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Corporation announced the
availability of disk-based data protection capabilities with the new
EMC Data Domain Boost software option. DD Boost is the first solution
to optimize and accelerate traditional backup software interaction
with deduplication storage. By distributing parts of the
deduplication process to the backup server, DD Boost speeds up
aggregate backup throughput on EMC Data Domain deduplication storage
systems by an average of 50 percent, while significantly reducing
load on backup LANs and backup servers.
The DD Boost software library is
distributed to the backup server and identifies data segments inline
as they arrive. After asking the Data Domain storage system which
segments are new, it compresses and forwards only the unique
segments. In addition to increasing the aggregate backup throughput
of the storage system, this reduces local network traffic from 80 to
99 percent, since redundant data segments do not traverse the wire
only to be discarded as duplicates later. It also reduces the
overall resource use on existing backup servers by 20 to 40 percent
because it minimizes data copy overhead. Separately, DD Boost also
enables application level link aggregation, failover and load
balancing, making optimal use of multiple links for throughput while
adding further resilience and management flexibility.
In addition, DD Boost enables backup
applications to control network efficient EMC Data Domain Replicator
software so multiple copies of data can be managed from the backup
application's console, giving administrators a global view of their
backup and disaster recovery (DR) environment.
Leveraging DD Replicator software, DD
Boost can automate WAN vaulting for use in disaster recovery, remote
office backup, or multi-site tape consolidation initiatives.
Cross-site deduplication further minimizes the required bandwidth
since only the first instance of data is transferred across any of
the
segments.DD Boost supports all Data Domain systems, including
the new EMC Data Domain Global Deduplication Array.
“The integration of backup software
with deduplication storage is not just about enhancing
performance-it's about increasing functionality to enable a more
streamlined and sophisticated user experience,” said Laura DuBois,
Program Director-Storage Software, IDC. “With DD Boost, EMC again
reinforces its position that users can effectively achieve backup
redesign using disk and deduplication to solve the challenges
commonly associated with legacy infrastructures,” she added.
“There has been no significant
change in roles between backup clients, backup servers and target
storage in the last 20 years of traditional backup software
deployment architectures, until right now,” said Brian Biles,
V:P-Product Management, Backup Recovery Systems Division, EMC. “By
distributing parts of the deduplication process to the backup server,
everything from the backup server to the Data Domain systems gets
faster and more efficient. It represents a pivotal architectural
change that will underpin the next generation of disk-based data
protection products. DD Boost literally thinks outside the box,” he
added.