Dell Transparent Snapshots
The size and complexity of modern virtualized environments have grown over the years, and traditional VMware virtual machine (VM) backup techniques have not been able to keep up with this. Transparent Snapshots a breakthrough in virtual machine backup and recovery were created by Dell Technologies in response to this expanding problem and are compatible with PowerProtect Data Manager.
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The Problems with Conventional VM Backup Techniques
Even if they work, traditional virtual machine backup techniques have always been problematic. ESG claims that businesses have had major challenges in upholding service-level agreements (SLAs) and performance as the number of virtual machines (VMs) has increased. These problems have been made worse by the complexity of IT environments, as many businesses now have to manage thousands of mission-critical virtual machines.
Agent-based techniques were the mainstay of virtual machine backups until the advent of VMware vSphere Storage APIs, also referred to as VMware APIs for Data Protection (VADP) and utilized for image-level protection for the previous fifteen years. The amount of data being generated and the importance of virtual machine workloads have surpassed these conventional approaches, even with this progress. As the environments became larger and more sophisticated, organizations were forced to make an unacceptable trade-off between meeting backup windows and compromising production performance.
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Transparent Snapshots: A Revolutionary Method for Virtualized Settings
Dell Technologies developed Transparent Snapshots, which are compatible with PowerProtect Data Manager, to directly address these issues. This innovation provides a no-compromise solution for virtual machine backup and recovery by utilizing an ESX VMware installable Bundle (VIB), certified by VMware by Broadcom.
Transparent Snapshots ensure uninterrupted backup performance, even for large-scale virtual machine settings, with up to 5 times faster backup times than previous methods. Additionally, recovery times can be slashed by up to 6×2, allowing businesses to promptly resume operations following an incident. Transparent Snapshots decrease the impact on virtual machine performance by collecting deltas directly within the ESX layer, resulting in a 5x reduction in VM latency.
By centralizing backup management into a single platform, PowerProtect Data Manager reduces the complexity of using various solutions and lowers infrastructure expenses. Additionally, Data Manager does away with the requirement for proxies and agents, enabling IT teams to manage virtual machines on an ESX host without being constrained by the quantity or expense of proxies they must install. The ability to automatically deploy the ESX VIB plugin frees IT teams from having to worry about manual configuration and lets them concentrate on more strategic duties.
Effect in the Real World
Transparent Snapshots also reclaim up to 10% of VMware storage, freeing up critical resources for other IT needs.” Transparent Snapshots dramatically decreased the amount of memory and storage utilized by small and medium-sized enterprises, even with 240 TB of data. In the example below, it cut the needed number of virtual machines (VMs) by 78 and the number of ESX servers by one, saving $60,000.
This can spare the resources of 12 ESX hosts, saving huge organizations with 1.5 PB of data and $720,000 in savings. These improvements result in less expensive and more environmentally friendly operations by consuming less electricity, floor space, and server hardware. You can scale your IT environment with confidence using Transparent Snapshots since you are optimizing both performance and cost.
Transparent Snapshots allow tighter SLAs, providing speedy application recovery and ensuring that data security keeps up with business needs. They can perform backups as frequently as once every hour. Granular-level recoveries are supported by the solution, enabling the restoration of individual VMs without affecting the environment as a whole.
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Transparent Snapshots: Virtual Machine Backup and Recovery’s Future
Transparent Snapshots significantly reduce costs associated with virtual machine backup. It recovers important resources and streamlines backup processes without sacrificing any quality.
The Broadcom integration between VMware and Dell significantly alters the way virtual machine backups are carried out. You can improve your IT operations and concentrate on fostering growth with Transparent Snapshots, secure in the knowledge that your backup solution is tailored to your requirements. This innovative technology offers unparalleled performance, streamlined operations, and substantial cost savings, making it the best option for safeguarding your virtual machines and optimizing the return on your IT investments.
