VMware Administrators and NetApp ONTAP storage administrators benefit from tools that help them manage their growing environments. In this SlideShare, learn about CDM (copy data management) and how Catalogic ECX can instantly provide value by helping you reclaim storage space, improve performance and more. Once you see what ECX can do for you, you will wonder how you ever managed without it.

1. WHAT IS COPY DATA MANAGEMENT
AND WHY YOU SHOULD CARE
HOW CATALOGIC ECX HELPS YOU
MANAGE YOUR NETAPP ONTAP® AND
VMWARE® ENVIRONMENTS
CatalogicSoftware.com
September 2014

2. COPIES OF DATA ARE LIKE RABBITS
Primary
Storage Storage
Growth Backup & Replicated
Copies Copies for Multiple
Use Cases
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3. WOULD YOU NEED GOOGLE IF THERE
WERE ONLY ONE WEB SITE?
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4. HOW DO YOU GOOGLE WITHIN YOUR
DATA CENTER?
VM’s
FAS
One NetApp FAS and One VM is easy to search.
But what happens when your data center grows…
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5. HOW DO YOU FIND FILES OR ALL THE
COPIES WHEN YOU HAVE…
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6. JUST LIKE GOOGLE
USE CATALOGIC ECX TO FIND ALL
COPIES OF A FILE IN SECONDS
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7. Anywhere in Your Data Center -
Even Across Remote Sites!
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8. AND NOT JUST FILES…
Files & Virtualization
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9. VM SCENERIO: WHAT HAPPENS IN A
TYPICAL DATA CENTER
One VM, 100 GB disk,
4 GB RAM, quad-core processor
Multiple by
100 VM’s per
ESX Server Multiple by
Ten ESX Servers Per
Data Center
10,000 VM’s
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10. ARE YOU EXPERIENCING VMWARE
SPRAWL?
Which VM’s are not powered on?
10,000 VM’s
How many multiple clones exist?
From Previous Scenario:
If only 1% of VM’s are deleted, you reclaim 10 TB’s of disk
space and improve performance with 100 VM’s no longer
needing resources for memory and CPU cycles.
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11. RECLAIM STORAGE AND IMPROVE
PERFORMANCE WITH ECX
Identify and Delete Orphaned and Abandoned VM’s
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12. Not Just VM’s, but VM Resources Too!
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13. WHY FIND EXCESS COPIES?
FIVE REASONS TO IDENTIFY COPIES
Reclaim
Disk Space
Improve
System
Performance
Validate
Compliance
Improve
Data
Protection
Save Money
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14. Reclaiming Disk Space and
Improving Performance Saves Money
ADDING DISK STORAGE
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15. ATTENTION: VM ADMINISTRATORS
In Just 3 Minutes, Learn More
www.catalogicsoftware.com/en/Resource-Center/Why-ECX-Storage-
Efficiency
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