Albireo Deduplication for SOHO Storage Solutions
Data storage for the small office and home office (SOHO) is now reaching tens of terabytes in scale. All of the data being created by imaging and audio applications, coupled with the existing data growth, makes SOHO a perfect opportunity for data deduplication. Much of the data created is copies of copies and the duplicate rates can be very high. Eliminating these duplicates with Albireo deduplication technology dramatically reduces overall storage costs by lowering data storage requirements by 5-35X. In a SOHO implementation, that cost reduction is especially significant relative to the overall budget.
Cloud backup offerings have emerged as viable, cost-effective options for the SOHO market. Applying Albireo Bandwidth Optimization (source deduplication) to the SOHO reduces bandwidth usage, resulting in faster backups. It also lowers the cost of cloud services because the data is optimized (reduced) prior to transmission so it consumes less overall storage at the service provider. A ubiquitous deduplication engine that delivers data reduction seamlessly, such as Albireo, will provide OEMs of SOHO-based storage solutions with technology they must have to stay competitive in this market.
Business Benefits
- Reduces storage growth and associated costs
- Works seamlessly at the server level without need for user intervention
- Improves quality of service and increases customer satisfaction
- Simplifies storage management
- Reduces the space required for storage devices
- Makes add-on services such as backup-to-the-cloud more attractive
Technical Benefits
- Background server operation delivers storage reduction without user intervention
- Increases efficiency by lowering the effective cost per GB stored
- Enables data growth without expanding the physical space required
- Provides thin provisioning and virtualization capabilities not previously offered with this class of storage
- Reduces bandwidth requirements for cloud backup