COUNTRY FOCUS : TUNISIA collaborators , starting with a 90 % reduction in the backup time of virtual machines at each site , in addition to a guarantee of reliable backup quality .
“ On some sites , we went from two days to only 1.5 hours to backup all virtual machines , for a total of about 4TB . On all sites , the time required to perform the full backup is now between 1.5 and four hours , for a total of 4 to 10TB of data and between 20 and 30 virtual machines . The time reduction is invested with our teams who can focus on other more value-added tasks such as managing internal customers ’ needs or conducting regular audits ,” said Benzid .
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Manager to improve backup visibility at the sites ’ level and allocate data centre resources as needed .
The Umbrella architecture was made possible thanks to Veeam Backup and Replication Enterprise TM , which make it very easy and fast to extend a single backup strategy to all existing sites , regardless of where they are located and to allow data to flow between sites with much greater flexibility .
“ Before Veeam , we operated in very complex environments , all different . Everything has become easier thanks to Veeam and the Umbrella architecture , which allows us to have a single contract with a single license file for all sites and for the cloud ,” Benzid explained . “ We have become more efficient at all levels , both in our daily site management and for the deployment of a new site .”
According to Benzid , the solution also made it possible for Coficab to optimise , license and purchase instead of juggling between several different versions of Veeam and several different licenses between sites .
As the central site of the Umbrella architecture is located in the cloud , a two-week proof of concept ( PoC ) was conducted to evaluate the use of Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager on this cloud , before Coficab confirmed its final choice for its new standardised backup architecture .
Nasri added that : “ Veeam has so many advantages that it is barely necessary to test it beforehand , you just have to install it as soon as possible .”
By extension , Coficab ’ s operational teams at each production site also benefit from these advantages , which result in greater peace of mind in the event of unavailable IT services and the resulting business interruptions . With its new optimised backup architecture , Coficab also ensures that it meets the high product quality requirements of its end customers , namely cable companies .
Building on the success of the redesign of its backup architecture , Coficab is already considering the next step . Benzid explained that : “ We are currently studying the value of setting up cross-site backups or adopting an Infrastructure-as-a-Service to regionalise our backup . One thing is certain : the next improvements we will make to our system will be based on Veeam solutions , with the Veeam Cloud Connect and Veeam Backup for Office 365 solutions as the 2020 outlook .”
Results
Coficab has successfully achieved standardisation of the backup architecture from an initially distributed and complex infrastructure . By moving from the old backup architecture distributed across multiple sites to a single , centralised backup solution , Coficab ’ s IT teams have gained in daily management time and efficiency , while saving money by optimising the purchase of backup licenses . In addition , Coficab has seen a 90 % reduction in backup windows and on all sites , the time required to perform a complete backup of virtual machines is now between 1.5 and 4 hours , for a total of 4 to 10TB of data and 20 to 30 virtual machines . This , stated the manufacturer , represents an essential saving in time and backup performance for Coficab ’ s business , whose production is entirely IT dependent and suffers direct losses with each persistent failure .
Coficab also benefits from the backup supervision of all its sites as well as the restoration of data with Veeam Direct Restore and was able to reduce file recovery time from minutes to seconds . The standardisation of the backup solution at group level brings immediate benefits to the IT team
Veeam solutions have allowed resources to be allocated centrally for greater efficiency and the benefits that directly impact IT teams by providing them with greater peace of mind and less pressure on a daily basis . As a result , production teams and end customers have also benefited from these improvements . p
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