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ExaGrid Overview

The Industry’s Best Disk Backup with Dedupe

Fastest Backups

Best Scalability

Best Price in the Industry

ExaGrid Systems

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Top IT challenges: ESG

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Data Growth 10TB @ 30% YOY

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TBs

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15% failure rate estimated for all backups

Source: Gartner

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10-50% failure rate on restores

Data up to one year old: 10 -15% failure rateData five or more years old: 40 to 45% failure rate

Source: Gartner and Storage Magazine

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34% of companies backup data to tape and do not test backups

Source: Boston Computing Network, Data Loss Statistics

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77% of companies who do test their tape backups found failures

Source: DTI/PriceWaterhouse Coopers

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65% of companies do not have adequate backup protection for virtual server environments

Source: Symantec Disaster Recovery Global Data; June 2009

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Five Options for Backups

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Tape

Disk Staging (fronting a tape library)

Cloud-based Backup Services

Software Deduplication

Disk Backup with Deduplication Appliance

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CompanyOffices across North America, Europe and APAC

Customers4,000+ systems installed globally270+ customer success stories and videos at ExaGrid.com

ProductFastest, most scalable disk backup with deduplicationBest price/performance in the industry

Industry Recognition Info-Tech Research Group: “Disk Backup Champion.”DCIG Dedupe Appliance Buyers Guide #1 “Best in Class” (Sept. 2011)Wall St. Journal “Top 50 VC-Backed Companies” (Feb. 2011)Storage Magazine “Product of the Year” (Feb. 2010)InfoWorld 100 Award (GreenBank deployment of ExaGrid)Gartner “top emerging vendor”; “Cool Vendor in Data Protection”

Technology Testing/CertificationsCA, CommVault, EMC, HP, IBM (TSM and AS400/iSeries), Microsoft (SQL dumps), Oracle (RMAN), Quest, Symantec, Veeam, VMware

ExaGrid at a Glance

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Shorten Backup Windows• Decrease average backup time by 30-90%

Reduce/Eliminate Failed Backups• Eliminate all problems of tape; product just works

Reduce Costs• Reduce/eliminate cost of tape media, transportation,

storage, tape library maintenance• Decrease backup admin/mgmt time by 50-80%

Provide Fast, Reliable Disaster Recovery• WAN-efficient replication, 20:1 reduction in data, bandwidth

Improve Recovery Time (RTO/ RPO)• Decrease time to recover data from days or hours to minutes• No tape retrieval required

Customer Impact with ExaGrid

Saved $3,000/month in tape costs, plus transport, storage fees

Backups reduced from 12 hours to 3 hours

Restored from system crash in hours; avoided 2 days of system downtime and loss of $200K in business, productivity

GARDNER TRUCKING, INC.

Backups of sensitive data are reliable, more secure and have higher level of integrity vs tape.

Easier compliance with FDIC, Sarbanes-Oxley, audit requirements

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□ Low-risk easy integration with existing processes

□ Shortest backup times (30-90% faster than tape)

□ Fastest onsite recovery

□ Most scalable architecture to support data growth

□ WAN-efficient elimination of offsite tape: “Instant DR”

□ Most comprehensive management and reporting

□ Built-in redundancy with simple automated operation

ExaGrid Appliance: Disk at the Cost of TapeEasy to use, plug-and-play disk backup and dedupe appliances

EX1000EX2000EX3000EX4000

EX5000 EX7000EX10000EEX13000E

Scalable from 1-130TB

Systems:

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Singly Managed Multi-site GRID System

130TB GRID

GRID

Virtualized pool of storage Data deduplication shared across systems Automatic capacity load-balancing

Boston

London

Munich

Vancouver

Chicago

Los Angeles

Single interface across all systems Simple dashboard gives quick view of

deduplication and replication status

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Non-Scalable vs Scalable Architectures

Backup Window

Deduplication Engine

Deduplication EngineCPU Mem GigE Disk

Deduplication EngineCPU Mem GigE Disk

Backup Window

X TB/hr

2X TB/hr

3X TB/hr

4X TB/hr

5X TB/hr

6X TB/hr

ExaGrid “GRID” Architecture

Individual appliances

Multiple Deduplication Engines

Legacy Architecture - Single Controller

Deduplication Engine

Deduplication EngineCPU Mem GigE Disk

Deduplication Engine

Deduplication EngineCPU Mem GigE Disk

Legacy Architecture – Appliance Sprawl

One Deduplication Engine

X TB/hr

X TB/hr

X TB/hr

X TB/hr

X TB/hr

X TB/hr

Linear performance as data grows, stable backup window Capacity is virtualized across nodes Deduplication is shared across nodes Simplified management through single UI System can be right-sized to current data size Avoids forklift upgrades

ExaGrid “GRID” Features

20 TB

30 TB

40 TB

50 TB

60 TB

20 TB

30 TB

40 TB

50 TB

60 TB

10 TB

Deduplication EngineCPU Mem GigE Disk

Deduplication EngineCPU Mem GigE Disk

Deduplication EngineCPU Mem GigE Disk

Deduplication EngineCPU Mem GigE Disk

Deduplication EngineCPU Mem GigE Disk

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Works with Leading Backup Apps and Utilities

Backup Applications Linux/Unix Direct Tar

Application Direct

Oracle DumpRMAN Dump

ExaGrid Disk Backup with Deduplication Appliance

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Implementation – Simple and Flexible

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SQL DumpsRMAN, TAR

Email Servers Database Servers File Servers VMWare Servers App. Servers

Backup Server

ExaGrid Primary Backup Site

VMWareVeeam

VRanger

SAN Storage

DAS Storage

Remote Offices

NAS Storage

MAN/WAN

MAN/WAN

Switch

Offsite Tapes

Tape Library

Gigabit/10 GigabitEthernet

Optional Remote or DR Site ExaGrid

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Fastest Backups and Restores

Backup Performance

ExaGridPost-Processing

Inline Solutions

2-3X Faster Than Inline30-90% Faster Than Tape

Backup directly to disk

Unique landing zone architecture

Post-process compression and byte-level data dedupe

No in-line processes to slow backups

Shortest possible backup window

Post-process compression, deduplication

Restore Performance

ExaGrid Byte-level Deduplication

Block-level Deduplication

Latest backup stored in complete form

Ready for instant restore—in as fast as minutes

Fast tape copy

Efficient restore of earlier versions

Byte-level changes quickly merged to latest backup

Seamless to backup application

Can restore from any historical version

Deduplicated data and long term retention

Backup Server

ExaGrid Solution

Latest backup retained for fast restores

Latest Backup

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Redundancy, Simple Automated Operation

Redundant Hardware and Self Healing

• Redundant Hardware and Self-Healing RAID6 guards against simultaneous disk drive failures

Includes spare drive in every system Failed drives rebuilt automatically

Redundant power supplies

• Easy to Use Simple web interface for setup, management across entire system Job-aware reporting helps with de-dupe ratio, DR planning Easy testing of restores

• Automatic Email or SNMP Notification Daily status report Alerts for system component failure, repository reaching full Early warning alerts sent long before event occurs All alerts can be sent to ExaGrid support

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Selected ExaGrid Global Customers

Manufacturing/ Transportation/Retail

Healthcare Banking/Insurance/Law Business Services Government

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Full backups nightly, tape backups exceeded 12 hours, were affecting system and network performance

Reliability of tape backup and restores Growing database volumes from new ERP system

Deduplication ratios of up to 34:1 Streamlined backup, so now perform incrementals nightly and full

backups each weekend. Year of retention on ExaGrid system

2-site ExaGrid system CA Arcserve Citrix® software at each of 43 locations, with central backups at

datacenter; second site for disaster recovery

MOTO (UK)

ProblemProblem

SolutionSolution

ResultsResults

“…with ExaGrid, we no longer have to worry about our backups. We have a highdegree of confidence in the system and we know that our backups are completedeach and every night. The ExaGrid system has been extremely cost-effectiveand has enabled us to streamline our operations.”

Simon Austin Systems Architect Moto

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ExaGrid – Making Your Backups Better

• 30-90% reductions in backup time• Fast restores—in minutes—from onsite backups

Fastest backups and restores

• Modular GRID architecture• Pay-as-you-grow model; no forklift upgrades or extra IT work

Best scalability and performance

• Rapid disk-based recovery vs slow recovery from off-site tape• Unique “Instant DR” provides fastest disk recovery speeds

Faster, more reliable disaster recovery

• Easiest to manage, with fastest installation—in about an hour• Best price in the industry

Lowest costs for your organization

Disk at the same price as tape

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