DELL’S growing data protection portfolio enables customers of all sizes to attain unmatched data and application protection and recovery capability times for virtual, physi- cal and cloud environments.

Dell provides complete backup, replica- tion and recovery solutions designed to maximize data efficiency, improve IT agility and help ensure business re- siliency. Additions to the Dell data protection portfolio include:

Dell PowerVault DL4000—Optimized for small to medium enter- prises and remote offices, the first backup appliance based on Dell AppAssure software provides a fast and complete backup and disaster recovery solution for business-criti- cal applications and data with seam- less integration of software and sys- tem management. With 5.5 terabytes of internal storage capacity, this 1U turnkey appliance offers established snapshot, replication, de-duplication and compression software for effi- cient use of backup capacity. Users can benefit from hosting two virtual standby machines that protect criti- cal applications for up to two serv- ers, offering quick disaster recovery.

Quest NetVault Backup 9.0—New Quest data protection software integrates with NetVault Extended Architecture (NetVault XA), featur- ing a new graphical user interface and a set of shared services to unite multiple Quest data protection tech- nologies for simpler management. The software enables mid- to large- sized organizations to simplify data protection while protecting critical applications in physical and virtual heterogeneous environments. NetVaultís cross-platform capabili- ties are expanded to Windows Server 2012 and Novell Open Enterprise Server 11, while Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V and VMware vSphere ® enhancements offer improved functionality, performance and scalability. The addition of native replication to the NetVault SmartDisk deduplication solution helps streamline offsite data storage and disaster recovery.

Dell PowerVault DL2300—New enterprise-class data protection ap- pliance combines Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers with CommVault Simpana 9 modern data protection software to offer large enterprises with data backup, recov- ery, replication, archiving and de-du- plication for both physical and vir- tual servers in one easy-to-set-up, pre- tested solution. The new appliance incorporates latest generation pro- cessor and memory capabilities to optimize de-duplication database configurations for higher backup performance. Users can save admin- istrative time with built-in, policy- based automation for managing backup and archiving.