The Internet Services Unit (ISU) of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), a government entity that co-ordinates and promotes scientific and technological research in Saudi Arabia, has deployed the Veeam\u00ae Availability Suite\u2122.<\/p>\n
This will provide the science community in Saudi Arabia with 24.7.365 access to critical data for research that fosters innovation and promotes a knowledge-based society.<\/p>\n
Business continuity plays a key role in fostering technological advancements that will make Saudi Arabia a leader in scientific knowledge and practice.<\/p>\n
Veeam lets ISU spend less time on backup and recovery and more time supporting scientific research and business continuity among the organisations it serves.<\/p>\n
By integrating with VMware VRealize Suite, the Availability Suite from Veeam automates Backup as a Service (BaaS) delivered by ISU, so that organisations in the science community can manage their own backup operations, including adding and removing virtual machines from backup jobs and restoring to a specific point in time.<\/p>\n
The two most important components of science and innovation are people and data. Therefore, KACST created the Internet Services Unit (ISU) to provide people in the science community with 24.7.365 access to data. Without 24.7.365 access, they can\u2019t carry out their collaborative research and develop solutions that improve society.<\/p>\n
ISU provides hosted services and cloud computing to approximately 30 organisations in the science community, including universities, research centres, laboratories and government agencies.<\/p>\n
Each organisation works toward a common goal: to transform the kingdom into a leader in science and technology. They have strict service level agreement (SLAs) with ISU so they can maintain business continuity.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we fail to deliver their data 24.7.365, we put them at risk for downtime, and we lose their trust,\u201d said Mr. Abdulmajeed R. Al-Osaimi, Manager of the System and Development Department at ISU.<\/p>\n
\u201cDowntime can derail their testing and research and can cripple their business processes. If they can\u2019t access their data, we have failed them.\u201d<\/p>\n
ISU\u2019s IT infrastructure is large, modern and virtualised on VMware sphere, VMware NSX and VMware vRealize Suite.<\/p>\n
The IT infrastructure is a powerhouse, but backup and recovery were not. Legacy backup couldn\u2019t integrate with VMware vRealize Suite to provide fully automated backup as a service to the science community. And, backup and recovery were slow and unreliable.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was becoming difficult to deliver data 24.7.365,\u201d said Mr. Ayham Rizeq, Senior Cloud Consultant at ISU. \u201cWe became concerned about business continuity for the organisations we serve, so we took preventative action.\u201d<\/p>\n
ISU deployed Veeam\u00ae Availability Suite\u2122 to ensure the science community in Saudi Arabia has 24.7.365 access to data.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur job is to provide high availability to the organisations that conduct scientific research and foster technological innovation,\u201d Mr. Al-Osaimi said. \u201cVeeam helps us deliver 24.7.365 Availability of the data that becomes the catalyst for discovery, economic development and social prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Veeam integrates seamlessly with VMware vRealize Suite so ISU can provide fully automated BaaS to the science community. Veeam also provides reliable, high-speed backup and recovery, enabling ISU to back up critical data to NetApp storage often and restore it quickly. One of ISU\u2019s favourite Veeam features is Instant VM Recovery\u00ae, which restores from a backup in minutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have no problem meeting SLAs because of Instant VM Recovery,\u201d Mr. Rizeq said. \u201cInstant VM Recovery helps us ensure business continuity for each organisation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Veeam also helps ISU with monitoring and reporting to avoid downtime, as well as capacity planning to forecast resource and utilisation trends. It provides complete visibility into the virtual environment so ISU can detect and resolve issues before they become problems and impact the organisations.<\/p>\n
\u201cNon-stop IT operations is the new normal, so we have to make sure our organisations have 24.7.365 Availability of their critical data,\u201d said Mr. Khalid Alfoaim, Senior System Administrator. \u201cWe look after IT so they can focus on advancing science and technology through research. Innovation and economic development is everyone\u2019s focus.\u201d \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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