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CommVault Simpana Software Boosts Cleveland Indians' Data Management Capabilities

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The Cleveland Indians, a top-rated team in Major League Baseball, has deployed CommVault Simpana software to optimize data management and ensure availability of over 18TBs of online video and operational data across their virtualized infrastructure. The team had previously relied on Symantec software but switched to CommVault due to its inability to keep pace with their growing backup and recovery demands. The new system enables the team to significantly improve application performance and reduce administrative overhead. The Simpana software integrates with NetApp and allows the team to manage data more efficiently, reducing the backup window and improving data availability.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Cleveland Indians have deployed CommVault Simpana software to manage over 18TBs of online video and operational data.
  • The team switched from Symantec software due to its inability to keep pace with their growing backup and recovery demands.
  • The Simpana software integrates with NetApp and reduces the backup window by half.
  • The team can now restore a video clip in under 5 minutes, down from over an hour.
  • The Simpana software reduces administrative overhead from 45 minutes a day to less than 30 minutes a week.
  • The integrated solution supports financial, retail, and back-office applications, as well as VMware to improve server utilization.
  • The team plans to activate additional CommVault modules and features, including Simpana Deduplication and Replication software.
  • The CommVault Simpana architecture offers a future-proof solution that can scale to meet the team's growing data storage needs.

Statistics:

  • 18TBs of online video and operational data managed by CommVault Simpana software.
  • 45 minutes a day reduced to less than 30 minutes a week in administrative overhead.
  • Backup window reduced by half with NetApp integration.
  • Less than 5 minutes restoration time for a video clip, down from over an hour.
  • The team has 48 VMware systems, which are managed by Simpana software.

Sources:

  • "CommVault (NASDAQ: CVLT): News Facts" via NASDAQ (no specific date).
  • Information Technology Newsweekly editors (2009).

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