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STORAGESTORAGEFREESubscriptionRequest❏ Yes! I want to receive Dell Power Solutions Free.Primary disk(RAID)Localdisk-to-disk backupRemotedisk-to-disk backupCheck one:❏ New subscription❏ Address change❏ Renew subscription❏ Cancel subscriptionCurrent subscriber ID (from mailing label):First name:Last name:Localbackup to tapeRemotebackup to tapeCompany name:Address 1:Address 2:City:Zip/postal code:Telephone:E-mail address:State, province, or territory:Country:Please complete the questions listed below to receive your free subscription toDell Power Solutions.You must answer all questions to qualify for a free subscription.1. Which of the following best describesyour job function?❏ Management (CxO, VP, director)❏ IT manager or supervisor❏ Systems engineer/ technical consultant❏ Systems analyst❏ System administrator❏ Network administrator❏ Project manager❏ Marketing/sales❏ Other2. How large is your company, in termsof annual sales volume?❏ Less than $5 million❏ $5–$9 million❏ $10–$49 million❏ $50–$99 million❏ Greater than $100 million❏ Greater than $1 billion3. How large is your company, in termsof employees?❏ Less than 200❏ 200–500❏ 500–1,000❏ 1,000–5,000❏ Greater than 5,0004. What is the principal industry servedby your company?❏ Education❏ Financial services and banking❏ Government and military❏ Healthcare❏ Hospitality❏ Internet or Internet service provider❏ Manufacturing❏ Retail❏ Telecommunications❏ Utilities❏ Other5. What Dell products does yourcompany use?❏ Desktops or notebooks❏ Servers or storage❏ All of the above❏ None of the above6. What operating systems doesyour company use?❏ Windows❏ Novell❏ UNIX❏ Linux❏ Mixed❏ OtherSubscriptions are free to qualified readers who complete the online subscription form or submit this subscriptionreply form. To sign up as a new subscriber, renew an existing subscription, change your address, or cancelyour subscription, submit the online subscription form at www.dell.com/powersolutions_subscribe; faxthis subscription reply form to +1 512.283.0363; or return this subscription reply form by surface mail toDell Power Solutions, Mailstop 8456, Dell Inc., One Dell Way, Round Rock, TX 78682, U.S.A. For subscriptionservices, please e-mail us_power_solutions@dell.com.Subscribe online at www.dell.com/powersolutions_subscribe02/05Figure 3. Policy-based management of backupsexcellent means of centralizing backups to simplify operations andenhance utilization.CommVault works with Dell to deliver a simple yet powerfulsoftware solution that has the capability to make copies of data fromthe disk-to-disk device to a local or remote tape device. The Galaxysoftware offers comprehensive media management, retention andtracking, and scalable data indexing that supports single-file, singlesteprecovery from disk or tape copies with one click.Unlike some backup and recovery software packages, Galaxysoftware takes full advantage of the properties of disk. Galaxy hasthe capability to write to disk as a random access medium ratherthan write to disk as if it were a tape (that is, in a single-threaded,sequential data stream). Unlike tape, disk has many read/writeheads, which allows multiple jobs and multiple read/write commandsto be executed simultaneously. Using Galaxy software, organizationscan copy data from one networked storage device to anyother networked storage device at any location automatically usingpolicy management (see Figure 3).A unified approach to storageOne of the chief goals of the CommVault and Dell relationship is tosimplify data management. Utilizing a unified, centralized approachto storage versus an ad hoc solution can help free valuable IT managementresources. CommVault Galaxy and GalaxyExpress softwarein combination with a Dell PowerVault NAS system can help streamlinebackup and recovery implementation and operation. In this way,Dell helps provide enterprises with cost-effective and easy-to-usehardware and software solutions for their backup and data managementneeds.Joe Pollock is a software marketing manager in the Dell Storage Product Group. He hasa B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida and has more than 11 years oftechnical marketing and sales experience in the storage industry.Casey Burns is a program manager for CommVault Systems.74POWER SOLUTIONS Reprinted from Dell Power Solutions, February 2005. Copyright © 2005 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. February 2005