Delphix 4.0
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The Delphix Agile Data Platform accelerates business projects by quickly providing teams the right application and database copies. It uses a "DataVisor" to virtualize storage and share data blocks, eliminating 90% of storage usage. Teams can create unlimited virtual copies of databases, applications, and files in minutes. This allows projects to be completed faster and within budget by streamlining development, testing, and other processes.
Delphix 4.0
- 1. ACCELERATE BUSINESS INNOVATION by delivering application projects at business speeds The Delphix Agile Data Platform is software designed to accelerate key enterprise projects by getting the right data to the right teams at the right time. Application projects such as new system development or ERP upgrades require many copies of application instances and associated databases for coding, QA, integration, training, and support. Analytics projects require rapid refresh of data in warehouses or marts to make better decisions. In every scenario, teams need access to apps, files, and databases, without delay. Traditional physical IT infrastructure prevents most organizations from giving project teams the data they need, and so project schedules slip and budgets are overrun. Key Features Hypervisor for Data – The Delphix DataVisor is at the core of the Agile Data Platform. Much like a hypervisor shares physical server resources to create virtual machines, the Delphix DataVisor shares data blocks to create virtual databases, virtual application instances, and virtual file sets. Block sharing enables the DataVisor to consolidate storage, eliminating 90% of database, app, and file storage on average. The DataVisor is storage-neutral, operating on any storage array and across arrays from different vendors. For example, Delphix can virtualize a database running on legacy disk storage from NetApp, and provision a virtual copy to flash storage from Pure Storage in a private cloud. Virtualize Everything– Delphix uses patented techniques to create unlimited virtual snapshots of databases, applications, and file systems, integrate ongoing changes from physical sources, and then serve up fully-functional copies, in minutes, to development, support, and reporting teams. Delphix virtual branches provide every project team member with as many copies of large databases, applications, or filesets as they need to complete their work: Databases – Delphix virtual databases look and act like full physical copies, but take up a fraction of the space of a physical copy, can be created in minutes, can be branched for A/B testing, and can be refreshed or reset on demand. Applications – Delphix virtual instances enable a project team to stand up an entire enterprise application, e.g. an entire Oracle EBS instance (binaries, config data, etc.), along with its associated databases, very quickly, wherever it’s needed. Delphix users KEY BENEFITS Ship Faster Delphix users accelerate their projects up to 50% by eliminating delays and errors in development, testing, and certification. Delphix-powered projects get to market faster than the competition. Enable Innovation Delphix customers spend project budget on innovation, not infrastructure. Data growth is easily managed with Delphix, enabling better business innovation. Improve Decision Making Data warehouses, marts, and reporting systems are often out of date - refreshes simply take too long. Delphix-enabled BI systems can be refreshed on demand, so that analysts and managers can make the right decisions. DATA SHEET can write their own application virtualization modules, or can use pre-existing modules from Delphix or Delphix partners. Files – Delphix virtual file systems are point-in-time copies of entire file systems, virtualized and provisioned to remote servers, in minutes and in a fraction of the space required by physical file systems. TimeFlow – Delphix records and integrates all changes from source systems into a live collection of snapshots that are used to create database and application copies for project teams. TimeFlow enables users to create copies as of any point in time; e.g. create a copy of the CRM database as of now, as of last week, as of the last release, etc. TimeFlow eliminates the need to use large and cumbersome tape or disk backups to create dev/test copies.
- 2. Key Features (continued) Self-Service Copy, Refresh, Rollback –Delphix’s intuitive GUI enables developers and testers to manage their own apps and database copies, if desired. With Delphix in place, project team members can create, refresh, or rollback their copies, without waiting for support tickets to move through lengthy approval cycles. Secure Database Branches – In many regulated industries, firms are required to mask (i.e. scramble) sensitive customer or patient data, as well as audit access to sensitive data. Ensuring that all developers, QA engineers, support staff, etc. are only accessing masked database copies is very difficult, and the complexity of creating and distributing masked database copies causes many masking initiatives to fail. By integrating with leading masking products such as Axis DMSuite, Delphix creates easily-auditable Secure Database Branches. These are virtual masked copies of key databases that can be created, tracked, or deleted on demand. With Delphix Secure Database Branches, organizations can ensure data security and compliance across internal and outsourced users. “Forever Full” Data Backup and Recovery – Since Delphix captures change blocks on an ongoing basis, it eliminates the need for full database or application backups – Delphix is “forever full” and can always create a full copy as of any point in time, in minutes. Unlike traditional database backups, Delphix delivers industry leading RTO and RPO while reducing overhead on production systems. Live Analytics – Data warehouses and marts have grown to a point that it is often difficult to load, refresh, or copy them within a desired time window. Delphix-powered virtual marts and warehouses can be refreshed in minutes, and can be copied quickly, easily, and cost-effectively, enabling analysts to make better decisions. A common use for Delphix instant analytics is within a quarterly financial close, where data is extracted, integrated, and loaded into global reporting systems. Delphix can reduce the time to eliminate data errors up to 75%. Cross-Platform Provisioning – Converting legacy Unix databases to x86 Linux, often for cloud migration, is a long, manual, error-prone process, often taking months per database. Delphix automates this process, managing endian conversion and eliminating 50-75% of the time required to virtualize Unix-based databases and provision to x86 virtual machines. Enterprise and Cloud Ready – Databases often contain confidential information, so security and integrity are key considerations for most organizations. With fully integrated roles, privileges, and authentication, Delphix properly safeguards and enforces security DATA SHEET COMMON USES • Accelerate quarterly financial close • Streamline quote to cash processes • Migrate legacy platforms to the cloud • Consolidate data centers and apps • Upgrade packaged applications • Deploy master data management SUPPORT (AS OF V4.X) • Delphix Engine software installs as a virtual appliance on standard x86 servers, using VMware • Supported databases: Oracle 9, 10 11 12 (including RAC) on Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX; Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008 and 2012; PostgreSQL and EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus Advanced Server on Red Hat Linux v5 and 6 • Supported applications: SAP, Oracle EBS, Oracle RMS, PeopleSoft, Siebel, Demantra, Baan, and Custom Web-Native Applications • Supported clouds: SunGard, VMware Hybrid Cloud, 200+ vCloud providers To learn more, contact us at info@delphix.com 275 Middlefield Road, Suite 50 Menlo Park, CA 94025 (Tel) 1.650.494.1645 (Fax) 1.650.494.1676 info@delphix.com DELPHIX.COM inheritance from physical databases. Secure information, such as credit card details, can be automatically masked through support for custom scripting, and Delphix software ensures end-to-end integrity checking - from database inputs all the way to disk storage. Furthermore, the architecture maintains coherence and consistency for each and every VDB, so changes or deletions cannot accidentally propagate across VDBs. Delphix can be easily replicated for high availability, offsite development, or disaster recovery. In addition, Delphix can be backed up with a variety of solutions.