Scalability Takes On New Meaning Virtualization technology enables organizations to rapidly configure new systems as workload requirements change. But the newly found agility stemming from such 'elastic infrastructure' demands new levels of scale and performance as servers that once took weeks to deploy, now materialize in seconds. Just look at the growth expectations for virtual versus physical servers below. In terms of data protection, 'scale' no longer means how many terabytes of data, but must account for how many virtual machines can effectively and efficiently be protected.

1. Want More Details on How EMC
Fared Against NetBackup?
FINDINGS:
NETBACKUP IS 1.7X FASTER THAN EMC
WHEN PERFORMING A GRANULAR RECOVERY BACKUP.
RESULTS FOR:
GRANULAR RECOVERY
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7:00
8:00
6:00
5:00
4:00
3:00
2:00
1:00
0:00
4:46
8:30
NetBackup enables granular recovery through a single-pass backup.
EMC requires multiple steps to enable granular recovery.
1X 2X
SPEED TEST
Principled Technologies’ benchmark results
show that in a growing enterprise data
center using VMware, NetBackup will scale
significantly better than EMC.
NetBackup EMC
RESULTS
HYPERVISOR-LEVEL BACKUP & RECOVERY
ARRAY-BASED SNAPSHOTS
GRANULAR RECOVERY
“NetBackup IS THE MOST
SCALABLE BACKUP &
RECOVERYSOLUTION”
RESULTS FOR:
ARRAY-BASED SNAPSHOTS
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4:00
2:00
0:00
5:04 5:17
6:30
8:28
100 VMs 200 VMs 500 VMs 1,000 VMs
TOTALTIMETOCOMPLETEbackup(Minutes:Seconds)
Snapshots can be used to create quicker Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and more aggressive
Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs). In less than 9 minutes NetBackup’s snapshot technology backed
up 1,000 Virtual Machines. NetBackup is a leader in snapshot technology, while EMC does not
support array-based snapshot integration for VMware workloads.
FINDINGS:
NETBACKUP REQUIRES LESS THAN 9 MINUTES TO BACK UP
1,000 VMS USING ARRAY-BASED SNAPSHOTS.
EMC DOES NOT SUPPORT ARRAY-BASED SNAPSHOTS.
FINDINGS:
NETBACKUP IS 3X FASTER THAN EMC
WHEN BACKING UP 1,000 VMS.
SPEED
RESULTS FOR:
HYPERVISOR-LEVEL BACKUP
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7:00
6:00
5:00
4:00
3:00
2:00
1:00
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0:25
2:18
0:43
1:11
2:51
3:58
8:36
NetBackup
EMC
5:22
100 VMs 200 VMs 400 VMs 1,000 VMs
Lower times are better when it comes to backup windows. NetBackup saves
time, especially in large scale environments. As the environment scaled from
100 to 200, 400 and then 1,000 virtual machines, there were dramatic
increases in the time required by EMC to perform the backups.
TOTALTIMETOCOMPLETEBACKUP(Hours:Minutes)
9:00
7:00
8:00
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VMs
2:51
8:36
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RESULTS
VMware Virtual Machines
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T E S T S P E R F O R M E D B Y
An industry leader and expert in
technology benchmark testing
ALL TESTS BASED ON:
• Enterprise Backup and Recovery Solutions
• Scaling from 100 to 1,000 VMware VMs
• Real-world Situations and Workloads
WHAT IS THE MOST
SCALABLE SOLUTION?
NetBackup EMC
Principled
®
Technologies
VIRTUAL MACHINE GROWTHDATA GROWTH
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LARGE
SCALE
PROBLEM
BACKUP & RECOVERY
SCALABILITY BENCHMARK
SCALE IN A VIRTUAL WORLD
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