EMC: Redefining data protection in the big data age

"Software definition" has become the IT Hot word, software definition network, software definition data center, software definition storage, in short, software can define everything. In the large data age, the importance of data is not much to say, and the protection of data will be gradually upgraded. EMC says that data backup will evolve in the direction of data protection, and over time data protection needs to move toward data management!

At the April 9 communication meeting, EMC Dpad Division's Greater China director, Chen, and senior product manager Li Junpeng and we shared some of EMC's current views on data protection, representing EMC's data protection and availability solutions that provide excellent data protection not only for existing customers, It will also help customers to create a new generation of it environmental transformation has laid a solid foundation.

Share some of the issues that were discussed at the time:

When asked why EMC wants to talk about redefining data protection?

Li Junpeng says this is because more and more systems and users are generating data, and the need for data protection is evolving over time. Here he talked about the data protection of the three platform, the first platform data is concentrated on the mainframe, the user is accessed through the terminal, the second platform data is on the server, the user through the PC to access, and the third platform due to a large number of users, devices and applications to generate huge amounts of data, The previous method of data protection on the second platform does not work on the third platform, so you need to redefine data protection. At the same time, Li Junpeng says EMC can bridge the platform between the second and third platforms to help customers transition from a second platform to a third platform, providing consistent data protection across the entire data-protection continuum.

Is there any way to let the service provider not see the enterprise data?

Li Junpeng means that data encryption can be divided into several directions, can be encrypted at the host level, as well as switch layer encryption and so on. But from the point of view of encryption, it is unlikely to be seen in every way. You encrypt the host, the host has the key, you encrypt the SAN, you have the key on the SAN, you encrypt the array, and the array has the key.

Data domain and Avamar have further integrated integration, can you describe it in detail?

Chen said the so-called integration, one thing is to see how the user environment. Because most of the time the user environment will be a multiple application, multiple system environment, the more important role of EMC is the integration of the user twist level. For example, if I'm backing up VMware's environment now, I can back it up to data domain as a whole, and in any case, I can hang a virtual machine in the VMware environment through data domain. As the user deployment environment becomes more complex, EMC will have different solutions, all in the hope of helping the user in two ways, first, the user can see more, can control more, second is suitable for the user needs.

Can you give an overview of the business structure and strategy adjustments from BRS to Vplex, and what is the reason for this adjustment?

Chen said the change was not a change in China but a global change. Global Corporation put Vplex, recoverpoint these two products and come in, not simply repackaged. We will provide users with a series of overall services from backup, archiving, and high availability, which is our most fundamental change. At the same time in the solution, I believe there will be a richer solution available to our users.

To help customers transition to the third platform, for the traditional large enterprises, the breakthrough is where?

Li Junpeng says enterprise users we first help them a few steps, the first is integration, the second is virtualization, the third is to go to the software definition of the enterprise. Now a small number of enterprises to virtualization go, most of the integration phase, this is the current situation.

And then share with you. EMC announces a range of new products and technologies, EMC says not only today to fully meet customers ' changing needs for data protection, but also to help them meet challenges as future customers transition to software-defined data centers. Here are the latest products and technical highlights:

EMC Data Protection Suite develops

Optimize the evolving client and cloud-based Backup and archive environment through flexible application of integrated products, EMC Data protection Suite (EMC? The data homeowner Suite has redefined the usage patterns of the protection software. EMC data Protection Suite by Avamar, NetWorker, data homeowner Advisortm, Mozy? and Sourceonetm software products. With the launch of this data protection suite, the latest features to be provided include:

Snapshot management for EMC Isilon, EMC VNX, and NetApp arrays to improve management of NAS data;

Deeper support for VMware through a unique integration with the VMware Vcloud Suite and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager? and Microsoft cloud infrastructure;

Achieve full integration between Avamar and data Domain, while providing the best functionality for two platforms.

Provides enhanced security features and the latest Linux support for the Mozy public cloud, prompting more enterprise customers to adopt Mozy.

Latest Protected Storage platform features

Data domain is the de facto standard for the industry's open storage platform, and with the latest EMC data domain Operating system (EMC data Domain Keyboard-based system), EMC has further consolidated the status of data domain in the industry. Now that the platform is greatly enhanced, it supports far more than backup systems and is the cornerstone of the "Data protection as a service" model. The latest features include:

Data Domain DD boost for enterprise applications, which enhances the ability of application administrators to protect the enterprise environment, supporting Oracle, SAP solution, SAP HANA platform, IBM DB2, and Microsoft SQL Server.

The latest secure multi-tenant feature for cloud deployment enables the data domain system to provide security isolation for large enterprises and service providers, effectively protecting storage platforms in the "Data protection as a service" model.

Enhanced archive storage to support 1 billion files, further increasing the application environment supported by the data domain system.

Latest version of Vplex and Recoverpoint software

With the latest version of EMC Vplex and EMC RecoverPoint Software, EMC highlights its unique ability to fully meet changing data protection needs, so EMC can provide continuous availability, mobility, and disaster recovery capabilities for more environments and multi-site configurations:

Combined with Recoverpoint, Vplex constitutes the metropoint topology, the industry's only solution for delivering three of site business continuity, tailored to mission-critical applications. Metropoint topology integrates Vplex Metro? Continuous availability with Recoverpoint remote replication and continuous data protection (CDP) to efficiently deliver comprehensive operational and disaster recovery capabilities at any distance.

EMC has also introduced the latest product Vplex Virtual edition (Vplex virtual Edition), the industry's first virtualization solution that delivers continuous availability and data mobility in a low-cost, 100% software deployment environment. With the Vplex virtual version, customers of all sizes can now adopt sophisticated VPLEX technologies, so EMC expands the continuum of availability and mobility markets. The Vplex Virtual Edition will also be provided as part of the Vspex mature infrastructure (Vspex Proven infrastructure) solution.

To summarize the activities, it's all about how EMC helps customers redefine their data protection strategy in a truly software-defined world. First, the world of software definition needs to be able to support data protection as a service solution, based on rich virtualization support, multi-tenant and native management. In addition to the increasing visibility and control requirements of data owners, EMC helps customers achieve this visibility control and help eliminate chimney-style backups. Finally, customers need a solution across the entire data protection continuum, from high-availability to backup recovery, to archiving, and tiered recovery options.

Original link: Http://www.csdn.net/article/2014-04-10/2819248-EMC-VPLEX