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SA Eagle, like all insurance companies, is heavily dependent on its data and customer records. The company needs to be able to back up and retrieve all its data, not only for its daily functioning, but also to meet disaster recovery regulatory requirements

In addition to the operational risk that might arise from backup failure, SA Eagle has invested extensively in meeting regulatory and group compliance measures relating to disaster recovery. Core to the success of its recovery plan is a consistent, reliable backup solution that guarantees the availability of data

• Improve the backup success rate
• Complement and improve on its existing disaster recovery plan
• Work with legacy storage infrastructure
• Create a single backup-and-restore solution
• Reduce the cost of backups
• Perform online restore operations

• SA Eagle chose the HP StorageWorks 6000 Virtual Library System (VLS6000) solution based on the recommendation of a local consultant and its own long experience with HP storage solutions.      
• The HP StorageWorks VLS6000 integrated easily with SA Eagle’s IBM Tivoli Storage Manager; the virtual tape system presented itself as tapes to the software, and installation was seamless.

• Reduced staff time spent managing backups
• Seamlessly integrated with legacy IBM and EMC storage systems, leveraging existing investments
• Met disaster recovery regulatory requirements
• Improved disaster recovery capabilities
• Reduced backup tape usage expected, saving money
• Backup reliability has improved from 98.32% to 99.99%

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