HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Business Copy Software User Guide (T5213-96034, May 2011)

Business Benefits
Ensure Business Continuity
• Shortens restart and recovery times with the consistency-group function, which provides
multivolume, point-in-time copies for applications and databases that share or span multiple
volumes
• Reduces recovery from data corruption time dramatically through the Business Copy
QuickRestore feature, which allows an immediate restore to a disk-resident, point-in-time data
copy
• Replicates large data volumes without having an impact on service levels, timing out, or
affecting performance levels
Improve Productivity and Processes
• Reduces testing and deployment time and increases the accuracy of application development
by providing always-available copies of current production data
• Increases competitive advantage through the Business Copy QuickSplit function by facilitating
the sharing of and immediate access to time-critical information for decision support, populating
data warehouses, performing analysis, or other data-mining operations
• Enables normal backup operations on a copy of up-to-date production data while critical
applications continue to run unaffected
• Simplifies data migration between storage systems
• Reduces operational and capital costs
• Allows business to remain online during data center activities, eliminating the need for 24/7
resources to perform these tasks
• Maximizes the storage infrastructure by leveraging the virtualization capabilities of the XP
Disk Array
• Allows the use of cost-effective storage for enhanced data protection purposes
Feature Highlights
Consistency Groups. For storage systems, the XP Business Copy software consistency-group function
allows a user-defined group of XP Business Copy volume pairs to be split simultaneously, with a
single command. This copy method creates a consistent point-in-time copy of an entire system,
database, or any related sets of volumes—a technique that can replicate data between a primary
system and secondary systems anywhere in the world, with full data integrity.
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