RFS is a global wireless and broadcast infrastructure specialist with 1,800 employees working in seven factories and research and development centers in five countries, and it relies on a highly virtualized environment to cut hardware costs and energy use. The company's Hanover, Germany, facility backs up CIFS data and VMware storage, which is growing by 10 to 20 percent annually. Nearly 85 percent of its infrastructure is virtualized, with a goal of hitting 95 percent, making a reliable backup solution particularly vital. Looking to save time and reduce disk space used, the RFS Hanover IT team sought a new redundant backup and replication solution for its virtual environment. The team also wanted an inexpensive system incorporating the latest technologies that would be easy to manage.