Sunnyvale, CA - October 28, 2008
- NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced the availability
of deduplication on NetApp® Virtual Tape Library (VTL)
systems, enabling customers to lower the disk capacity required to
backup any storage system, including EMC and HP, up to
95%1. NetApp delivers unparalleled cost savings for
traditional backup environments by reducing tape media usage and
tape drive infrastructure and, now, through highly efficient usage
of VTL disk storage through deduplication. With the addition of
deduplication on VTL, NetApp offers the most complete deduplication
portfolio, spanning backup, archive, and primary storage
applications. More than 16,000 NetApp systems have been deployed
with deduplication by 3,500 customers.
VTL systems are designed to augment
traditional backup environments by providing a disk-based backup
tier between backup applications and physical tape libraries that
generate tapes for off-site retention. With NetApp VTL
deduplication, now customers can identify and eliminate redundant
backup data and reduce capacity requirements by 95%. NetApp VTL
deduplication is specifically designed for backup environments and,
similar to existing NetApp storage efficiency capabilities, VTL
deduplication is a native component of the system's software, as
opposed to competing bolt-on approaches. Having deduplication
embedded natively within the storage system makes it easier for
customers to set up, manage, and upgrade systems and realize the
benefits of reducing capacity needs. NetApp deduplication is
available to new and existing customers at no additional
charge.
"Deduplication has proven to be an invaluable
addition to our VTL deployment with NetApp," said Svein Thon,
service line manager with EDB Business Partner ASA. With
headquarters in Oslo, Norway, EDB Business Partner is one of the
largest IT groups in the Nordic countries, with more than 40 years
experience in serving leading Nordic businesses. "We were able to
turn it on quickly and realize 95% reduction in capacity needed to
backup Oracle® Databases and file system data. Combining
deduplication with the speed and scale of NetApp VTL has allowed us
to improve the efficiency of our backup operations and drive down
power costs in our data center."
Deduplication complements a suite of
capabilities embedded in NetApp VTL that are designed to increase
the efficiency of enterprise backup and recovery, including:
- Ten times faster backups fueled by enterprise-class performance
and scale2
- Fifty percent reduction in tape media costs provided by direct
integration with tape libraries that substantially improves tape
utilization3
- Fifty percent or more reduction in tape library infrastructure
by maximizing physical tape resources through efficient direct tape
creation from NetApp VTL3
- Ten times faster restores enabled by seamless integration with
leading backup applications, including Symantec™
NetBackup™, CommVault Simpana, BakBone NetVault, Syncsort
Backup Express, and Atempo Time Navigator4
- Simplified management through a highly scalable, modular
architecture built on NetApp's single platform solution
This set of capabilities yields dramatic
storage and operational efficiencies to reduce the cost of backup
with highly scalable VTL systems capable of storing up to 10
petabytes of backup data.
"Today, enterprises are adopting technologies
that increase efficiency and cut costs from their operations," said
Lauren Whitehouse, analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. "NetApp VTL
not only delivers on that promise with its deduplication feature,
but helps organizations realize savings and improve the backup
process by focusing more broadly on the entire backup environment,
including disk, tape, and operating costs."
According to ESG research, data deduplication
tops VTL users' new features wish list, and features such as
deduplication, encryption, and replication are becoming
increasingly important in users' decisions to purchase VTL over
other types of disk-based solutions. NetApp's VTL offering
complements its replication-based backup solution designed to serve
NetApp storage environments and integrate directly with leading
business applications and virtual server environments. With these
offerings, NetApp enables disk-based backup for more than 5,000
customers worldwide.
"Customers are reassessing their data center
backup operations now more than ever," said Jay Kidd, chief
marketing officer at NetApp. "Tape will continue to have its place,
but deduplication and tape optimization capabilities make
disk-based storage a highly effective way to reduce the ongoing IT
expense of backup and recovery. NetApp VTL reduces both the disk
and tape infrastructure requirements for large backup operations,
offering customers the ability to get more speed and scale out of
their existing infrastructure at a fraction of the cost."
For more information on NetApp backup and
recovery solutions, visit
http://www.netapp.com/us/solutions/infrastructure/backup-recovery/.
To evaluate your current environment and learn how NetApp
storage-efficiency technologies can lead to higher storage
utilization, access the new NetApp Storage Efficiency Calculator at
http://www.secalc.com/.
Learn more about the latest in NetApp and
industry deduplication news by visiting NetApp's Dr. Dedupe Blog at
http://blogs.netapp.com/drdedupe/. Also, visit David
Chapa's BaR and Grill blog at http://blogs.netapp.com/barandgrill/ to hear more
insights about the world of data protection and backup and recovery
solutions.
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Pricing and
Availability
Customer pricing for products described in this press release is
available from NetApp sales or reseller partners. Deduplication on
NetApp Virtual Tape Library systems is available immediately.
NetApp deduplication is available to new and existing customers at
no additional charge.
About NetApp
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions
that accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost
efficiency. Discover our passion for helping companies around the
world go further, faster at www.netapp.com.
Press Contact:
Roger Villareal
NetApp
Ph: (408) 822-1959
rogerv@netapp.com
1 Based on NetApp internal
testing, October 2008
2 Based on University of Stuttgart case study
3 Based on customer presentation at Symantec Vision
2008
4 Based on actual customer deployments
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