Posts Tagged ‘enterprise storage’
In my last post, I mentioned the results of the Permabit Labs six week study of dedupe’s effectiveness with Oracle RMAN backups. In this post I want to talk about the methodology used in this study in a bit more detail.
The most important thing we learned in performing this study is that capacity savings are extremely dependent on how RMAN is used. To maximize deduplication efficiency when using RMAN, there are three things to keep in mind:
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We made a few public announcements today, the first being with one of our newest OEM partners Cibecs. Cibecs is one of our first publicly announced partners in the data protection market segment. They and others will soon be in the DP market with dedupe that performs at scale and doesn’t require a platform on steroids. Thanks for choosing us, Cibecs!
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Well, again we see that one of our deduplication market competitors is leveraging Permabit strategy and content. First it was Symantec with “Dedupe Everywhere” and this time it is HP using our concept of “Dedupe 2.0” in their recent announcements regarding StoreOnce. Just to get some facts clear, we launched our Dedupe 2.0 campaign back in August 2009 when we introduced www.dedupe2.com. For us Dedupe 1.0 was all about backup. Dedu...
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...
Moving to the cloud is cool. Cloud storage is a hot technology for good reason - it can save you money! It seems fairly simple, consume and pay for only what you need. Cloud storage saves you the cost of pre-purchasing storage in anticipation of your needs and the associated operating costs for space, staffing and operating that storage. Most organizations are trying to reduce total storage costs while facing 50% annual data growth rates and ther...
It's sometimes difficult to remember that a name or phrase that becomes generic doesn't always represent the same level of quality. For example, Coke became the generic phrase for cola soft drinks even though there were many brands cola soft drinks, often not nearly as well known or liked. Similarly Kleenex became a generic phrase for facial tissue even though there are literally dozens of other brands of varying quality on the market.
The g...
Tom Cook (Permabit CEO) and George Crump (Lead Analyst, Storage Switzerland) discuss Virtualization and the positive impact deduplication has on it....
In my last two posts, I explored why deduplication approaches vary widely and dedupe everywhere sometimes isn't really "everywhere". I hope I was successful in describing that the names may be the same in dedupe and dedupe everywhere, but what is delivered may be very different. Although the approaches in deduplication vary, they are based on the ability to effectively address the key performance issues that have been, until now, inhibiting d...
