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Dave Krenik
“If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.”
Jim Barksdale
A speedy recovery is generally considered a good thing. Whether from exercise, injury, or overindulging in green chili, a quick recovery can get you back on your feet and productive once again.
Specifically in terms of exercise, it’s during recovery that our bodies heal from the previous workout/punishment and adapt to the workout stimulus. If all you do is train, train, train, without recovering, you don’t get faster, stronger, whatever – you just get more and more tired.
Systems Integrators understand the value of recovery in sports. McKinsey’s The CEO as elite athlete: What business leaders can learn from modern sports discusses recovery:
“Endurance athletes such as Kenya’s two-time Olympic marathon champion, Eliud Kipchoge, practice ‘peaking and tapering,’ in which they increase the intensity of their workouts in the period before a major event, and then gradually reduce it for a few days or weeks before it. Counterintuitively, not training to the last day can improve performance.... The lesson is that rest and recovery, both physical and psychological, contribute to peak performance.”
“It’s crucial to prioritize critical systems for backup and recovery, aligning with the business’s recovery time objectives.”
Niel Pandya
So, from a physiological perspective, recovery is just as important as doing the actual work. It turns out that the ability for companies to recover from planned and unplanned outages quickly is as important as the work to initially protect their data. Here, we discuss three key areas where NetApp stands out as a compelling choice for your organization's database recovery needs.
High performance and data protection
NetApp® storage solutions are designed with performance and data protection at their core. According to the IDC SAP Infrastructure View, high performance and data protection are the top reasons that organizations choose their primary storage vendors. NetApp excels in these areas, so that your databases run efficiently and are safeguarded against data loss, which means faster recovery times and minimal disruption to your business operations.
Seamless integration and hybrid cloud support
According to the IDC report, one critical challenge that organizations face is integrating multiple deployments of their SAP landscape, whether on premises, IaaS, or MSP. NetApp provides seamless integration capabilities, making it easier to manage and recover data across hybrid cloud environments. With 80% of organizations running SAP applications in multiple deployments, NetApp's ability to integrate these environments smoothly and handle the complexities of hybrid cloud offers a significant advantage.
Cost efficiency and security features
Cost efficiency and robust security features are crucial considerations for any CIO. NetApp offers competitive pricing without compromising security. The IDC report highlights that security features and cost efficiency are top reasons for choosing a primary storage vendor. NetApp solutions provide comprehensive security measures to protect your data while keeping your storage infrastructure cost effective.
These companies choose NetApp storage solutions
Choosing the right storage solution is crucial for recovering your databases quickly and completely. NetApp's high performance, seamless integration capabilities, cost efficiency, and robust security features make it an excellent choice for any organization looking to enhance its data recovery strategy.
Read these customer success stories to learn about two businesses that are running their databases on NetApp.
Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc. 125 million customers, 1 seamless transition
“Using Azure NetApp Files, in one month we were able to see our total cost of ownership significantly reduced. Performance improved by 40%. Backup and recovery also improved by over 50%.”
Harsh Kachhwaha, Chief Information Officer, Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc.
These companies choose NetApp storage solutions
“With Azure, our data can be recovered in a fraction of the time it can take when physical equipment goes down, and that’s a big selling point for us. There’s something very reassuring about knowing our critical systems are living in a Microsoft datacenter. That’s true resilience.”
Stuart Munday, Group Manager, ERP, South32
Take the next step
NetApp has been enabling database administrators and Basis Admins to contribute in valuable ways for decades. In fact, the BlueXP™ workload factory contains an entire landscape of tools to automate GenAI projects, databases, and more. In addition to automating aspects of SQL Server administration, NetApp has tools for automating SAP HANA System Copy and Clone Operations with SnapCenter® and Automated Oracle Deployment on NetApp ASA, along with a whole host of other database automation tools.
If you’re a NetApp customer, some of these tools may already be available to you. Start using them today to increase the value you bring to your organization. Or just go here to learn more.
Dave Krenik
Dave has been bringing solutions to market under various monikers (alliances, business development, solution marketing) for more than 15 years. Before entering the world of tech, he enjoyed a 15-year stint in the wine business.
