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KOCH GmbH Selects ExaGrid Disk-Based Backup
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on Fri, February 15th, 2008
Saying it experiences 44% reduction in backup times
Based in Wadgassen, Germany, FLSmidth KOCH GmbH (KOCH) is a world leader in materials handling systems for a wide range of industries and is the worldwide market leader in pipe conveyors. KOCH designs, manufactures, markets and services a broad range of mechanical transport equipment and systems in the minerals and cement industries, as well as in pulp and paper. KOCH is well known for the transport of minerals such as iron ore and coal and is also active in cement. The company also provides specialized machinery fabrication as well as maintenance and operations assistance.
“The ExaGrid system is fast and reliable. Our backups are flawless and restores are quick and painless,” said Ralf Kunkel, IT administrator at KOCH. “We’ve been very impressed with ExaGrid’s approach to data de-duplication. It significantly reduces the amount of data stored, so we are able to keep more data on-site.”
ExaGrid’s byte-level data de-duplication technology stores changes from backup to backup instead of storing full file copies. This unique approach reduces the disk space required by a range of 10:1 to 50:1, or more, delivering unparalleled cost savings and performance. ExaGrid delivers fast backup performance because data is written directly to disk, and data de-duplication is performed post-process after the data is stored to reduce data.
Prior to installing ExaGrid, KOCH had been performing nightly differential and weekly full backups of its data using a tape library, but the process was long and backups were unreliable. Each full backup used 35 tapes, which were transported weekly to a secure facility.
Since installing ExaGrid, KOCH has reduced the time to complete a full backup by 44 percent, from 36 hours to just 20 hours. The IT staff now performs incremental backups in less than an hour each night. The firm backs up file data directly to the ExaGrid system each night, and snapshots of the company’s SQL database and VMware servers are taken each day, stored on its SAN and then backed up to the ExaGrid at night.
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