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Koch GmbH Selects ExaGrid Disk-Based
(Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
ExaGrid Systems, a provider of scalable disk-based backup solutions
with byte-level data de-duplication, announced that FLSmidth Koch GmbH
has selected ExaGrid for backups and restores, and to reduce its
reliance on tape.
Based in Wadgassen, Germany, FLSmidth Koch GmbH (Koch) is a provider of
materials handling systems for a wide range of industries. 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 also provides 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 approach
reduces the disk space required by a range of 10:1 to 50:1, or more.
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.
The company stated that 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.
The company said that 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.
Organizations worldwide can leverage ExaGrid to streamline backup
processes and make restores more reliable and painless, said Bill
Andrews, president and CEO of ExaGrid. Using ExaGrid to reduce or
eliminate tape offers significant advantages to organizations like
Koch, who have struggled to protect critical data with tape. The
ExaGrid Disk-based Backup System overcomes the challenges of tape at
the same or lower cost as tape-based backup.
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