Hitachi Data Systems Solutions for Microsoft Environments

What Problems Are We Solving?

Protecting critical business applications such as Oracle, Microsoft® SQL Server and Exchange have become a tremendous challenge for most organizations, in particular for mid-sized companies. There is no longer any tolerance for downtime, and protecting data assets generated by these Microsoft applications is essential. Among the critical problems the solutions to be solved are:

  • Application data corruption
  • Data loss
  • Application downtime
  • Complex and lengthy recovery of application data sets
  • Poor performance of tape infrastructure for point-in-time images and backups
  • Disruptive application backup process

What Is the Hitachi Data Systems Solution?

Hitachi Data Systems Solutions consist of the fully tested, disk-to-disk, backup-optimized Hitachi Quick Recovery software and Hitachi Backup and Recovery software, and leverages scalable and cost-competitive Hitachi TagmaStore® Adaptable Modular Storage. (Quick Recovery and Backup and Recovery software are part of the Hitachi Data Protection Suite, powered by CommVault®.)


What Is the Value Proposition

Solutions for Microsoft Environments significantly increase availability of mission-critical business applications by leveraging snapshot technology to create recovery volumes on secondary Hitachi storage.

  • Rapid recovery within minutes for mission-critical application data
  • Protection against logical data corruption
  • Simplified and unified management across all data copies and source applications
  • Tight integration with Microsoft Windows File System, Exchange, and SQL Server
  • Creation, tracking, and management of snapshot data with policy-based administration
  • Snapshot data movement capability; transfer from snap volume to longer-term formats (SATA, tape, optical, and “write once, read many” or WORM)
  • Integrated with Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service

What Makes These Solutions Better than the Competition's?

Solutions for Storage Environments are better than offerings from competitors because they:

  • Use a single application with a single graphical user interface (GUI) for all data protection
  • Offer a single product integrated with the common technology engine (CTE)—a much simpler and cheaper solution
  • Automatically discover, mount, and re-initialize the application for recovery via a point-and-click user interface
  • Ensure transactional integrity for business-critical applications
  • Provide Exchange mailbox-level recovery capabilities