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ParaScale Success Spotlight
Blue Coat Systems uses the PCS solution as a disk-to-disk backup repository to accelerate file backup and recovery. Leveraging ParaScale's high read/write throughput, Veritas Netbackup writes multiple system backups in parallel to shorten the backup window. Backups are retained on disk for 20 days and then spooled to tape. As backup volume grows, Blue Coat will expand their ParaScale deployment —one disk at a time. ParaScale does not need to be taken off-line to add new disks or to replace failed disks. "ParaScale gives us a rock-solid platform for maintaining backups on-line," says Jonathan Bensen, who manages the system infrastructure group at Blue Coat Systems, Inc. "On-line backups reduce IT staff time because we are able to reduce our backup window and we can restore end user files in a fraction of the time it would take to restore from tape libraries. Because ParaScale can leverage commodity hardware, we minimize capital expenditures as well. The ParaScale Cloud Storage Solution uses standard NFS, enabling us to store all types of files on this system and to relieve pressure from our primary mission critical NAS filers." About Blue Coat SystemsBlue Coat Systems secures Web communications and accelerates business applications across the distributed enterprise. Blue Coat's family of appliances and client-based solutions—deployed in branch offices, Internet gateways, end points, and data centers—provide intelligent points of policy-based control enabling IT organizations to optimize security and accelerate performance between users and applications. Blue Coat has installed more than 30,000 appliances worldwide and is ranked #1 by IDC in the Secure Content and Application Delivery market.
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