Thread: HP Storage Works D2D Backup system

The Data Explosion When it comes to quantum of data, the . statistics are overwhelming. It is predicted that more data will be produced in the next one year than has been generated during the entire existence of humankind. Global information doubles every 18 months, by 2010 we will have 988 million exabytes of data to contend with.

Driving the data explosion is the internet, comprehensive application software, and new computing and storage technologies. Organisations depend on the availability and fast access to this data 24x7. Today it would be difficult to find an organisation in any industry that has not collected huge quantities of data that is vital to some or all of its business processes.

Data protection

Data protection involves time and resources. Also duplication in data protection can cause quite a stretch on the computing resources of the organisation leading to increased costs and slower recovery time.


Data Storage Infrastructure

As a result a sound data storage infrastructure has become more important than ever before. In fact it has become the single most vital component of most businesses. And that is why the need of the hour is for sleeker, faster and more efficient data backup systems, one that constantly evolves to keep up with the data explosion.




Data Deduplicotion

Data deduplication is the answer; it is a technology that allows you to store up to 50times more backup data into the same disk - saving an enormous amount of disk-space. It provides a cost-effective way of retaining your backup data on disk for longer, makes for easier recovery of lost/corrupt files. It also makes the replication of backup data over low-bandwidth WAN links viable.

Dynamic Data Deduplicotion

Dynamic Deduplication performs deduplication during the backup process, as opposed to post-processing techniques that deduplicate the data after the backup has been done. So it provides a low-cost solution that does not require a lot of extra disk space to function.