White paper: Enterprise Backup with HYCU on Dell PowerFlex & Nutanix

This Dell Technologies whitepaper outlines a comprehensive strategy integrating:

• Dell PowerFlex: A software-defined infrastructure providing high throughput and resilient storage with scalable deployment options—including disaggregated compute and storage architectures.
• Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP): Delivering hyperconverged compute environments with native support for AHV and AOS on PowerFlex compute nodes.
• HYCU: An agentless, policy-driven backup solution built for Nutanix, offering application-consistent backups for Microsoft SQL Server and seamless integration with Data Domain.
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain (DDVE): A deduplication storage platform optimizing backup efficiency and long-term data retention.

This architected solution supports point-in-time recovery and granular restores, significantly reducing Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO), while simplifying operations via centralized UI and automation.

Key highlights:

• Enables backup to Dell Data Domain with DD Boost protocol
• Ensures flexible recovery to original or alternate instances
• Provides scalable hybrid cloud protection for applications

This white paper is ideal for: IT infrastructure teams seeking to modernize backup and disaster recovery without sacrificing performance, scalability, or manageability.

Download the full white paper to discover architecture diagrams, deployment steps, policy management, and tested configurations.

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