Radio Frequency Systems Combines Veeam and Quantum

Quantum Corp. announced Radio Frequency Systems GmbH (RFS) is using its DXi deduplication with Veeam Availability solutions for data reduction results and greater availability in its VM environment.

The combined solution has lowered backup application costs, achieved 90% data reduction and cut backup times in half. Quantum is a Premier Technology Alliance partner with Veeam, and the success RFS has experienced illustrates how the two companies collaborate to provide simplified virtual backup solutions that deliver performance and maximize production system availability while lowering the TCO.

Cutting Backup Times and Reducing the Data Center Footprint
RFS is a wireless and broadcast infrastructure specialist with 1,800 employees working in seven factories and R&D centers in five countries, and it relies on a highly virtualized environment to cut hardware costs and energy use. The company’s Hanover, Germany, facility backups CIFS data and VMware storage, which is growing by 10 to 20% annually. Nearly 85% of its infrastructure is virtualized, with a goal of hitting 95%, making a reliable backup solution particularly vital. Looking to save time and reduce disk space used, the RFS Hanover IT team sought a new redundant backup and replication solution for its virtual environment. The team also wanted an inexpensive system incorporating the latest technologies that would be easy to manage.

A Potent Combination for Protecting VMs: Veeam and DXi
RFS selected Veeam Backup & Replication software for its ESX operations, gaining convenience and reliability. This solution gave the Hanover facility fast and flexible recovery while bringing backup and replication together into a single system. It also offered RTPO of less than 15 minutes, meeting the stringent recovery requirements of tier-1 applications.

RFS chose a DXi4700 deduplication appliance for backup. The line of deduplication appliances – powered by StorNext 5, a streaming file system with policy-based tiering software – is designed to accelerate storage workflows for remote sites. RFS was impressed by Quantum’s patented variable-length deduplication technology, which delivers 30:1 data deduplication rates. In addition, the DXi4700 can scale up to 137TB via capacity-on-demand to address RFS’s future backup needs and is the only appliance offering a direct link to move older backups to tape.

Falko Schmudlach, IT infrastructure administrator, RFS, said: “Since early 2015, when RFS first tied Veeam Backup & Replication with Quantum’s tiered storage solution, the facility has cut backup application costs, reduced backup windows and improved utilization rates of production VMs. The combination has proven to be an easy and powerful way to protect our vSphere environment.“

Doug Hazelman, VP, product strategy, chief evangelist, Veeam, said: “Organizations of all sizes face a variety of technical challenges that are forcing them to rethink how they approach storing and protecting their data. Veeam availability solutions, combined with Quantum storage, deliver a scalable solution to optimize efficiency of both storage and Availability for the Always-On Enterprise – enabling customers to maximize business value by storing, sharing and preserving assets over their entire lifecycle.“

Robert Clark, SVP, product operations, Quantum, said: “Maximizing data availability for virtual environments while reducing the cost of protecting them is an ongoing demand for IT departments. By combining Quantum disk with Veeam’s unique features, RFS has tapped a potent solution to the challenge of protecting VMs with growing data volumes while keeping the cost of ownership manageable.“

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