/data
but at the same time
Let’s keep old backups as cheap as possible

Recent backups we usually keep on Data Domain (https://youtu.be/f4T5eyLz5Rs).
Data Domain gives us huge performance, security, and restore.
This is what we require from protection production: no load, fast backup and easy, fast restore.

For older backups copies (archive backups) we really do not know what to do?
We just need old backups to keep cheap...

We have couple of options for storing old backups:
        Tape
Object storage (local/cloud)
Or maybe…

Why not just keep 5 years backup on Data Domain?
Local Data Domain / Data Domain in cloud – as one wishes.

During one of the workshops I asked customer:
       How long do you keep backups on Data Domain, how long on tape?
He said:
       Daniel, I have no time and money to play with backup tiering.
       I have bought 2 Data Domains (little bigger) and I just replicate between 2 cities.
       I have 90 copies on each Data Domain (30 daily for last month and 60 monthly for last 5 years)
       No touch, same cost, dream life.

 My experience (I would choose it for myself) is that little bigger DD - for both production backups and archive backups - in many cases is better than tiering.
Money are similar, simplicity is incomparable.

Of course, every case is different, but…
Most simple solutions are the best ones!

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And let me quote my great friend from UK:

When I started dealing with backup I was said that the more we retain on Data Domain, the better de-duplication is.
And that is so true…

 The current push for tiering backups in reality makes more problems rather than solving any.
Tiering backup is:
  • Expensive
  • Complicated because of restore 
  • And many other compatibility issue
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Why keeping last backups on great media (like Data Domain) and moving older backups to tape/object provides complication, less flexibility, additional costs?

With tiering in backup, we have 2 different media, software, policies to manage those 2 different backup media?

Why do we do that all complication?
To make backup cheaper.

But… Even hard costs of tiering like additional storage (second tier) + potential licenses for tiering in many cases eat that whole difference in price between 2 different media.

Not mentioning soft costs like management, integration, know how, …
This is what my customer just said from his experience.

So having fantastic media like Data Domain, we can just increase a little bit its space – not much due to de-duplication – and we can enjoy f.e. 5 years retention!
With no problems, no management, easy.
And with similar or even less money…

And... Data Domain can be in the cloud using Object Storage as the space for backups.
But this something for another article...

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Again:
Most simple solutions are the best ones!

Only successful recoveries….
BackupRecoveryGuy


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Thursday, June 21, 2018

DPS DD VE - a great license package for start!

DPS DD VE - video:
         https://youtu.be/e8zMkouyBu8

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What if we need a backup solution for start:
• for couple of servers
• best of breed technology
• easy
And of course at the great price!

It makes sense to have a look at DPS DD VE package, which includes top backup solutions on the market:
• Data Domain Virtual Edition (DDVE) - backup medium
• Avamar - backup software
• RecoverPoint for Virtual Machine (RP4VM) - backup/DR solution recovering VMs to any point from the past
• DP Search (Search) - finding any info in backups, great for GDPR
• DP Central / DP Advisor (Central/Advisor) - monitoring / reporting

Licensing
DPS DD VE is licensed per number of physical processors (occupied sockets).
So to get the price for DPS DD VE for our environment we need to perform 2 simple steps:
  • Count all the physical processors in protected environment 
          We should know it easily
  • Multiply “single processor price” by “number of physical processors”
          We can get single processor price from our integrator / distributor

And that is all. We have the price for DDVE / Avamar / RP4VM / Search / Central / Advisor for our environment. Those solutions have included all possible features & modules!

What is the price for a single processor in DPS DD VE package?
I checked and… I was shocked! Really makes sense to ask IT integrators / distributors for DPS DD VE single physical processor price.
For those who know the super price-attractive DPS4VM license package (https://youtu.be/MUWO46p4iy8), I can tell you that DPS DD VE is lots of cheaper!

How does the typical backup architecture look like when using DPS DD VE?
Let's consider the below environment:

In the above example, we have 2 sites and totally we have in both locations:
• 5 physical servers with Virtual Machines (number of virtual machines does not matter)
• 3 standalone servers
• 16 physical processors totally (16 occupied sockets) - This is the only important thing from licensing perspective
• 14TB data to backup

Having:
• DPS DD VE for 16 physical processors in our environment
• storage space for Data Domain Virtual Edition (DDVE)
• providing 2 virtual machines per site (for Avamar / DDVE)
we have a full backup solution with best features on the market:


Avamar & Data Domain Virtual Edition – which are included within DPS DD VE – they have all possible features and functions. Dell EMC did not limit anything that Avamar / DDVE provides. For example, we can enjoy:
• Automatic backup of newly created virtual machines
  https://youtu.be/iIXs1CzqSiI
• Disaster Recovery with minimal data transfer (1%)
• 100 - 1000 virtual machines FULL backup per hour
• Restore a single file, restore of single email, restore of single SQL table image level backups
• Simultaneous image backup / guest backup at no additional cost (global de-duplication)
• Backup of physical servers with all available Avamar agents
• The highest performance on the market
• Incredible NAS backup/recovery
   https://youtu.be/SWG1ejldgMw
• Finding any phrase in backed up documents (Search module – GDPR ready)
• Over 300 ready reports in DPA
• ...
Additionally, apart from the above, the package contains all functionalities of RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (RP4VM) - another top market solution.

What exactly do we get within DPS DD VE package?
DPS DD VE is license package calculated per physical processor. We need to purchase DPS DD VE for number of processors that we have in protected environment.
When purchasing DPS DD VE license we get the following solutions:
• DDVE (Data Domain Virtual Edition) - 2TB DDVE for each physical processor
For example if we buy DPS DD VE for 10 processors, we get 20 TBs of  Data Domain Virtual Edition
• Avamar
All functionalities, all modules, all possibilities for a protected environment
2 Avamar backup servers: one for Primary Site and one for Disaster Recovery site
• RP4VM (RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines)
15 VMs per each physical processor
For example if we buy DPS DD VE for 10 processors, we can protect 150 VMs with RP4VM.
• Search
Find phrases in backuped documents (GDPR)
• DPA (Data Protection Advisor) / DPC (Data Protection Central)
Monitoring, reporting, warning, single pane of control

What if my environment grow?
If we grow from 15 servers to 40 servers - no problem. It is just enough to purchase missing physical processor.
Having bigger environment, we have bigger expectations towards backup. We can attach Data Domain appliance instead of using DDVE. And we can enjoy:
  • ransomware protection
  • starting VMs from Data Domain with SSD speed (no recovery required)
  • separate backup medium from production
  • ...
So in future, while growing, no change to our environment  - just replacing media. Backup software, interface, all features - it stays with us. We already have the enterprise ones!

Who shall be interested within DPS DD VE?
In my opinion, the package is great for:
  • Environments having 1-20 physical servers with any number of Virtual Machines
  • New companies, just creating their infrastructure
  • Remote offices
  • F.e. we do not want to invest a lot in remote office or we do not want to put any additional backup hardware to remote office
  • Separated environments from main Data Centers required their own infrastructure
  • Environments required protection with minimal investments
  • VxRail, Nutanix, any hyper converged infrastructures …

Infrastructure as a Service
I think that especially Cloud Providers shall have a close look at this package. Why? DPS DD VE is
  • Extremely cost effective
  • Powerful
  • Easy to divide for tenants
I have talked with my friend from Cloud Provider. He compared DPS DD VE against another solution. DPS DD VE was 25K Euro cheaper for 5 years assuming 20 physical processor customer. And he said that DPS DD VE functionalities are absolutly #1.

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Again. Have a close look at DPS DD VE - a very strong package.
And the price? Check, you can be surprised…

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Video describing DPS DD VE backup licenses:
         https://youtu.be/e8zMkouyBu8
Presentation about DPS DD VE package
         http://gurago.com/mat/DPS_DDVE.pdf

Only successful recoveries!
BackupRecoveryGuy
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Friday, February 9, 2018

New Data Domain DD3300 - backup appliance focused on performance and reliability



30 min webcast about new DD3300:
      This Wednesday, 14 February, 13:00 CET (Vienna time)
Registration:
      http://dell.mywebinarplace.com/index.php?cmp=attendx_meeting&mt_number=78893985
Online invitation:
      https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6368746494429851650/

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We have available a new Data Domain model: DD3300.
DD3300 replaces existing DD2200. 

DD3300 gives a wide choice of capacities. We have 3 variants:
·        DD3300 4TB net
·        DD3300 16TB net
·        DD3300 32TB net
The values above gives us info, how much net space we have for de-duplicated backups.

As we know, Data Domain is extremely efficient de-duplicator, so the question is:
How can I judge, which of DD3300 fits to my environment?
Best approach is to use Dell EMC sizer via partners / integrators / distributors.
Anyhow below there is simple “rule of thumb”:
a.      DD3300 4TB net fits to environments between 0TB to 6TB
b.      DD3300 16TB net fits to environments between 3TB to 20TB
c.      DD3300 32TB net fits to environments between 12TB to 40TB
Number of TB in size of environment above means how much data we have on production to protect (front data). In other words this is the size of single full backup of all my data (without any compression / de-duplication).
For example, having VMware 8TB large and  2TB on standalone servers, it means I have environment with 10TB production data all together. And probably I shall think about DD3300 16TB.

Another question is, how long can I keep backups on DD3300?
Customers keep backups on Data Domain from 14 days to 5 years or even longer. The most common retention is 30 days.
If we want to keep data for long (years) on DD300, we shall choose for sure higher capacities (for example DD3300 16TB net for environment 5TB large).
If 1 month retention is fine for us usually DD3300 16TB is fine for environment about 12-17TB.
Again best is to use sizer from partners / vendor.

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Let’s have a look at speed of new DD3300:

 DD3300 offers huge 7TB/h backup speed. It means that FULL backup of 30TB environment we can have in something like 4 hours!
Anyhow, I would like to point to number of streams. DD3300 16/32 net gives us 90 parallel backup streams. Having good backup software we are able to backup almost 100 Virtual Machines in the same time! 
Or backup 80VMs and restore 20 VMs...

When you choose backup solution, take care about number of parallel backup streams. This gives huge flexibility for simultaneous backup / recovery / replication. It is even more important parameter than backup speed itself...

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CloudTier - automated moving old backups to S3 storage
DD3300 has built-in export of old backup to cheap S3 storage. This is called CloudTier.
So if we have long retention for backups (years), DD3300 will automatically move backups older than a month (for example) to S3 storage making free space for fresh backups.
No additional hardware is required, anyhow we need a license.

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What about the upgrades? Can I upgrade between DD3300 variants?
The possible scenarios are as following:
  • If we have bought DD3300 4TB net.
    We can upgrade from DD3300 4TB net to DD3300 16TB net.
  • If we have bought DD3300 16TB net.
    We can upgrade from DD3300 16TB net to DD3300 32TB net.

Upgrade can be performed by:
  • Dell EMC / authorized partner
  • By customers
    Dell EMC provides tutorials (pdf / video) how to add disks / memory…

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DD3300 among other models

The existing DD2200 is available until something like August 2018. 

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30 min webcast about new DD3300:
      This Wednesday, 14 February, 13:00 CET (Vienna time)
Registration:
      http://dell.mywebinarplace.com/index.php?cmp=attendx_meeting&mt_number=78893985
Online invitation:
      https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6368746494429851650/


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