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Backup and recovery are not simple processes and must be considered as a real data protection strategy within the data life cycle. Backup and Recovery processes are critical sections of a companies total IT architecture. Backup and recovery is the last rampart against data lost and must ensure data integrity in case of failure. Backup & Recovery is also a key piece of any Disaster Recovery Plan. The main questions to which the IT manager must be able to answer are:
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What would be the outcome if primary storage failed a database, or even just a file had been corrupted? Even few days ago.
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Can I ensure data is backed up able to be restored?
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Will backup and restore operations be performed within an acceptable time frame? At good price? While taking into account data’s value.
Backup & Recovery Practice
MTI delivers leading Backup & Recovery solutions on an international basis, based on designing and implementing the right solution / protection for a customers business and their data. MTI’s Backup & Recovery solutions focuses on the following key competences:
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Backup and Recovery architecture assessment
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Gap analysis and recommendations
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Design and implementation of backup architecture
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Backup & recovery architecture consolidation
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Backup to disk
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Virtual Tape library (VTL)
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Continuous Data Protection (CDP)
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Deduplication and optimisation
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Tests plan
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Exploitation's procedures
MTI now provides the roadmap for customers to move from tape to disk using deduplication or not and gain the efficiencies that the storage industries broadest set of hardware, software and services deliver. MTI is ideally placed to help customers decide whether to in or out source this vital business activity as well as create solutions for all their data needs from snapshot, through to virtual / disk and onto tape storage.
Customer Business Needs & Issues
Companies have to backup their data in increasing quantities, while continuing to operate in very cost conscious and conservative environments. Data integrity and security is paramount to their business success and compliance and regulatory demands are making their business lives more complicated. IT departments are having to constantly look at innovative solutions to provide the right level of protection for their business data, while delivering centralised control and savings. Customers need solutions that provide availability, speed, data asset protection and security and the following additional solution benefits and features :
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Cross site & remote site backup (WAN optimisation)
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Reduced backup & restore cycle time
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Reduced costs & lower TCO
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Centralized backup & restore management
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Full managed service
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Green IT
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Increased reliability through disk based solutions
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MTI Expertise
MTI core expertise is based upon its manufacturing heritage and 25 years of operating in the storage, backup / recovery and technology industry. Over this period, MTI’s staff have developed key infrastructure solutions and the service philosophy which is at the core of MTI’s business operation. MTI’s business is built on the following key capabilities:
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Specialist in house expertise & knowledge
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Proven track record
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Capability to understand business needs
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Customer focus & service
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Infrastructure vendor independence
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Industry knowledge & best practice
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Highest levels of certification with our partners
These skills, knowledge base and work practices enable MTI to comprehend a customers business and IT problems. Then design, implement, test, service and maintain the solution on a 24x7x52 basis.
Key Partners
MTI has built up strategic partner relationships over the last 25 years, with key infrastructure technology OEM vendors. These relationships capitalise on the partners market leading position, investment in technology, skill base and industry best practice. In utilising its partners capability, MTI combines their core competence, with it’s own core skills of delivering world class infrastructure solutions.
Key Backup & Recovery Partners are:
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