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There are two approaches to where deduplication technology gets deployed: as a source and as a target. While each has its benefits, the real issue is identifying which is the better choice for your application. When implementing a deduplication technology, a decision needs to be made as to whether data is processed at the source location; (i.e. before data transmission over the wire), or at the target destination; (i.e. after the data reaches...
Deduplication can be implemented in a number of different ways depending on the needs of the technology provider. There are trade-offs in each and they have the potential to impact cost and performance. Let's explore them: Post Process - With post-process deduplication, new data is first stored on a storage device and then analyzed for duplication at a later time. The benefit is that there is no need to wait for the hash calculations and l...
From us! Symantec has been peppering our web site to learn more about our leading OEM deduplication product - Albireo. More than 20 times this week and nearly 40 times this month! Yesterday for over two hours alone! Yes we have the best performing, most scalable and most flexible deduplication available in the industry that really does deploy "everywhere". Not just for backup but across backup, archive, primary, grid, SSD, applications, databa...
Dedupe is a hot topic and the differences between dedupe implementations was the topic of my previous post Now there continues to be differences in vendor offerings and marketing plays a role in defining who does what and how they describe it. "Dedupe Everywhere" has been a phrase a few are beginning to use so I wanted to provide some clarity on the use case of dedupe everywhere and what it means. Data is everywhere and the need to reduce the ...
In my previous post, I positioned deduplication as evolving to an "out of the box" approach that will deliver broader and more effective savings in dollars as well as space and resources. Now you may be asking yourself, with dedupe firmly entrenched in the backup realm, why do we need to dedupe anywhere else? Good question, let's explore some of these answers. The famous bank robber Will Sutton's response to the question of "Why do you rob bank...
Unlike thin provisioning, compression allows for space savings on storage actually in use for data, and different variants can operate at both block and file storage levels. Compression technologies fall broadly into two categories: lossless and lossy. Lossless compression works by identifying redundancies within a short stretch of data, such as a file or block, and eliminating those duplicate parts. As the name implies, all of the original...
In my last post, I identified the three biggest challenges to implementing primary storage optimization - avoiding performance degradation, supplementing all existing functionality, and preventing data lock-in. Over the next few posts I will go into more detail on the first, performance. Any storage optimization method is based on finding and eliminating data that doesn't need to be stored. This can take many forms, and the different forms p...
On October 19th, Permabit announced the latest performance numbers for our Albireo offering with the addition of GX technology deployed in a 16 node grid. The 77 GB/s performance numbers (4.8 GB/s per node) are industry leading and continue to demonstrate the lead Albireo has in the deduplication technology arena. Last week, Mr. Backup, W. Curtis Preston, announced his most recent deduplication performance analysis of backup vendors with ...
Why are you going up the stairs?
If you've ever watched a horror movie, chances are you've found yourself yelling at least a couple of these things at the screen. Yet, your pleas are left unanswered as the aimless teenager wanders down the dark path into the creepy house or runs up the stairs to hide under the bed rather than running out the front door to safety.
In the movies, these acts of futility are scripted to make the scenes more dramatic and scary. Whether it's Halloween, Friday the 13th or Scream, we can count on bad decisions being at the center of everything the characters do. It's part of why we keep our eyes open and what keeps us engaged and entertained.
However, if you are finding that your storage planning is beginning to resemble the script from a B-level horror movie you may have your own version of Michael Myers waiting just behind the door. While you may not be running into a spooky abandoned house, ask yourself, do you continue to make investments in technologies that have proven not to live up to their promises? Are you fully aware that your current architecture is not prepared to handle the continued data growth of your organization? Are you feeling trapped or afraid of the unknown "killer" that you know is out there lurking and getting ready to pounce?
If you answered yes to any of these scenarios, you are dangerously close to following a script that has proven time and time again to end in disaster. While smart decisions run contrary to what sets the stage for dramatic scenes in horror movies, they are the basis upon which a successful storage management strategy will be built. Eliminating mistakes (continued bad investments in expensive primary storage), ridding yourselves of obsolete technology, and implementing solutions that will boost productivity and lower costs (primary deduplication) are just a few of the ways to send impending doom back into the shadows and off to oblivion!
Halloween has traditionally been the time to celebrate the macabre and take joy in ghosts, goblins and monsters. It may also be the right time to look at your storage architecture and schedule a long overdue exorcism of failed strategies and bad investments. By doing so you can get ready for 2011 storage technologies, such as primary deduplication, that will save your budget, optimize your storage investments, reduce space requirements and deliver the storage space needed for the data growth you know will occur.
Happy Halloween!