Burts Bees
Key Highlights
Industry - Natural personal care products
The challenge - A more sustainable IT approach to resource usage was needed to address Burt’s Bees’ rapid company expansion and 100% annual data growth while still staying congruent with Burt’s Bees’ "greater good" company model.
The solution - NWN Corporation deploys VMware® server virtualization and NetApp® storage
Benefits
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Reduced data storage capacity needed for virtual machines by more than 50%
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Gained greater use per VMware ESX server
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Achieved shorter and more reliable system backup and recovery
Solution Components
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NetApp Products
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NetApp FAS3020C storage system
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NetApp FAS2020 storage system
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NetApp deduplication
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NetApp flexible volumes
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NetApp Snapshot and SnapRestore® software
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NetApp SnapManager for Exchange
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NetApp SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure
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NetApp SnapMirror
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NetApp SnapDrive®
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NetApp SnapVault
Protocol - IP SAN (for backups and Microsoft Exchange), FC SAN (for core production database applications) and NAS (via CIFS) (for file services and file shares)
Environment - Applications: Microsoft Office–based applications, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, and other database applications, including ERP, financials, warehouse management applications, and business intelligence applications Operating System: Microsoft Windows® servers, Citrix for virtual workstations, VMware for server virtualization
