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Deduplication storage systems for next-generation backup and recovery.


  • Highlights

  • EASY INTEGRATION
    Qualified with all leading enterprise backup and archiving applications. Integrates easily into existing storage infrastructures.
  • HIGH-SPEED DEDUPLICATION
    Throughput of up to 26.3TB per hour. Complete more backups sooner while putting less pressure on limited backup windows.
  • NETWORK–EFFICIENT REPLICATION
    Sends only deduplicated and compressed data across the network, requiring a fraction of the bandwidth, time and cost compared with traditional replication methods.
  • SAFE AND RELIABLE
    Continuous recovery verification, fault detection and healing for end-to-end data integrity.

  • EMC Data Domain Software Options:
  • EMC Data Domain Boost Software
    Advanced integration with backup applications for increased performance and ease of use.
  • EMC Data Domain Encryption Software
    Secure encryption of deduplicated backup and archive data.
  • EMC Data Domain Replicator Software
    Network-efficient replication for backup and archive data.
  • EMC Data Domain Retention Lock Software
    File locking and data shredding for archive storage.
  • EMC Data Domain Virtual Tape Library Software
    High-speed, inline deduplication storage for SAN environments.
  • EMC Data Domain Enterprise Manager
    Centralized management for Data Domain systems.
  • EMC Data Domain Operating System
    Scalable, fast, and ultra-safe operating environment.

EMC Data Domain:

Deduplication reduces the amount of disk storage needed to retain and protect data by ratios of 10 – 30x and greater, making disk a cost–effective alternative to tape. Data on disk is available online and onsite for longer retention periods, and restores become fast and reliable. Storing only unique data on disk also means data can be cost-effectively replicated over existing networks to remote sites for disaster recovery (DR) and consolidated tape operations.
EMC Data Domain deduplication storage systems integrate easily with existing infrastructures and can be used seamlessly with a variety of data movers and application workloads. By consolidating to a common disk-based target, you can avoid creating disparate islands of data and storage. A single EMC Data Domain system can be used for backup and recovery, protection of enterprise applications (e.g., Oracle, Microsoft Exchange, VMware and others), archiving and online reference storage.
EMC Data Domain systems deduplicate data inline during the backup process. Deduplicated data can be stored onsite for immediate restores and longer-term retention on disk. The deduplicated data can also be replicated over the WAN to a remote site for disaster recovery operations, eliminating the need for tape-based backups, or for consolidating tape backups to a central location. Data Domain systems provide flexible replication topologies to optimize backups, such as full system mirroring, selective, bi-direction, many-to-one, one-to-many and cascaded.

EMC Data Domain:

Deduplication storage systems for next-generation backup and recovery. Scalable Data Domain systems feature high-speed, inline deduplication and network-efficient replication. A single system can reduce storage requirements 10 – 30x and protect up to 28.5 petabytes of logical capacity.

EMC Product Comparison Matrix:

EMC Data Domain Backup and Recovery
Product MaximumThroughput (DD Boost) Maximum Throughput (Other) Logical Capacity 1,2
EMC Data Domain DD160 1.1 TB/hr 667 GB/hr 40-195 TB
EMC Data Domain DD620 2.4 TB/hr 1.1 TB/hr 4 83-415 TB
EMC Data Domain DD640  3 3.4 TB/hr 2.3 TB/hr 8 .32 - 1.6 PB
EMC Data Domain DD670  3 5.4 TB/hr 3.6 TB/hr 5 0.6 PB -2.7 PB
EMC Data Domain DD860  3 9.8 TB/hr 5.1 TB/hr 5 1.4-7.1 PB
EMC Data Domain DD890  3 14.7 TB/hr 8.1 TB hr 6 2.9-14.2 PB
EMC Data Domain Global Deduplication Array 3 26.3 TB/hr 10.7 TB/hr 6 5.7-28.5 PB
EMC Data Domain Archiver  3 9.8 TB/hr 4.3 TB/hr 7 5.7-28.5 PB

1. Mix of typical enterprise backup data (filesystems, databases, email, developer files). The low end of capacity range represents a full backup weekly or monthly, incremental backup daily or weekly, to system capacity. The top end of the range represents full backup daily, to system capacity.
2. All capacity values are calculated using Base10 (i.e., 1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes).
3. Includes support for add-on shelves, available separately.
4. Maximum throughput achieved using VTL interface and 4 Gbps Fibre Channel.
5. Maximum throughput achieved using Symantec OpenStorage and 10 Gb Ethernet.
6. Maximum throughput achieved using VTL interface and 8 Gbps Fibre Channel.
7. Maximum throughput achieved using CIFS and 10 Gb Ethernet.
8. Maximum throughput achieved using NFS and 10 Gb Ethernet.