Microsoft Exchange Server is the most widely deployed email and messaging platform used by enterprises. Despite server-side optimizations over the years, Exchange deployments still require high performance, low-latency, reliable primary storage to ensure that end users are assured acceptable performance and availability. The high data change rates typically seen with Exchange also exacerbate backup and DR challenges, resulting in long backup windows, slow restores, and inadequate recover points for disaster recovery protection.

Nimble offers high performance, low cost storage and backup solutions for Exchange that enable IT departments to entirely eliminate Exchange backup windows and still maintain best-of-breed practices for on-site data retention and recovery.

Nimble enables customers to:

• Improve Email Responsiveness and Accelerate Searches
  Built-in performance profiles customized for each version of Exchange (2003, 2007, and 2010) automatically optimize storage characteristics of Exchange log and database volumes. Combined with the built-in flash layer, this reduces read and write latency, improving user experienced email performance.

• Empower Outlook Users
  Automated data placement in the Nimble CASL architecture enables administrators to cost-effectively extend the deleted item retention window for Exchange Single Item Recovery, from the default 14 days to 30 or even 60 days. This enables users to self-recover accidentally deleted email without IT intervention. Nimble also enhances the built-in personal archives within Exchange 2010 by storing messages on compressed, low cost disks, with flash acceleration when users need to access archived content.

• Backup and Restore Exchange Databases Instantly, and Replicate Offsite Frequently
  Nimble arrays enable instant backup and restore, eliminating the need for backup windows. Nimble Protection Manager provides application-consistent backups and replicas for all Exchange components (including databases and log files). WAN-efficient replication and fast failover provide quick, cost-effective disaster recovery. The combination enables dramatically better RPOs and RTOs when compared with alternative solutions.

• Achieve 60% Consolidation and Cost Reduction
  Fast inline compression enables 2x primary capacity use reduction for many Exchange data sets. What’s more, CASL architecture uses dense, cost-effective primary capacity and capacity-optimized converged backup. The combination enables an Exchange storage and backup solution that costs 60% less than alternatives, and provides even bigger savings in rack space, power and cooling, and ongoing management expense.

• Simplify Exchange Storage and Backup Management
  Designed for the IT generalist, the intuitive Nimble UI eliminates the complexity of managing separate storage, backup, and disaster recovery devices. Using predefined Exchange performance and data protection policies, new volumes can be created in just three steps. In addition, Nimble Protection Manager simplifies management of application-consistent backups and replicas within Microsoft Exchange environments.