Data management architecture
design and implementation
Services Brief
Highlights
A comprehensive approach to data management design
Clearly defined backup, recovery and archive configurations that support business and technical
goals.
Confidence that the data and information management environment will meet current needs while
having flexibility for growth and improvement.
Offering summary
Global enterprises have for years, faced substantial data growth, limited IT budgets and a steady
stream of challenges and complexities brought on by changes inside the data center. A slew of new
technologies and regulatory requirements is wreaking havoc on already strained IT operations that
simply don’t have the proper management tools to support them.
The data and information management environments of most enterprises are in need of a significant
overall. Companies need new, modern approaches to data & information management that will help
them cost-efficiently manage data across its lifecycle, improve recovery times, reduce complexity and
storage related costs, all while improving the operational capacity of their staff. Commvault helps its
clients meet those needs by working closely with them during facilitated workshop sessions to create
design and implementation plans for modernizing their data and information management
environment.
During the sessions with client stakeholders, Commvault professionals assess their legacy approaches
to backup and recovery, their archive and records retention strategies and how these both tie to
important business requirements. Then, Commvault consultants use these inputs as a foundation for
executive level advice that will transform client’s traditional operations into standards for data and
information management. Finally, clients can choose to extend their design engagement into delivery
and implementation activities. Here they leverage the experience of hundreds of trusted Commvault
Services professionals to achieve that standard quickly and cost effectively.
Commvault’s comprehensive, customer-centric approach to designing modern data and information
management environments brings confidence to clients because their unique business requirements
have been incorporated from the beginning. When data must be recovered quickly and cost effectively,
our clients can be assured that any underlying Commvault® data management environment has been
designed in strict alignment with corporate goals.
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Architecture design
Commvault Consulting Services is the linchpin for transforming your traditional backup and archive
strategy into a truly modern data and information management solution. Commvault employs standard
methodologies, best practices, and the in-depth expertise of a dedicated team of consultants,
architects, engineers, and industry experts to deliver its IT Architecture Design offering.
Commvault consultants work closely with the client’s IT leaders to discover the current state of their
backup and archive environment, create a vision for modern, yet pragmatic capabilities, develop design
alternatives, make recommendations for optimal strategies, and propose architectures and
configurations that meet those needs. Highlights of an Architecture Design engagement include:
Current State Assessment – Assess the existing architecture, comprehend service level challenges in
context of long-term requirements, and develop a baseline for a modern architecture.
Architecture Planning – Design and plan for a centralized data and information management solution
which covers key business and technical requirements for all data types including test, development,
and production.
Infrastructure Planning – Create a detailed hardware, software, and facilities requirements document
for procurement and planning purposes.
Standardized Policy Configuration – Develop detailed Commvault software policies for resources
ranging from backup clients, to storage targets, schedules and data retention in the proposed
architecture.
Key service components and benefits
Component Benefits
Transformation Commvault understands that change can be intimidating for
an organization overwhelmed by today’s IT landscape. Our
seasoned consultants help clients overcome both technical
and organizational challenges to achieve the transformation
vital for maintaining a competitive market position.
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Component Benefits
Standard delivery design Commvault technology consultants and the knowledge base
supporting them leverage years of industry experience
helping thousands of unique data protection and archive
customers. Their skill and expertise is incorporated into a
facilitated workshop approach that dramatically reduces
traditional design timelines.
Architecture design The Commvault Architecture Design offering includes input
and direction from the customer’s key stakeholders with
responsibility for ensuring that critical backup/recovery, and
archive functionality is designed as intended and the new
solution is built with all areas of the business in mind.
Implementation considerations Key service level attributes of the design engagement are
documented and can be implemented through the
Commvault® software platform by Commvault’s
experienced engineers. Early consideration for
implementation ensures that configurations requirements
for the new environment are properly incorporated into the
Commvault architecture and result in a reliable, cost
effective implementation.
Optimized environment Commvault technology consultants work with the client to
architect an optimized Commvault environment that
includes customer driven business requirements for backup,
recovery, archive and reporting.
Business aligned data & Key business functions, regulatory requirements, and
information management applications are identified along with respective needs for
business resiliency. These requirements are the basis for
building data and information management capabilities that
are in-line with business value.
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