order to protect it. The Data Protection Services team uses software in all three categories of
data movement:
1) Data Migration
2) Real-Time Copy
3) Point-in-Time Copy
The team will perform data relocation and migration tasks that establish rock-solid
backup and disaster recovery copy facilities to keep a business running in the event of
man-made or natural disaster. Often the need for an enterprise to allocate staff for these
tasks is eliminated.
With Data Protection Services, an enterprise can accelerate its return on existing
investments, streamline data management processes, eliminate redundant software and
costs, and reduce time to recovery.
As a first step in a typical engagement, an Engagement Manager works with the
enterprise to determine requirements based on the use of a proven Data Movement
questionnaire and the presentation of examples of prior engagements. Disaster recovery,
backup, data warehousing, business continuance, testing and development, and data center
consolidation are the types of projects that most frequently use this service. Then the team
reviews system, network, storage components, and phases of solution delivery with the
client. After a clear understanding of requirements, a detailed professional services proposal
is presented and reviewed with the enterprise. Hitachi Data Systems uses “best of breed”
consulting techniques and has an excellent reference list of satisfied clients that may be
contacted prior to beginning of the engagement. Examples of the Hitachi suite of data
protection services are discussed below:
Data Protection Services Lab
Hitachi Data Systems has designed a laboratory proving ground for developing the
tools and expertise an enterprise needs to fully enable the functions of Hitachi data
storage systems and software. The Data Protection Services Lab is dedicated to
resolving software and hardware issues that affect storage system consolidation, data
center productivity, and business continuity.
Remote Copy Assessment and Implementation Service
This service assists the enterprise in implementing a remote copy process for either
disaster recovery or for the rapid deployment of new IT systems such as relocation
of a data center, population of a geographically dispersed data mart, or testing new
applications. Hitachi Data Systems provides expert consultants to assist in assessing
processes and procedures to ensure an optimal implementation of the remote copy
process. Hitachi also offers services for developing remote testing at a disaster recovery
hot site to validate the proper configuration of the remote copy process in terms of
hardware, software, and processing method. Enterprise IT professionals will be trained
to address remote copy as a strategic tool of the data center to meet the objectives of
business continuity, disaster recovery, or rapid deployment of new IT systems.
Hitachi NanoCopy
™
Implementation Service
Hitachi NanoCopy
™
lets an enterprise make point-in-time copies without disturbing
critical applications or causing any disruption to end-user operations. It is the only
completely non-disruptive long distance remote copy technique that can be used
for Disaster Recovery with confidence. Hitachi Data Systems experts are available
to help customize and install this advanced alternative to existing remote copy
technologies. The Hitachi service helps the enterprise adapt Hitachi NanoCopy
™
to the
most rigorous requirements, insures maximum operations efficiency and availability,
and shortens enterprise recovery time dramatically in the event of a disaster.
Hitachi Data Systems
provides expert
consultants to assist in
assessing processes and
procedures.
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