Data Domain DD580g

Control “capacity bloat” to optimize D2D backup

Data Domain has become a market leader in de-duplication technology. Its unique data deduplication technology provides maximized data reduction, averaging 20X reduction in capacity requirements.

• provides reliability and high availability with continuous verification of data & fault monitoring, and automatic healing capabilities
• seamlessly integrates with existing backup applications & storage fabrics
• increased data reduction because of unique de-duplication to the variable segment level, not file- or block-level
• handles multi-site replication easily
• brings the cost of DR within reach for SMBs

Global Compression

As the performance of data protection & recovery tasks have improved, the demand for aggressive RTOs (recovery time objectives) and RPOs (recovery point objectives) for recovery efforts has grown. In addition, increasing data volumes, the need to retain data longer for compliance with government mandates, and shrinking backup windows, haven't eliminated the need for efficient backup & data protection.

Enhanced Data Protection

Dedupe is a method of reducing or eliminating redundant files or blocks of data, to ensure that only unique data is stored to disk. This technology is also sometimes referred to as capacity optimized protection, and addresses rapidly growing capacity needs due to “capacity bloat” by reducing the capacity required at the backup site.

Replication Technology

For example, if an employee emails out a Word attachment to 10 co-workers oftentimes, a copy is saved for every employee it was sent to, increasing the capacity requirement of the file by a factor of 10 on the messaging data volume. De-duplication technology eliminates the redundant files, replacing them with ‘pointers’ to the original data after it has been confirmed that all copies are identical. Ideally, data de-duplication technology should operate transparently.

Benefits of data de-duplication include:

• reduced capacity requirements for cost-savings
• increased capacity for other backup data, leading to longer retention period with minimal media management
• more reliability and improved RTO
• lowers the cost and bandwidth barriers associated with WAN-based remote replication

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