Reduce backup and recovery

time for SQL Server and

Oracle databases with
Dell EMC Integrated Data
Protection Appliance
For large Oracle® and Microsoft SQL Server databases, we simulated
a seven-day backup scenario and performed recovery testing using

A Dell EMC™ Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA)

DP5800-based solution
A similarly sized solution from a key competitor we call “Vendor Y”

The Dell EMC IDPA solution backed up large databases in a fraction of the time...
Time to complete a full backup Time to complete a full backup
of a 3TB SQL Server database of a 5TB Oracle database

60% 77%
Dell EMC IDPA DP5800 solution Dell EMC IDPA DP5800 solution

57 m less time 1 h 30 m less time

(1 hour & 27 min)* (5 hours & 6 min)*

Vendor Y solution Vendor Y solution

2 h 24 m 6 h 37 m

Time to complete seven daily SQL Server Time to complete seven daily Oracle database
backups with daily changes backups with daily changes

74% 83%
Dell EMC IDPA DP5800 solution Dell EMC IDPA DP5800 solution

2h8m less time 7h1m less time

(6 hours & 10 min)* (34 hours & 19 min)*

Vendor Y solution Vendor Y solution

8 h 18 m 41 h 21 m

...and cut recovery time by up to 1 hour and 35 minutes.

Time to perform a full recovery of Time to perform a full recovery of a
a 3TB SQL Server database 5TB Oracle database to a primary location

41% 44%
Dell EMC IDPA DP5800 Dell EMC IDPA DP5800

44 m less time 2h less time

(31 min)* (1 hour & 34 min)*

Vendor Y solution Vendor Y solution

1 h 15 m 3 h 35 m

Read our full report to learn more about how the smaller backup and recovery
windows you get with the Dell EMC IDPA can help your company:

Minimize downtime spent

Restore affected applications
and recover data sooner
Set shorter recovery point
on data recovery, promoting
objectives (RPOs) and recovery
greater uptime and
time objectives (RTOs)
operational continuity

Learn more at http://facts.pt/3jZYw3K

*For brevity, we rounded all times down to the minute after calculating the differences.
Copyright 2020 Principled Technologies, Inc. Based on “A Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance solution delivered
Principled faster back up and recovery times for databases and virtual machines,” a Principled Technologies report, November 2020.
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