“World’s first” data de-duplication gateway for scalable iSCSI storage

ExaGrid Systems has expanded its product line with the addition of what’s said to be the world’s first de-duplication gateway for iSCSI storage, the ExaGrid iSCSI De-duplication Gateway. The gateway has been tested with DELL EqualLogic PS5000 Series iSCSI arrays to enable economical disk-based backup solutions that are easy to deploy and manage.

The ExaGrid iSCSI Gateway with Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage provides organizations with a disk-based backup solution that delivers on the promise of backing up to iSCSI SAN disk at the same or lower price than tape-based approaches.

With the ExaGrid iSCSI De-duplication Gateway, organizations can achieve:

· A 30 to 90% reduction in backup and restore times
· Cost-neutral replacement of tape via disk-based backup with byte-level data de-duplication
· Lowered disk capacity requirements that reduces infrastructure, power and cooling costs
· Disk-based off-site data protection for disaster recovery
· The ability to leverage existing investments in Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage for efficient backups

Disk-based Backup at the Price of Tape: The Power of Data De-duplication
Keeping weeks, months or even years worth of backups on disk was previously unaffordable. Now, with the ExaGrid iSCSI De-duplication Gateway and Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage, customers can realize the potential of disk-based backup at a cost that is the same or often less than tape. ExaGrid’s unique byte-level data de-duplication works directly with high performance Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs to dramatically reduce the amount of disk space required to store all of an organization’s backup data by 10, 20 or even 50 to 1.This includes all types of data, as well as backups of full virtual server environments.

The ExaGrid iSCSI De-duplication Gateway is expected to ship by the end of April.

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