EMC has introduced new disk-based backup and data-recovery offerings for enterprises facing an ever-expanding digital information glut. The range of new low-power disk-drive offerings will help enterprises improve their data-center operations by deploying EMC’s latest data deduplication, drive spin-down, and power-saving technologies, said Mark Sorenson, senior vice president of EMC’s Information Management Software Group.
“By adding key features like data deduplication across our portfolio, customers can eliminate redundant data, move more easily to disk backup, and strengthen the management of their backup infrastructures,” Sorenson explained. “This differentiates EMC from other vendors who must ‘force fit’ a single product across a range of deduplication use cases.”
LAN Backup-to-Disk Systems
EMC’s latest local area network backup-to-disk systems, dubbed the EMC Disk Library 3D 1500 and 3000, are squarely aimed at midsize businesses in need of policy-based data backup and the “five-9s” (99.999 percent) of storage availability. “Basically, by replacing the tape target, you can get all the benefits of backup-to-disk along with the power of data deduplication (3-D),” noted Philip Fote, EMC senior product marketing manager.
The new offerings for LAN applications will enable enterprises to save a significant amount of money through reduced handling costs, as well as the elimination of issues associated with tapes that struggle with growing environments, Fote observed. Replication is also on tap for data backups formed over an IP network, which reduces the amount of backup data while meeting off-site protection requirements and without needing the physical transportation of tapes, he said.
“The fact that you are using less tape means that you can streamline your operations, get better utilization out of your labor force and your staff, and at the same time get the power and benefits of backup-to-disk,” Fote explained. “The third benefit is the low-cost replication that you get with 3-D technologies.”
SAN Backup-to-Disk Systems
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