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Cal EMA Leverages IBM Solutions for Data Storage Backup

Cal EMA recently optimized the virtual storage solution from Pancetera to increase its IBM Tivoli Storage Manger's capabilities. Pancetera's software, as reported in this PR Newswire release, is able to eliminate the need to move large amounts of redundant data and empty space by recognizing unique data from Cal EMA. This has enabled backups to be completed in minutes as opposed to hours and has reduced data backup by 75 percent.

"Being able to reduce data is critical in Cal EMA's virtual environment where a full 'snapshot' of the data would require about 15 to 20 terabytes of data to be backed up every time. This process could have impacted the Agency staff's user experience but with Pancetera's SmartRead technology, Cal EMA has significantly reduced the I/O load and bandwidth on its storage and network so it can run backups anytime without impacting performance of production systems. Because the combined Tivoli-Pancetera solution requires no staged backups or agents in the virtual machine, it saves Cal EMA the expense of supporting proxy storage while still being able to rely on Tivoli Storage Manager for managing and optimizing (deduplication) the backup and recovery solution."