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See the associated diagrams in the My First SAN Solution Guide Enterprise Edition.

Upgrading an existing SAN

You can upgrade from a standard SAN arrangement to the advanced features of a new mid-range HP SAN solution. With tools and services to minimise the productivity impact, HP offers you a painless migration path to grow from your to-be-upgraded array to a cutting-edge EVA- or MSA-based SAN solution.
How does it work?
  1. Analyse: when should you migrate to next-generation SAN technology?
  2. Choose your solution components: match your requirements to either an EVA- or MSA-based array
  3. Migrate to your new platform: the SAN migration process is critical, so HP offers specific services, tools and expertise to minimise its impact on your business.
  4. Manage and evolve: the modular design of your new array platform enables you to easily adapt to changes in your environment.

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Disk-assisted backup - backup to disk

Advancements in technology and price reductions have recently made it possible to use disk together with tape to improve data protection. Backup to disk is essentially the process of backing up data to a disk device rather than to tape. Backups are then copied to tape for long-term storage and disaster recovery.
How does it work?
• Step 1: choose solution components
• Step 2: perform disk-to-disk-to-tape backup
• Step 3: recovery of data
Benefits of backup to disk:
• Reduced recovery time
• Improved backup performance

Replicating data to a remote site

Many businesses today require their data to be available 24x7. The optimum solution is to replicate your data in real time to a remote site. When running two data centres, you can set up each of them to use the other as a failover site, enabling you to easily overcome any loss of availability caused by downtime or disaster.
• Step 1: analyse
• Step 2: choose solution components
• Step 3: setting up replication services
• Step 4: recover from disaster
Benefits of remote replication
• Ensures data availability even during a complete data centre outage
• Essential where 24x7 uptime is business critical – don’t underestimate the revenue impact of downtime, and even the risk of bankruptcy!

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