EMC First to Deliver Complete Control of Oracle Backup and Disaster Recovery to Database Administrators

 

EMC First to Deliver Complete Control of Oracle Backup and Disaster
Recovery to Database Administrators

Advanced Integration Between EMC Data Domain Boost and Oracle Recovery
Manager Provides a Faster, More Efficient Database Backup Solution

News

* New EMC® Data Domain® Boost™ integration with Oracle RMAN gives
Oracle administrators direct control of Oracle backup and disaster
recovery, while significantly reducing backup storage requirements
* Increases Oracle backup performance up to 50 per cent, reduces LAN
bandwidth requirements by up to 99 per cent and reduces CPU load on
Oracle servers during backup by 20-40 per cent
* Simplifies offsite database recovery by enabling Oracle DBAs to
control Data Domain replication to create remote backup copies with RMAN
catalog consistency
* EMC continues to extend its backup and recovery leadership by
delivering advanced integration that empowers application owners

Full Story:

HOPKINTON, Mass. - April 24, 2012- EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today
announced new EMC Data Domain Boost (DD Boost) integration with Oracle
Recovery Manager (RMAN). DD Boost software provides advanced integration
between EMC Data Domain deduplication storage systems and applications
for faster, more efficient backup and recovery. DD Boost distributes
part of the deduplication process to the Oracle database server and
enables RMAN to directly manage Data Domain replication. Tight
integration between the Oracle RMAN native backup and recovery utility
and industry-leading Data Domain systems gives Oracle database
administrators (DBAs) complete control over their Oracle database backup
and disaster recovery.

Most Oracle DBAs prefer using Oracle RMAN for direct control of
database backup and recovery. DBAs work with their storage
administrators to provision primary storage capacity to support the
backup of their databases, resulting in inefficient and siloed Oracle
backup infrastructures. Data Domain solves this inefficiency by
providing a single consolidated backup solution that integrates with
Oracle RMAN as well as third party backup applications. For years, Data
Domain systems have been providing effective backup for Oracle through
RMAN using the NFS (Network File System) protocol. By directly
integrating Data Domain systems with Oracle RMAN via DD Boost, EMC is
delivering new levels of manageability, functionality and performance -
and putting them directly into the hands of Oracle administrators.

DD Boost increases Oracle backup performance up to 50 per cent and
enables more backups with existing resources by reducing the data
transferred and associated LAN bandwidth requirements up to 99 per cent
and by reducing the load on the Oracle server during backup by 20-40 per
cent. In addition, DD Boost simplifies the database recovery process by
enabling DBAs to manage onsite and offsite backup copies by controlling
Data Domain replication from RMAN with full catalog consistency.

Additional Product Highlights

* A 10 to 30x reduction in backup storage required, making disk cost
effective for onsite retention
* Aggregate throughput up to 26.3 TB/hr for faster Oracle backups
* Consolidated backup storage across the enterprise
* Data Domain Data Invulnerability Architecture delivers continuous
recovery verification, fault detection and healing of Oracle backup
data

Customer Quote:

Rael Mussell, Director of IT, Credit Acceptance Corporation

The introduction of Data Domain Boost for RMAN means our DBAs will no
longer have to rely on backup administrators for their mission critical
Oracle recoveries. DD Boost for RMAN will enable our DBAs to gain
complete control of Oracle backup and DR as well as achieve better
backup performance. By directly controlling Data Domain replication, our
DBAs will have an offsite database recovery process using RMAN. We view
DD Boost for RMAN as a significant enhancement to the protection of our
Oracle env
ironment. It's technology like this that allows IT to add
value to the business, so now we're capable of doing more in support of
our business!


EMC Executive Quote:

Rob Emsley, Senior Director of Product Marketing, EMC Backup Recovery
Systems Division

As IT environments continue to scale in both size and complexity, we
believe application owners will increasingly want more involvement in
individual backup and recovery processes. DD Boost for RMAN enables this
flexibility for Oracle administrators while delivering increased
performance and efficiencies that competing solutions simply cant. EMC
is empowering its customers with the ability to choose the way they wish
to interact with their backup infrastructure to improve their
processes."

Additional Resources:

* Download the DD Boost for Oracle RMAN Solution Overview
* Visit the Data Domain Product Page on EMC.com
* View the DD Boost for Oracle RMAN Technical Demo
* View the Credit Acceptance Corporation Customer Video

About EMC

EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service
providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service.
Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through
innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud
computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze
their most valuable asset - information - in a more agile, trusted and
cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at
www.EMC.com.

EMC Canada (www.EMC2.ca), headquartered in Toronto with nine offices
from coast to coast, is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation.

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For more information contact:
Mike Martin/Claire McCorquodale
StrategicAmpersand
416-961-5595
mike@stratamp.com
claire@stratamp.com