Data Management for Exchange Servers: Affordable Automation

Overview Because of the increasing importance of Microsoft Exchange in the enterprise, Exchange data management, data protection, disaster recovery, and availability are of increasing concern.

A NetApp IP SAN solution replaces existing DAS or legacy Fibre Channel storage to streamline and automate Exchange data management tasks while providing a flexible infrastructure that eliminates downtime, decreases manpower and other costs, and increases data protection.

NetApp primary storage systems combined with NetApp SnapManager for Exchange enable frequent, nondisruptive, disk-based backups. Exchange can be recovered at any level of granularity, ranging from a single mail item to an entire database in minutes rather than hours or days. NetApp SnapMirror can be used to mirror critical Exchange data to a remote site for disaster recovery. The combination of NetApp NearStore secondary disk storage, NetApp SnapLock software, and leading third-party Exchange archival software can be used to design a complete archival solution that meets strict regulatory requirements for data retention without sacrificing speed of data access.