New Dell Offering Embeds CommVault Simpana Software

Dell and CommVault are teaming up to offer a new integrated backup-to-disk solution that will give small- and medium-sized (SMB) companies better assurance that mission-critical data is protected, available and accessible. This offering is built on the new Dell PowerVault DL2000, a customer-installable, integrated software and hardware solution powered by the CommVault Simpana 7.0 software, and provides a disk-to-disk based solution to help customers implement and leverage a data management strategy that is simpler and more cost-effective to deploy.
The DL2000 is said to lower the cost and complexity barriers of entry for companies looking to increase the speed and reliability of their backups, reduce their storage footprint and centralise the protection of remote sites.

“This latest CommVault integration into the long-awaited addition for Dell customers further emphasises CommVault’s close partnership with Dell and our commitment to providing holistic data management solutions. We are honoured that Dell saw Simpana 7.0 as a natural fit for its new product lineup. Now, Dell and CommVault customers can deploy and manage disk-based backup quickly for immediate and positive impact to their business and IT operations,” said Dave West, vice president, marketing and business development, CommVault.

“The teaming of CommVault and Dell to deliver a comprehensive, fully-integrated disk-based data protection solution streamlines deployment and simplifies data management for enterprise and SMB organisations. Dell’s partnership with CommVault is a testament to the companies longstanding relationship and validation of CommVault’s technology expertise,” said Lauren Whitehouse, analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group.

“Customers are looking for easy-to-deploy full-service backup and recovery solutions that help maximise resources and make their jobs easier,” said Darren Thomas, vice president and general manager. “The DL2000 combines our PowerVault storage with CommVault’s advanced Simpana software – including de-duplication capabilities - into a single, integrated package to help simplify and automate these processes. We’ve done the integration so our customers don’t have to.”

The Dell PowerVault DL2000, powered by CommVault Simpana software, can help SMBs reduce costs and prevent unnecessary expenditures with features that include: available built-in de-duplication which retains more recovery points on less disk; consolidated management, reporting and maintenance – the Simpana software’s centralised management console allows users to set backup tasks and policies for system monitoring and maintenance for local or remote physical or virtual servers; single step granular recovery delivers up to 77 per cent faster restores; 'Assist and Accelerate' upgrades of Windows, Exchange and SharePoint; synthetic full backups which reduce performance impact and Backup Windows; and automated storage policies which simplify tiered storage management.