
D
C
File server
File server
File server
File server
Branch office
Branch office
Internet
Firewall/VPN
Firewall/VPN
Firewall/VPN
File/print
server
Application
server
Tape backup
Tape backup
Tape backup
Tape backup
80%
Full
95%
Full
90%
Full
IT staff
A
B
D
Frequent tape
backup issues
Storage
growth issues
Time consuming
single file restores
Other servers:
Infrastructure, email,
Web, applications
Expensive IT
support site visits
Domain
controller
7
Figure 2 A:
A midsize branch office network before implementing HP Branch Office Consolidation Solutions
Scenario 2
A midsize consolidated branch office supporting
25–50 employees.
The branch office needs consolidation to lower IT
management costs, reduce risk of disruption, and
protect valuable data. (Refer: Figure 2 A)
Typical challenges
•IT personnel: In case of IT problems that need
immediate attention, there is no local support or
onsite IT assistance at the branch offices. This affects
productivity and customer service.
•Backup and archival: The branch office faces
frequent backup failures, and has no offsite copy of
the backups in case of a disaster.
•File restores: Single file recovery is frequently
requested by users, but is often not possible due to
backup failures. This means completed work has to
be redone or recreated.
•Storage growth: Unstructured and unpredictable
data growth is putting undue stress on the storage
infrastructure, making it expensive to maintain,
inflexible, and difficult to manage and optimize.
•IT expenses: IT staff has to often make after-hours,
across-town visits for server maintenance and deal
with backup/restore issues. A lot of time is spent
in managing disk space and identifying files for
archival. The IT team finds it difficult to do server
management, because by the time they are notified
about a problem, it is already an emergency.
They also have to deal with users complaining of
slow network speeds, despite pushing the 100 MB
network to its limits.
•Complexity of a distributed network: The lack of
simple remote management increases network
problems and demand for onsite services.
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