ExaGrid Systems, a provider of disk-based backup offerings with data deduplication, said that it is offering disk backup appliances with data deduplication, designed to meet requirements of companies backing-up between 1TB and 100TBs of data.
The company claims that the new offering is delivered at a cost that approaches tape backup systems and is suitable for mid-market and small enterprise companies.
The company said that the use of ExaGrid for transition of disk backup with deduplication requires no change to existing backup processes. It reduces backup time and enables users to remain within or shrink their existing backup windows.
In addition, it allows customers to back up their data to an offsite location via WAN-efficient second site replication and recovers via the offsite system’s ‘Instant-DR’ capabilities. The data remains within the data centre’s physical and network security.
ExaGrid Systems said it uses a GRID based architecture that maintains a short backup window as data grows and doesn’t force customers into forklift upgrades to increase capacity and performance.
Bill Hobbib, VP of Marketing for ExaGrid, said: “With this new pricing model, ExaGrid has enabled the adoption of disk backup with deduplication for many companies who may not have considered it before because of cost constraints. The ExaGrid system delivers all the performance, reliability and security benefits of backing up to disk, with little to no cost delta versus performing backup with legacy tape-based backup approaches.”
