ExaGrid Announces 30TB Backup

May 5, 2008: ExaGrid is taking the data storage bull by the horns with the announcement that it has developed the industry’s first 40 terabyte disk-based backup system with data deduplication technology and scalable grid architecture.

The release functions as an upgrade to ExaGrid’s EX series servers with internal storage, as well as its iSCSI Gateway for Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays.

The company says the platform enables 30TBs of full backup, plus weeks or months of retention, in a single GRID system, and in addition to its expanded capacity, it offers top end performance by writing to disk at full disk speed (post-processing) and by adding complete servers in a GRID for system expansion, instead of just more disk capacity.

ExaGrid says that this scalable GRID-based approach maintains fast backup performance as data grows, and is uniquely fast for restore performance as it stores the most recent backup in its complete, non-de-duplicated form ready for rapid restoration or tape copies.

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