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The Department of Technology Operations and Systems Management (TOSM) of the Texas Tech University System, has deployed CommVault® Simpana® software to support the data management needs of nearly 30,000 students and 9,500 faculty and staff.

Given the university's heavy emphasis on server and storage centralization, the use of Simpana software helps centralize backups, reduce data and more efficiently manage storage costs to accommodate rapid annual increases in campus-wide data growth.

By replacing its various legacy backup solutions with the CommVault Simpana Backup and Recovery module, TOSM has been able to consolidate backups of more than 50 TBs of data. Additionally, CommVault's unique singular product architecture has enabled the team to streamline administration and reduce operational costs by replacing two disparate solutions with one common platform employing modules all based on the same unifying code.

Using Simpana software's Deduplication feature, Texas Tech has claimed a reduction in its overall tape and disk storage costs by up to 40 percent and has stated that it needs approximately 80 percent less disk for backup data. TOSM also projects that deduplicating backup and archive data to affordable disk will enable them to eliminate tape storage from their environment altogether in the near future.

Texas Tech also has added the Simpana Archive module to reclaim valuable primary storage and plans to deploy the Simpana Replication module to elevate disaster recovery and ensure access to mission-critical data once the team reduces its overall reliance on tape.

A team of 28 provides 24x7 support for almost 600 servers as well as a mainframe. The server environment consists of more than 450 Microsoft Windows servers and 120 Linux servers; Hosted applications include hundreds of Oracle and SQL databases, Microsoft SharePoint, and SunGard's Banner ERP application. The team also supports web site hosting, file sharing for the campus community and dozens of other applications.

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Simpana Software's Embedded Deduplication Gets Top Marks for Affordability & Scalability

Texas Tech evaluated hardware-deduplication appliances from industry-leading vendors but was concerned about upfront capital expenditures and ongoing operational costs. Scalability was another major consideration as the university was experiencing escalating data growth.

According to TOSM, CommVault's software-based deduplication cost up to 70 percent less than a comparable deduplication appliance solution while also being easier to manage.