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2014-15
DEDUPLICATING
BACKUP APPLIANCE
BUYERS GUIDE
E M P O W E R I N G T H E I T I N D U S T R Y W I T H A C T I O N A B L E A N A LY S I S W W W. D C I G . C O M
Table of Contents
1
Introduction
Executive Summary
Disclosures
16
44 HP StoreOnce 2700
45 HP StoreOnce 4500
46 HP StoreOnce 4700
47 HP StoreOnce 4900
48 HP StoreOnce 6500
Virtual Appliances
33 ExaGrid EX13000E
34 ExaGrid EX21000E
10 Pricing
35 ExaGrid EX32000E
36 FalconStor FDS SA304
10
10 Best-in-Class and
Recommended Rankings
40 FalconStor HDS-FS-FDS-H150
11 Excellent Ranking
12 Good Ranking
12 Basic Ranking
13
39 FalconStor HDS-FS-FDS-220S
43 HDS Sepaton
S2100-ES3-Series-2925
64
Appendices
A-1 Appendix ADefinitions, Explanations and Terminology
B-1 Appendix BVendor Contact Information
C-1 Appendix CAuthor Contact Information
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Introduction
Ever-increasing data volumes driven by the constant growth in both structured and unstructured data coupled with the ever decreasing costs of storage capacity on a per GB basis
are continuing to put a strain on corporate backup abilities. While other backup and data
optimization technologies offer some relief, deduplicating backup appliances have become
the go to solution. They provide a quick, largely non-disruptive plug-and-play solution that
alleviates backup pain, reduces storage consumption by up to 20x and have become a
proven frontrunner in the ongoing battle to improve the backup experience.
DCIG once again looks at deduplication in its 2014-15 Deduplicating Backup Appliance
Buyers Guide refreshing last years guide on this same topic. The introduction of new
technologies and updating existing technologies in these appliances over the past year have
again served to shift the deduplicating backup appliance landscape as many previously
available deduplication appliances are now gone as vendors continually refresh their product
lines and bring out new models.
However, it is also possible that the growth of deduplicating backup appliances is at a
tipping point. After rapid growth for years to become a multi-billion segment of the broader
data protection and recovery industry, in the most quarter for which numbers are available, revenue in this market slipped. According to the IDC analyst firm, Q1 2014 revenue of
worldwide purpose-built backup appliances (PBBAs) declined 2.5 percent from a year ago
to $664.5 million.1
Anticipating a maturing of this market, new options have emerged to set themselves apart.
These include:
Archiving. Some providers have modified their deduplicating backup appliances to give
organizations more flexibility to use these appliances for data archiving, whether that be
for production data or long term retention of backup data.
Controller heads. After discontinuing is controller-only option of its Data Domain product
line years ago, EMC re-introduced this an option that frees organizations to acquire the
controller head apart from the back end storage.
Fewer appliance models. Consolidating the number of appliance models that they
make available for a particular market, whether that be for small, midsized or large
enterprises, to simplify the buying decision for these organizations.
Improved management and monitoring. Almost without exception every vendor has
enhanced the core technologies found on its appliances to make their ongoing management and monitoring simpler and more effective.
Deduplicating backup appliances also continue to set themselves apart from backup software that offers deduplication. As these appliances have always done, they offload the overhead associated with deduplicating data from the client or media server to the appliance.
What is new are some of the ways in which they are accelerating backup. Technologies
such as Data Domain Boost and Symantec OpenStorage Technology (OST) have been
available for a number of years. These options use proprietary protocols to accelerate
backup traffic over LAN connections between the media server and the attached deduplicating backup appliance. However, some providers such as Dell now offer Rapid CIFS and
Rapid NFS technology that accelerate backup traffic to its backup appliances using existing
1. RTT Staff Writer. "IDC: Worldwide PBBA Market Revenue Drops 2.5% In Q1 - Quick Facts." Quick Facts. RTT News,
20 June 2014. Web. 3 Nov. 2014.
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Introduction
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file sharing protocols. Technologies such as these two eliminate the need for organizations
to deploy proprietary protocols and may, in theory, be used with any backup software without additional software licensing required (though many organizations may want to wait until
Dell has certified and officially supports this technology with their specific backup software.)
It is in this context that DCIG presents it 2014-15 Deduplicating Backup Appliance Buyers
Guide. The level of detail in this Buyers Guide, combined with DCIGs consistent scoring and
ranking system, helps organizations in two key ways: First, it provides a powerful yet concise
method to evaluate each deduplicating backup appliance so organizations can understand
the overall strengths and weaknesses of each one. Using this information, they can better
align the specific needs of their environment with the features available on each appliance.
Second, this Buyers Guide provides a set of scores and rankings across the multiple
features on each product as well as a data sheet for each deduplicating backup appliance. The data sheets drill down into the specifics of each product to provide information
on backup technology, management, restore and support features. They also examine
supported features and implementation. These areas contribute to specific category scores
as well as an overall score for each deduplicating backup appliance.
Please note that this Buyers Guide is NOT intended to be a substitute for internal testing. DCIG encourages any organization that is considering the purchase of a deduplicating
backup solution to do its own in-house testing if at all possible as it is impossible for DCIG to
predict how well the appliance will perform in every environment.
As a supplement to the downloadable Buyers Guides, DCIG makes all the data collected for
the guides available in the DCIG Analysis Portal. This powerful online data visualization tool
enables subscribers to quickly develop side-by-side comparisons of the products and the
specific features that matter most to them and gives subscribers access to all DCIG Buyers
Guides. See http://portal.dcig.com to learn more about the DCIG Analysis Portal.
We hope this Buyers Guide meets its intended purposes in your environments and serves
as a helpful aid in supplementing and expediting your organizations normal decision making
and product evaluation process.
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Executive
Summary
The only constant is change and, in the area of deduplicating backup appliances, the
constant of change is certainly in play. While deduplicating backup appliances still do what
they always dodeduplicate backup datachange is certainly evident in these appliances.
In this third release of the DCIG 2014-15 Deduplicating Backup Appliance Buyers Guide,
DCIG tracks and highlights these changes while continuing to provide visibility into the core
technologies that make these deduplicating backup appliances tick.
The beauty of deduplicating backup appliances is that they largely ship as plug-and-play
solutions. By installing directly into corporate LANs with minimal or no changes to the existing environments, organizations may need to as little as plug them into the wall, connect
them to the corporate LAN, configure the backup software to use the appliance as a backup
target and start backing up and deduplicating data. In this respect, nearly every one if not all
of the appliances covered in this Buyers Guide delivers on this ideal.
Of course, as with all technologies, the devil is in the details and once you can go beyond
the baseline plug-n-play setup, differences in feature functionality in deduplicating backup
appliances emerge that determine their suitability for deployment in enterprises of all sizes.
These differences include:
Backup acceleration software. Todays standard file sharing protocols make it very easy
for any size organization to quickly and easily deploy one of these appliances into their
environment and start backing up to it. However, standard file sharing protocols are NOT
optimized for moving large amounts of data quickly.
This shortcoming of existing file sharing protocols has led to almost every deduplicating
backup appliance to minimally support third party backup software accelerators such as
Symantec OpenStorage Technology (OST) as well as deliver their own proprietary backup
software acceleration software that accelerates backup data movement to and from their
own deduplicating backup appliance.
Deduplicating algorithms. When deduplicating backup appliances first shipped,
ideological wars raged over which approach to deduplicating data was betterinline or
post-process. While these wars have largely since abated as it is now recognized that
certain types of application data deduplicate better using different deduplication algorithms, few if any appliances may offer all of the deduplicating algorithms that they need
to optimally deduplicate their application data. This behooves organizations to first
understand what deduplicating algorithm option or options each deduplicating backup
appliance offers, how it is implemented and if they can live with the trade-offs, if any,
that this implementation method may mean for their environment.
Public storage cloud connectivity. After data is backed up and deduplicated, many if not
most organizations want to automate getting a copy of it offsite on a regular basis (maybe
weekly or monthly.) Achieving this ideal makes a deduplicating backup appliances connectivity
to a public storage cloud provider highly desirable since copies of data can be scheduled to be
automatically sent offsite without manual intervention or the need for a secondary data center.
Replication. Most organizations of any size have multiple sites that each have data that
they need to backup. Further, most organizations of this size want to centralize backup
and bring all data in remote sites back to one central data central. To accommodate this
objective, many deduplicating backup appliances offer replication software that replicates
data from remote sites back to their main data center.
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Executive Summary
appliance. Some charge extra for this software while others include it with the purchase
price of the appliance. The number of replication configurations supported by each
appliance also varies. While most support 1:1 and N:1 fan-in replication configurations,
not all appliances support fan-out replication configurations which organizations may want
to leverage to prepopulate remote sites with previously deduplicated data. Organizations
should also verify how many remote sites that want to setup to replicate back to one
central sites as the maximum N in the N:1 part of the equation can vary by appliance.
Finally, organizations should verify how both the appliance and its replication software
handles deduplicated data. In almost all cases, replication software can only replicate
data after the data is deduplicated which may delay how quickly data can be replicated,
especially if the appliance uses post-process deduplication. Also, organizations should
verify if the replication software only transmits new, unique chunks of deduplicated data
as opposed to all data. By only transmitting new, unique chunks of data, organizations
can generally use lower bandwidth, lower cost WAN links to remote offices.
Scale-out versus scale-up architectures. In todays environment of rapid and unpredictable data growth, deduplicating backup appliances provide two architectures to add
more storage capacityscale-up and scale-out with some appliances supporting both
options. Appliances that support scale-up architectures are largely self-contained and
either offer room to add more shelves for more internal hard disk drives (HDDs) or, in some
cases, they provide the flexibility to use either FC or SCSI connections to external HDDs.
Appliances that use a scale-out architecture grow by adding nodes that come preconfigured with fixed amounts of processor, memory and storage and are then collectively
configured and managed as one logical appliance.
Virtual appliances. As organizations virtualize small and remote offices, they also want
to virtualize any appliances deployed into them. This has given rise in the past year for
the need for vendors to make their deduplicating backup appliances as virtual appliances
to eliminate the need to deploy a new physical machine into offices are now entirely or
mostly virtualized.
It is in this context that DCIG presents its 2014-15 Deduplicating Backup Appliance Buyers
Guide. As prior Buyers Guides have done, it puts at the fingertips of organizations a
comprehensive list of deduplicating backup appliances and the features they offer in the
form of detailed, standardized data sheets to assist in this important buying decision.
This Buyers Guide is the result of several months of communication with multiple providers
and evaluation of over one hundred features nearly 50 deduplicating backup appliances.
Each provider was given the opportunity to complete a survey with over 100 questions that
examined how its solution delivered on features associated with deduplication, management, hardware, scalability and support.
In instances where vendors did not respond, DCIG completed the surveys on the vendors
behalf and then gave the vendor the opportunity to review it before any material about its
appliance(s) were published. In each case, every vendor had the opportunity to review and
respond to the survey and the information regarding their product displayed on the data
sheets included in this Buyers Guide.
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Executive Summary
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The DCIG 2014-15 Deduplicating Backup Appliance Buyers Guide accomplishes the
following objectives:
Provides an objective, third-party evaluation of deduplicating backup appliances that
evaluates and scores their features from an end users perspective;
Scores and ranks the features of each deduplicating backup appliance based upon
criteria that matter most to end users;
Presents results in easy-to-read tables with product scores and rankings so users can
quickly ascertain which appliance best suits their needs;
Provides a standardized data sheet for each of the 47 deduplicating backup appliance
solutions from ten different deduplicating backup appliance providers, allowing quick
comparison of features that are or are not supported with each product; and
Gives any organization a solid foundation for getting competitive bids from different
deduplicating backup appliance vendors.
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Disclosures
Over the last few years the general trend in the US has been
for both large and boutique analyst firms to receive some or
all of their revenue from vendors.
DCIG is no different in that respect as it also receives payment
for the different services it performs for vendors. The services
that DCIG provides include blogging, case studies, product
reviews, executive white papers and special reports.
In the interest of being transparent, a number of the vendors
included in this DCIG Buyers Guide are or have been DCIG
clients. This is not to imply that they were given preferential
treatment in the Buyers Guide. It simply means DCIG may
have had more knowledge of their products and that DCIG
would consider their product for inclusion in this Buyers Guide.
In that vein, there are a number of important facts to keep
in mind when considering the information contained in this
Buyers Guide and its merit.
No vendor paid DCIG any fee to develop this
Buyers Guide.
DCIG did not guarantee any vendor that its product
would be included in this Buyers Guide.
DCIG did not imply or guarantee that a specific
product would receive a good score on this Buyers
Guide, before or after completion.
All research was based upon one or more of the
following: publicly available information, information
provided by the vendor and/or the expertise of those
evaluating the information.
Because of the number of features analyzed, how
these features were weighted and then how these
products were scored and then ranked, there was no
way for DCIG to predict at the outset how individual
products would end up scoring or ranking.
DCIG wants to emphasize that no vendor was privy to
how DCIG did the scoring and ranking of the products
and that the information presented in this Buyers Guide
reflects the opinion of DCIG. In every case, the vendor
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eachthe DXi 4700 for the midrange and the DXi6900 for
enterpriseby providing a wide range of scale-up options.
The DXi 4700 scales from five terabytes to 135 terabytes
and the 6900 ranges from 17 terabytes to 510 terabytes
of usable backup storage.
Pricing
DCIG purposely does not provide in-depth analysis on
appliance pricing and software licensing due to the intricacies and ever changing models. However, several recent
changes are hard to miss.
EMC revamped its Data Domain lineup by introducing the
DD2200, DD4200, DD4500 and DD7200 appliances. Each
of these is based on a data-less head where the controller
is sold with minimal to no storage. Existing or new storage shelves can be connected to the controller purchased,
detaching the pricing of the storage from the controller.
Quantum took another approach consolidating its lineup
to sell one appliance aimed at each market segment. For
the midrange, it is the DXi 4700; and, for the enterprise, the
DXi6900. Quantum achieved this by extending the storage
range of each model. The DXi 4700, for example, scales to
over 100 terabytes of usable capacity.
Licensing has always been tricky when it comes to deduplicating backup appliances. Fortunately, vendors are aware and
have simplified the models. Many now have an all-inclusive
software licensing model where deduplicationand all
needed softwareis included in the base cost of the system.
However, some only loosely adhere to this model charging
more for replication, various forms of encryption and new
features such as archiving. For example, Symantec charges
additional fees for all software ranging from deduplicationthe
core purpose of the applianceto replication and encryption.
When figuring a software pricing model, another big question
is this: Is software licensing based on front- or back-end
capacity? With some models capable of data reductions of
more than 20:1, this can make a sizable difference. If the
system does not achieve anticipated results, you may pay
more. Not including all software licenses in the base cost of
the appliance can also lead to unexpected charges down the
road as administrators look to use features such as replication, archiving and encryption.
Some include all software licenses but tie these to the
amount of storage capacity in the appliance. Quantum
recently introduced software key licensing, where systems
are sold with set capacities. Then, using a software key,
Best-in-Class and
Recommended Rankings
Observations
HP StoreOnce 6500 earned the Best-in-Class ranking,
closely followed by three in the Recommended grouping
Quantum DXi6900 and two NEC HYDRAstor appliances:
the HS8-4104R-7920 and HS8-4006R-720. The products
that earned Best-in-Class and Recommended rankings
in the 2014-15 Deduplicating Backup Appliance Buyers
Guide generally shared the following characteristics:
Offer global deduplication where groups of multiple nodes
and/or controllers work together with one controller
allocating the deduplicated data across multiple nodes.
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10
Excellent Ranking
Recommendations
It was neck-in-neck for the top spot in this years guide.
HP and its updated StoreOnce 6500 appliance line
narrowly edged out Quantum and NEC that came
about as a result of its improved software, hardware
and management capabilities.
The HP StoreOnce 6500 is one of the few that scales into
the multiple petabytes of raw capacity. Offering an architecture that combines scale up and scale out, each node scales
up to 280 terabytes of raw storage capacity. By grouping as
many as eight nodes together, the appliance scales out to
2.59 petabytes. The enterprise level capabilities of the newly
launched StoreOnce 6500 combined with its virtual appliance option contributed to it achieving the Best-in-Class
ranking in this years Guide.
The availability of a deduplicating virtual appliance from both
HP and Quantum contributed to their respective high rankings in this Guide. As more enterprises look to protect data in
highly virtualized remote offices, the availability of the deduplicating backup appliance as a virtual appliance became a new
option that was evaluated as part of this years Guide. These
virtual appliances offer most if not all of the same features as
their hardware appliance counterparts and are primarily used
in conjunction with a hardware appliance.
Observations
The nine models that achieved an Excellent ranking in the
DCIG 2014-15 Deduplicating Backup Appliance Buyers
Guide generally shared the following characteristics:
Did inline deduplication
Provide erasure coding for data protection
apart from RAID 6
Offer wide area network (WAN) optimization of
a replicated stream with products like Silver Peak,
Blue Coat, Riverbed, and Cisco WAS
Recommendation
The HP StoreOnce 4900 is among those few appliances
ranked as Excellent that provide virtual appliance functionality. This option helps to make these two solutions wellpositioned for use in small and midsized enterprises that
may have up to a few hundred terabytes of data to protect
as well as highly virtualized remote and branch offices.
The EMC Data Domain lineup of DD990, DD4500 and
DD7200 appliances provide higher levels of processing and
storage capacity options than its prior generations. Build on
a scale-up architecture, EMCs appliances continue to be in
broad favor with end-users though the EMC Data Domain
appliances are starting to lag other solutions in their breadth
of feature functionality.
It is by delivering the best of the new features that deduplicating backup appliances have to offer such as global deduplication, high availability, scale-out and scale-up options
and virtual appliance along with its continued attention to
deduplication, management and flexibility of deployment
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Good Ranking
The 21 products that earned a Good ranking in the 201415 Deduplicating Backup Appliance Buyers Guide generally shared the following features in common:
Provide IPMI or Remote Access port for
console-level access
Provide encryption of data at rest though
only fifty percent offer encryption in flight
Offer an encryption solution that remains "on"
in multiplex/multi-streamed database backup
environments
Support the use of native database backup tools
such as Oracle RMAN for bckup
Provide 1:1 and N:1 replication fan-in options
Offer bandwidth throttling during replication
Recommendation
Nearly half of the models in the DCIG 2014-15 Deduplicating
Backup Appliance Buyers Guide achieved the ranking of
Good. Enterprises choosing deduplicating backup appliances with a Good category will often get the management
capabilities they need to effectively deploy and operate a
deduplicating backup appliance for their environments.
Notably, most vendors offer the deduplication and management features on all of the appliances in their product line.
The primary limitation of products with a Good ranking is
their scalability as the upper capacity and performance
limits of many of these appliances may restrict their deployments to enterprises with under 100 TBs of data to protect.
ExaGrid is one exception to this rule as the scalability of its
products exceeds most of the others with a Good ranking.
For example, the ExaGrid EX32000E with 72 terabytes on
a per node basis of raw capacity scales to more than one
petabyte of raw capacity in a scale-out configuration with
14 nodes. Factoring in ExaGrids levels of management
and support with these high levels of capacity made it its
appliances prime candidates for enterprises with multiple
backup capacity and throughput requirements.
Basic Ranking
The 13 products that achieved a Basic ranking in the
2014-15 Deduplicating Backup Appliance Buyers Guide
generally shared the following characteristics:
Have settings to let some data bypass the
deduplication process
Verify data integrity after the data is deduplicated
Offer more than one deduplication algorithm
with variable-length block and SHA-1 hashing
as the most prevalent
Offer 10Gb Ethernet networking interfaces
Provide hot swappable drives
Are single controller systems with limited or
no flexibility to scale-up or scale-out
Recommendation
Scalability is biggest concern among those appliances
with a Basic ranking. Primarily available as single-controller systems, many only offer storage capacity in the single
digit raw terabytes range. While some do scale to higher
levels of capacity, these lack the full range of features
found in higher level categories.
The upside is that those with a Basic ranking largely come
bundled with the necessary deduplication and management
software and, where applicable, is similar or the same as
higher ranked products in the same product family.
All models with a Basic ranking can deduplicate incoming
data while concurrently replicating to another system as
well as encrypt data while replicating it. Most also follow an
all-inclusive licensing model where deduplication, replication
and encryption are included with the appliances base cost.
Together, these factors contribute to making these appliances most well suited for small and midsized offices with
20 TBs of data or less to protect.
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DEDUPLICATING
BACKUP APPLIANCE
SCORES AND RANKINGS
The scores and rankings for the deduplicating backup appliances
contain the following information:
A chart that includes the scores and rankings for all of the products
The mean and the standard deviation that were used to establish
how each deduplicating backup appliance was ranked
A summary of the primary findings
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SCORE
RANKING
1.
100.87
Best-in-Class
2.
Quantum DXi6900
100.42
Recommended
3.
100.37
Recommended
4.
93.96
Recommended
5.
Quantum DXi8500
92.43
Excellent
6.
Quantum DXi6802
90.53
Excellent
7.
88.90
Excellent
8.
84.22
Excellent
9.
83.56
Excellent
10.
82.90
Excellent
11.
81.44
Excellent
12.
81.02
Excellent
13.
80.98
Excellent
14.
Quantum DXi4700
80.75
Good
15.
79.47
Good
16.
79.06
Good
17.
78.35
Good
18.
78.21
Good
19.
ExaGrid EX32000E
77.80
Good
20.
ExaGrid EX21000E
77.38
Good
21.
ExaGrid EX13000E
77.09
Good
22.
ExaGrid EX10000E
75.72
Good
23.
Dell DR6000
75.36
Good
24.
75.28
Good
25.
ExaGrid EX5000
73.94
Good
26.
ExaGrid EX7000
73.94
Good
27.
ExaGrid EX4000
73.10
Good
28.
ExaGrid EX3000
72.93
Good
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SCORE
RANKING
29.
71.58
Good
30.
Dell DR4100
70.22
Good
31.
69.88
Good
32.
69.20
Good
33.
Quantum DXi6701/DXi6702
69.00
Good
34.
68.60
Good
35.
68.42
Basic
36.
ExaGrid EX2000
68.40
Basic
37.
ExaGrid EX1000
66.90
Basic
38.
66.65
Basic
39.
66.08
Basic
40.
61.56
Basic
41.
60.61
Basic
42.
60.36
Basic
43.
57.24
Basic
44.
57.04
Basic
45.
55.19
Basic
46.
FalconStor HDS-FS-FDS-H150
50.38
Basic
47.
FalconStor HDS-FS-FDS-220S
44.39
Basic
47
Rankings
Highest Score
Lowest Score
Average (Mean)
Standard Deviation
100.87
44.39
74.42
12.47
Recommended 93.96
Excellent
80.98
Good
68.60
Basic
44.39
100.87
92.43
80.75
68.42
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DEDUPLICATING
BACKUP APPLIANCE
MODELS
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Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
70.22
7.50
15.08
30.82
16.82
GOOD
GOOD
BASIC
GOOD
EXCELLENT
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block, Sliding Scale
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
VA Features
TOTAL #
16
TOTAL #
Controllers
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
2
Multi-stream Encryption
MAX
SUPPORT
Partitions
TOTAL #
12
Processor Cores
MAX
Included 7 / Extra #0
TOTAL #
32 GB
MAX
Software Licenses
Native DB Backups
SSDs
Cache
Instant VM Recovery
TOTAL #
3 TB NL SAS
Option / Extra #7
Encryption Methods
FC / SAS HDDS
Backup Software
TOTAL #
MAX
MAX
Appliance Backup to VA
Encryption EKM
36
VA CDP
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
FC Support
256
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet
4 TBs
MAX
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
3.6 TB / 108 TB
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
3 Year
32
MAX
Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
1, 6
Supported
Unsupported
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17
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
75.36
8.00
17.87
31.72
17.77
GOOD
GOOD
BASIC
EXCELLENT
RECOMMENDED
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block, Sliding Scale
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
VA Features
TOTAL #
16
TOTAL #
Controllers
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
2
Multi-stream Encryption
MAX
SUPPORT
Partitions
TOTAL #
16
Processor Cores
MAX
Included 7 / Extra #0
TOTAL #
48 GB
MAX
Software Licenses
Native DB Backups
SSDs
Cache
Instant VM Recovery
TOTAL #
4 TB NL SAS
Option / Extra #2
Encryption Methods
FC / SAS HDDS
Backup Software
TOTAL #
MAX
MAX
Appliance Backup to VA
Encryption EKM
60
VA CDP
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
FC Support
512
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet
4 TBs
MAX
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
12 TB / 240 TB
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
11
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
3 Year
64
MAX
Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
1, 6
Supported
Unsupported
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18
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
66.08
6.50
12.08
31.98
15.52
BASIC
BASIC
BASIC
EXCELLENT
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Controllers
Partitions
Instant VM Recovery
Software Licenses
Included 3 / Extra #5
Multi-stream Encryption
MAX
Option / Extra #2
TOTAL #
Backup Software
Native DB Backups
Processor Cores
MAX
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
6 GB
MAX
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Encryption Methods
SSDs
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
VA CDP
Encryption EKM
MAX
MAX
VA Features
12
TOTAL #
16
Data Optimization
1 Gb Ethernet,
4 Gb FC
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
18
6 TB / 6 TB
6
MAX
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
100
MAX
Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-Up
6
Supported
Unsupported
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19
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
81.44
6.75
27.72
32.45
14.52
EXCELLENT
BASIC
GOOD
EXCELLENT
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
18
TOTAL #
Cache
2
Controllers
Partitions
Included 2 / Extra #5
Multi-stream Encryption
MAX
Software Licenses
TOTAL #
Instant VM Recovery
Processor Cores
MAX
Option / Extra #2
TOTAL #
256 GB
MAX
Backup Software
Native DB Backups
SSDs
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
3 TB
FC / SAS HDDS
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Encryption Methods
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
MAX
MAX
VA CDP
Encryption EKM
285
VA Features
TOTAL #
16
FC Support
285
Data Optimization
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
16
MAX
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
30 TB / 720 TB
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
100
MAX
Single Controller
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
6
Supported
Unsupported
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20
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
69.88
6.50
17.14
31.42
14.82
GOOD
BASIC
BASIC
EXCELLENT
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Cache
1
Controllers
Partitions
Software Licenses
Included 1 / Extra #8
Multi-stream Encryption
TOTAL #
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
Option / Extra #2
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
MAX
Backup Software
Native DB Backups
6 GB
MAX
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
2 TB
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Encryption Methods
SSDs
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
VA CDP
Encryption EKM
MAX
MAX
VA Features
12
TOTAL #
10
60
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet,
8Gb FC
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
18
10.5 TB / 24 TB
14
MAX
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
100
MAX
Single Controller
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
6
Supported
Unsupported
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21
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
78.35
6.50
23.61
33.20
15.04
GOOD
BASIC
GOOD
EXCELLENT
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Cache
2
Controllers
Partitions
Software Licenses
Included 2 / Extra #5
Multi-stream Encryption
TOTAL #
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
Option / Extra #2
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
MAX
Backup Software
Native DB Backups
12 GB
MAX
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
3 TB
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Encryption Methods
SSDs
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
VA CDP
Encryption EKM
MAX
MAX
VA Features
45
TOTAL #
16
180
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet,
8Gb FC
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
18
10 TB / 171 TB
24
MAX
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
100
MAX
Single Controller
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
6
Supported
Unsupported
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22
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
79.06
6.50
23.81
33.53
15.22
GOOD
BASIC
GOOD
EXCELENT
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Cache
2
Controllers
Partitions
Software Licenses
Included 2 / Extra #7
Multi-stream Encryption
TOTAL #
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
Option / Extra #2
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
MAX
Backup Software
Native DB Backups
36 GB
MAX
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
SSDs
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Encryption Methods
3 TB
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
VA CDP
Encryption EKM
MAX
MAX
VA Features
95
TOTAL #
16
270
Data Optimization
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
18
30 TB / 240 TB
24
MAX
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
100
MAX
Single Controller
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
6
Supported
Unsupported
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23
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
82.90
6.50
27.63
33.05
15.72
EXCELLENT
BASIC
GOOD
EXCELLENT
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Cache
2
Controllers
Partitions
Software Licenses
Included 3 / Extra #7
Multi-stream Encryption
TOTAL #
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
Option / Extra #2
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
MAX
Backup Software
Native DB Backups
72 GB
MAX
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
SSDs
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Encryption Methods
3 TB
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
VA CDP
Encryption EKM
MAX
MAX
VA Features
143
TOTAL #
16
270
Data Optimization
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
18
60 TB / 285 TB
24
MAX
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
100
MAX
Single Controller
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
6
Supported
Unsupported
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24
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
83.56
6.50
27.69
33.65
15.72
EXCELLENT
BASIC
GOOD
EXCELLENT
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Cache
2
Controllers
Partitions
Software Licenses
Included 2 / Extra #7
Multi-stream Encryption
TOTAL #
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
10
Option / Extra #2
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
MAX
Backup Software
Native DB Backups
96 GB
MAX
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
SSDs
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Encryption Methods
3 TB
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
VA CDP
Encryption EKM
MAX
MAX
VA Features
214
TOTAL #
16
540
Data Optimization
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
18
90 TB / 428 TB
24
MAX
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
100
MAX
Single Controller
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
6
Supported
Unsupported
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25
ExaGrid EX1000
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
66.90
8.00
18.88
24.17
15.85
BASIC
GOOD
BASIC
BASIC
EXCELLENT
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
MANAGEMENT
TOTAL #
Data Optimization
4 GB / 56 GB
Processor Cores
56
MAX
Controllers
1 / 14
MAX
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
SUPPORT
Partitions
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
Software Licenses
Included 8 / Extra #1
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Multi-stream Encryption
Warranty
Encryption Methods
24x7x365
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 TB
SSDs
MAX
Backup Software
Cache
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
MAX
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
70
FC / SAS HDDS
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
2 / 28
MAX
VA CDP
Native DB Backups
1Gb Ethernet
TOTAL #
Max HDDs
280
VA Features
2 / 28
MAX
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
5 TB / 70 TB
Ethernet ports
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
28
MIN / MAX
MAX
Deduplication Algorithms
FC Ports
Adaptive
Deduplication
10
NDMP
Bypass Deduplication
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
Controller Configurations
Scale-out, Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-out
6
Supported
Unsupported
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26
ExaGrid EX2000
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
68.42
8.00
20.08
24.47
15.85
BASIC
GOOD
GOOD
BASIC
EXCELLENT
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
MANAGEMENT
TOTAL #
Data Optimization
8 GB / 112 GB
Processor Cores
56
MAX
Controllers
1 / 14
MAX
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
SUPPORT
Partitions
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
Software Licenses
Included 8 / Extra #1
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Multi-stream Encryption
Warranty
Encryption Methods
24x7x365
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 TB
SSDs
MAX
Backup Software
Cache
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
MAX
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
98
FC / SAS HDDS
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
2 / 28
MAX
VA CDP
Native DB Backups
1Gb Ethernet
TOTAL #
Max HDDs
280
VA Features
2 / 28
MAX
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
7 TB / 98 TB
Ethernet ports
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
28
MIN / MAX
MAX
Deduplication Algorithms
FC Ports
Adaptive
Deduplication
10
NDMP
Bypass Deduplication
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
Controller Configurations
Scale-out, Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-out
6
Supported
Unsupported
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27
ExaGrid EX3000
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
72.93
8.00
24.91
24.17
15.85
GOOD
GOOD
GOOD
BASIC
EXCELLENT
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
MANAGEMENT
TOTAL #
Data Optimization
8 GB / 112 GB
Processor Cores
56
MAX
Controllers
1 / 14
MAX
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
SUPPORT
Partitions
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
Software Licenses
Included 8 / Extra #1
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Multi-stream Encryption
Warranty
Encryption Methods
24x7x365
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 TB
SSDs
MAX
Backup Software
Cache
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
MAX
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
126
FC / SAS HDDS
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
6 / 84
MAX
VA CDP
Native DB Backups
1/10Gb Ethernet
TOTAL #
Max HDDs
280
VA Features
6 / 84
MAX
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
9 TB / 126 TB
Ethernet ports
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
28
MIN / MAX
MAX
Deduplication Algorithms
FC Ports
Adaptive
Deduplication
10
NDMP
Bypass Deduplication
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
Controller Configurations
Scale-out, Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-out
6
Supported
Unsupported
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28
ExaGrid EX4000
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
73.10
8.00
26.18
24.07
14.85
GOOD
GOOD
GOOD
BASIC
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
MANAGEMENT
TOTAL #
Data Optimization
8 GB / 112 GB
Processor Cores
56
MAX
Controllers
1 / 14
MAX
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
SUPPORT
Partitions
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
Software Licenses
Included 8 / Extra #1
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Multi-stream Encryption
Warranty
Encryption Methods
24x7x365
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 TB
SSDs
MAX
Backup Software
Cache
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
MAX
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
154
FC / SAS HDDS
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
6 / 84
MAX
VA CDP
Native DB Backups
1/10Gb Ethernet
TOTAL #
Max HDDs
280
VA Features
6 / 84
MAX
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
11 TB / 154 TB
Ethernet ports
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
28
MIN / MAX
MAX
Deduplication Algorithms
FC Ports
Adaptive
Deduplication
10
NDMP
Bypass Deduplication
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
Controller Configurations
Scale-out, Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-out
6
Supported
Unsupported
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ExaGrid EX5000
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
73.94
8.00
25.72
24.37
15.85
GOOD
GOOD
GOOD
BASIC
EXCELLENT
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
MANAGEMENT
TOTAL #
Data Optimization
8 GB / 112 GB
Processor Cores
56
MAX
Controllers
1 / 14
MAX
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
SUPPORT
Partitions
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
Software Licenses
Included 8 / Extra #1
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Multi-stream Encryption
Warranty
Encryption Methods
24x7x365
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
2 TB
SSDs
MAX
Backup Software
Cache
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
MAX
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
112
FC / SAS HDDS
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
6 / 84
MAX
VA CDP
Native DB Backups
1/10Gb Ethernet
TOTAL #
Max HDDs
280
VA Features
6 / 84
MAX
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
16 TB / 224 TB
Ethernet ports
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
28
MIN / MAX
MAX
Deduplication Algorithms
FC Ports
Adaptive
Deduplication
10
NDMP
Bypass Deduplication
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
Controller Configurations
Scale-out, Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-out
6
Supported
Unsupported
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30
ExaGrid EX7000
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
73.94
8.00
26.02
24.07
15.85
GOOD
GOOD
GOOD
BASIC
EXCELLENT
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
MANAGEMENT
TOTAL #
Data Optimization
8 GB / 112 GB
Processor Cores
56
MAX
Controllers
1 / 14
MAX
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
SUPPORT
Partitions
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
Software Licenses
Included 8 / Extra #1
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Multi-stream Encryption
Warranty
Encryption Methods
24x7x365
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
2 TB
SSDs
MAX
Backup Software
Cache
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
MAX
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
140
FC / SAS HDDS
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
6 / 84
MAX
VA CDP
Native DB Backups
1/10Gb Ethernet
TOTAL #
Max HDDs
280
VA Features
6 / 84
MAX
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
20 TB / 280 TB
Ethernet ports
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
28
MIN / MAX
MAX
Deduplication Algorithms
FC Ports
Adaptive
Deduplication
10
NDMP
Bypass Deduplication
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
Controller Configurations
Scale-out, Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-out
6
Supported
Unsupported
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31
ExaGrid EX10000E
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
75.72
8.00
27.70
24.17
15.85
GOOD
GOOD
GOOD
BASIC
EXCELLENT
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
MANAGEMENT
TOTAL #
Data Optimization
16 GB / 224 GB
Processor Cores
56
MAX
Controllers
1 / 14
MAX
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
SUPPORT
Partitions
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
Software Licenses
Included 8 / Extra #1
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Multi-stream Encryption
Warranty
Encryption Methods
24x7x365
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
2 TB
SSDs
MAX
Backup Software
Cache
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
MAX
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
182
FC / SAS HDDS
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
6 / 84
MAX
VA CDP
Native DB Backups
1/10Gb Ethernet
TOTAL #
Max HDDs
280
VA Features
6 / 84
MAX
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
26 TB / 364 TB
Ethernet ports
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
28
MIN / MAX
MAX
Deduplication Algorithms
FC Ports
Adaptive
Deduplication
10
NDMP
Bypass Deduplication
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
Controller Configurations
Scale-out, Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-out
6
Supported
Unsupported
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32
ExaGrid EX13000E
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
77.09
8.00
29.07
24.17
15.85
GOOD
GOOD
EXCELLENT
BASIC
EXCELLENT
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
MANAGEMENT
TOTAL #
Data Optimization
16 GB / 224 GB
Processor Cores
56
MAX
Controllers
1 / 14
MAX
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
SUPPORT
Partitions
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
Software Licenses
Included 8 / Extra #1
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Multi-stream Encryption
Warranty
Encryption Methods
24x7x365
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
2 TB
SSDs
MAX
Backup Software
Cache
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
MAX
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
224
FC / SAS HDDS
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
6 / 84
MAX
VA CDP
Native DB Backups
1/10Gb Ethernet
TOTAL #
Max HDDs
280
VA Features
6 / 84
MAX
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
32 TB / 448 TB
Ethernet ports
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
28
MIN / MAX
MAX
Deduplication Algorithms
FC Ports
Adaptive
Deduplication
10
NDMP
Bypass Deduplication
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
Controller Configurations
Scale-out, Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-out
6
Supported
Unsupported
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33
ExaGrid EX21000E
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
77.38
8.00
29.66
23.87
15.85
GOOD
GOOD
EXCELLENT
BASIC
EXCELLENT
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
MANAGEMENT
TOTAL #
Data Optimization
SSDs
2 TB
32 GB / 448 GB
Processor Cores
56
MAX
Controllers
1 / 14
MAX
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
SUPPORT
Partitions
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
Software Licenses
Included 8 / Extra #1
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Multi-stream Encryption
Warranty
Encryption Methods
24x7x365
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
MAX
Backup Software
MAX
Cache
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
336
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
6 / 84
MAX
VA CDP
Native DB Backups
1/10Gb Ethernet
TOTAL #
Max HDDs
280
VA Features
6 / 84
MAX
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
48 TB / 672 TB
Ethernet ports
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
28
MIN / MAX
MAX
Deduplication Algorithms
FC Ports
Adaptive
Deduplication
10
NDMP
Bypass Deduplication
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
Controller Configurations
Scale-out, Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-out
6
Supported
Unsupported
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34
ExaGrid EX32000E
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
77.80
8.00
30.58
23.87
15.35
GOOD
GOOD
EXCELLENT
BASIC
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
MANAGEMENT
TOTAL #
Data Optimization
SSDs
3 TB
32 GB / 448 GB
Processor Cores
56
MAX
Controllers
1 / 14
MAX
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
SUPPORT
Partitions
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
Software Licenses
Included 8 / Extra #1
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Multi-stream Encryption
Warranty
Encryption Methods
24x7x365
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
MAX
Backup Software
MAX
Cache
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
336
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
84
MAX
VA CDP
Native DB Backups
1/10Gb Ethernet
TOTAL #
Max HDDs
280
VA Features
6 / 84
MAX
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
72 TB / 1.008 PB
Ethernet ports
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
28
MIN / MAX
MAX
Deduplication Algorithms
FC Ports
Adaptive
Deduplication
10
NDMP
Bypass Deduplication
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
Controller Configurations
Scale-out, Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-out
6
Supported
Unsupported
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35
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
57.24
8.75
14.04
22.60
11.85
BASIC
EXCELLENT
BASIC
BASIC
BASIC
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
35
TOTAL #
Cache
1
Controllers
Partitions
Included 0 / Extra #6
Multi-stream Encryption
MAX
Software Licenses
TOTAL #
Instant VM Recovery
Processor Cores
MAX
Option / Extra
TOTAL #
N/A
MAX
Backup Software
Native DB Backups
SSDs
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
2 TB
FC / SAS HDDS
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Encryption Methods
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
MAX
MAX
VA CDP
Encryption EKM
54
VA Features
TOTAL #
11
FC Support
32
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
11
MAX
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
4.2 TB / 60 TB
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
15
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
1
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
4,096
MAX
Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
6
Supported
Unsupported
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36
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
55.19
8.75
15.09
19.60
11.75
BASIC
EXCELLENT
BASIC
BASIC
BASIC
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
12
TOTAL #
Cache
1
Controllers
MAX
TOTAL #
Partitions
Software Licenses
Included 6 / Extra #0
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Multi-stream Encryption
Warranty
TOTAL #
Instant VM Recovery
Processor Cores
MAX
Option / Extra
TOTAL #
N/A
MAX
Backup Software
SSDs
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
2 TB
FC / SAS HDDS
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Native DB Backups
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
MAX
MAX
VA CDP
Encryption Methods
66
VA Features
TOTAL #
11
FC Support
32
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
11
MAX
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
10.5 TB / 54 TB
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
4,096
MAX
Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
5, 6
Supported
Unsupported
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37
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
60.36
8.75
15.96
21.90
13.75
BASIC
EXCELLENT
BASIC
BASIC
BASIC
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
32
TOTAL #
Cache
1
Controllers
MAX
TOTAL #
Partitions
Software Licenses
Included 6 / Extra #0
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Multi-stream Encryption
Warranty
TOTAL #
Instant VM Recovery
Processor Cores
MAX
Option / Extra
TOTAL #
N/A
MAX
Backup Software
SSDs
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
2 TB
FC / SAS HDDS
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Native DB Backups
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
MAX
MAX
VA CDP
Encryption Methods
72
VA Features
TOTAL #
11
FC Support
32
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
11
MAX
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
23 TB / 112 TB
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
4,096
MAX
Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
6
Supported
Unsupported
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38
FalconStor HDS-FS-FDS-220S
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
44.39
6.50
8.69
18.20
11.00
BASIC
BASIC
BASIC
BASIC
BASIC
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
11
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
MAX
Data Optimization
Processor Cores
Controllers
Partitions
Software Licenses
Included 0 / Extra #5
Multi-stream Encryption
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
Instant VM Recovery
MAX
Option / Extra
TOTAL #
MAX
Backup Software
Native DB Backups
2 TB
Cache
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
SSDs
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Encryption Methods
FC / SAS HDDS
TOTAL #
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
MAX
MAX
VA CDP
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
VA Features
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
1/10Gb Ethernet
MAX
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
16 TB / 16 TB
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
1
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
MAX
Active-Active, Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
6
Supported
Unsupported
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39
FalconStor HDS-FS-FDS-H150
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
50.38
6.75
15.48
15.90
12.25
BASIC
BASIC
BASIC
BASIC
BASIC
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
10
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
Cache
1
Included 5 / Extra #0
Multi-stream Encryption
Partitions
Software Licenses
TOTAL #
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
Controllers
Option / Extra
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
Backup Software
Native DB Backups
32 GB
MAX
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
3 TB
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Encryption Methods
SSDs
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
VA CDP
Encryption EKM
MAX
MAX
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
45
VA Features
Data Optimization
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
1/10Gb Ethernet,
8Gb FC
MAX
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
60 TB / 135 TB
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
1
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
MAX
Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
6
Supported
Unsupported
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40
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
61.56
8.25
21.71
19.60
12.00
BASIC
GOOD
GOOD
BASIC
BASIC
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Cache
1
Controllers
Partitions
Software Licenses
Included 5 / Extra #0
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Multi-stream Encryption
Warranty
TOTAL #
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
Option / Extra
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
MAX
Backup Software
256 GB
MAX
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
SSDs
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Native DB Backups
2 TB
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
VA CDP
Encryption Methods
MAX
MAX
VA Features
130
TOTAL #
11
128
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet,
8Gb FC
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
10
17 TB / 260 TB
6
MAX
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
255
MAX
Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
5, 6
Supported
Unsupported
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41
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
60.61
7.75
20.21
19.40
13.25
BASIC
GOOD
GOOD
BASIC
BASIC
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Cache
1
Controllers
Partitions
Software Licenses
Included 5 / Extra #0
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Multi-stream Encryption
Warranty
TOTAL #
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
Option / Extra
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
MAX
Backup Software
256 GB
MAX
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
SSDs
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Native DB Backups
2 TB
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
VA CDP
Encryption Methods
MAX
MAX
VA Features
130
TOTAL #
11
128
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet,
8Gb FC
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
12
17 TB / 260 TB
6
MAX
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
255
MAX
Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
5, 6
Supported
Unsupported
All information on this data sheet is based upon publicly available information and/or DCIG's expertise. No product information was provided by this vendor.
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42
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
88.90
7.75
41.15
26.95
13.05
EXCELLENT
GOOD
RECOMMENDED
GOOD
BASIC
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
Deduplication Included
MIN / MAX
Cloud Providers
Ethernet ports
Variable Length
Block, Sliding Scale
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Replication Options
TOTAL #
MANAGEMENT
Management Interfaces
TOTAL #
Cache
2
MAX
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
Partitions
Instant VM Recovery
Software Licenses
Included 3 / Extra #3
Multi-stream Encryption
TOTAL #
Warranty
1
1 Year
24x7x365
Native DB Backups
Access Methods
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
16
Controllers
Included / Extra #0
Processor Cores
Backup Software
TOTAL #
128 GB
MAX
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
3 TB
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Encryption Methods
SSDs
MAX
TOTAL #
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
VA CDP
Encryption EKM
MAX
MAX
TOTAL #
1,296
VA Features
1,536
Data Optimization
10
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
1/10Gb Ethernet,
8Gb FC
32
MAX
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
48
MAX
TOTAL #
36 TB / 3.8 PB
TOTAL #
108
MAX
Scale-out
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up, Scale-out
6
Supported
Unsupported
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43
HP StoreOnce 2700
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
57.04
5.50
9.78
27.52
14.24
BASIC
BASIC
BASIC
GOOD
BASIC
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
VA Features
TOTAL #
18
TOTAL #
Controllers
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
1
Multi-stream Encryption
MAX
SUPPORT
Partitions
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
MAX
Included 5 / Extra #4
TOTAL #
24 GB
MAX
Software Licenses
Native DB Backups
2 TB
Cache
Instant VM Recovery
TOTAL #
SSDs
Option / Extra #9
Encryption Methods
FC / SAS HDDS
Backup Software
TOTAL #
MAX
MAX
Appliance Backup to VA
Encryption EKM
VA CDP
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
FC Support
48
Data Optimization
1Gb Ethernet
8 TBs
MAX
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
8 TB / 8 TB
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
1
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
MAX
Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Supported
Unsupported
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44
HP StoreOnce 4500
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
69.20
10.25
17.41
26.20
15.34
GOOD
RECOMMENDED
BASIC
GOOD
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
VA Features
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Controllers
Multi-stream Encryption
VTL Interface
2
SUPPORT
Partitions
TOTAL #
MAX
16
Included 5 / Extra #5
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
MAX
Software Licenses
Native DB Backups
72 GB
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
TOTAL #
4 TB
Cache
Option / Extra #9
Encryption Methods
SSDs
Backup Software
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
Appliance Backup to VA
Encryption EKM
MAX
MAX
VA CDP
VA Hypervisors
48
TOTAL #
96
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet,
8Gb FC
FC Support
10 TBs
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
18
24 TB / 168 TB
6
MAX
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
1
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
24
MAX
Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-Up
6
Supported
Unsupported
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45
HP StoreOnce 4700
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
75.28
10.25
20.79
29.90
14.34
GOOD
RECOMMENDED
GOOD
GOOD
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
VA Features
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Controllers
Multi-stream Encryption
VTL Interface
2
SUPPORT
Partitions
TOTAL #
MAX
16
Included 5 / Extra #5
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
MAX
Software Licenses
Native DB Backups
128 GB
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
TOTAL #
4 TB
Cache
Option / Extra #9
Encryption Methods
SSDs
Backup Software
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
Appliance Backup to VA
Encryption EKM
MAX
MAX
VA CDP
VA Hypervisors
96
TOTAL #
10
192
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet,
8Gb FC
FC Support
10 TBs
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
18
24 TB / 192 TB
6
MAX
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
1
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
50
MAX
Active-Active, Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-Up
6
Supported
Unsupported
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46
HP StoreOnce 4900
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
80.98
10.25
25.29
31.10
14.34
EXCELLENT
RECOMMENDED
GOOD
EXCELLENT
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
VA Features
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Controllers
Multi-stream Encryption
VTL Interface
2
SUPPORT
Partitions
TOTAL #
MAX
16
Included 5 / Extra #5
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
MAX
Software Licenses
Native DB Backups
128 GB
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
TOTAL #
4 TB
Cache
Option / Extra #9
Encryption Methods
SSDs
Backup Software
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
Appliance Backup to VA
Encryption EKM
MAX
MAX
VA CDP
VA Hypervisors
140
TOTAL #
12
200
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet,
8Gb FC
FC Support
10 TBs
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
18
60 TB / 560 TB
8
MAX
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
1
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
50
MAX
Active-Active, Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-Up
6
Supported
Unsupported
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47
HP StoreOnce 6500
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
100.87
10.25
42.48
32.80
15.34
BEST-IN-CLASS
RECOMMENDED
RECOMMENDED
EXCELLENT
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
VA Features
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Controllers
SUPPORT
Partitions
Multi-stream Encryption
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
2
24
MAX
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
128
Included 5 / Extra #5
Processor Cores
MAX
Software Licenses
TOTAL #
2,048 GB
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
Native DB Backups
4 TB
Cache
Option / Extra #9
TOTAL #
SSDs
Backup Software
Encryption Methods
FC / SAS HDDS
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
MAX
MAX
VA CDP
VA Hypervisors
560
TOTAL #
20 / 160
3,072
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet,
8Gb FC
FC Support
10 TBs
8 / 64
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
18
120 TB / 2,240 TB
12 / 96
MAX
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
1
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
384
MAX
Scale-out,
Active-Active, Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up, Scale-out
6
Supported
Unsupported
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48
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
68.60
11.00
19.81
22.10
15.69
GOOD
RECOMMENDED
GOOD
BASIC
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Cache
2
Controllers
MAX
TOTAL #
Partitions
Instant VM Recovery
Software Licenses
Included 5 / Extra #1
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
Multi-stream Encryption
Warranty
Encryption Methods
24x7x365
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Option / Extra #9
Processor Cores
MAX
Backup Software
TOTAL #
48 GB
MAX
Appliance Backup to VA
SSDs
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
3 TB
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
Native DB Backups
FC / SAS HDDS
VA CDP
TOTAL #
MAX
MAX
VA Features
36
TOTAL #
14
64
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet,
8Gb FC
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
6 TB / 72 TB
12
MAX
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
64
MAX
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
1, 5
Supported
Unsupported
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49
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
66.65
5.75
19.55
26.10
15.25
BASIC
BASIC
GOOD
GOOD
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Cache
2
Controllers
Partitions
Software Licenses
Included 4 / Extra #5
Multi-stream Encryption
TOTAL #
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
12
Included / Extra #0
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
MAX
Backup Software
Native DB Backups
48 GB
MAX
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
SSDs
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Encryption Methods
2 TB
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
VA CDP
Encryption EKM
MAX
MAX
VA Features
12
TOTAL #
64
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
27
8 TB / 24 TB
6
MAX
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
3 Year
250
MAX
Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
Scale-up
1,5,6, Dynamic Disk
Pools
RAID Levels
Supported
Unsupported
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50
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
68.42
6.75
23.12
25.50
13.05
BASIC
BASIC
GOOD
GOOD
BASIC
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Cache
2
Controllers
Partitions
Software Licenses
Included 4 / Extra #3
Multi-stream Encryption
TOTAL #
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
16
Included / Extra #0
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
MAX
Backup Software
Native DB Backups
96 GB
MAX
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
SSDs
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Encryption Methods
4 TB
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
VA CDP
Encryption EKM
MAX
MAX
VA Features
12
TOTAL #
64
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
34
12 TB / 48 TB
6
MAX
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
250
MAX
Scale-out, Single
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Global Deduplication
3 Year
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
Scale-up, Scale-out
RAID Levels
Supported
Unsupported
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51
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
71.58
6.75
25.08
24.50
15.25
GOOD
BASIC
GOOD
BASIC
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Data Optimization
Processor Cores
Controllers
Partitions
Included 4 / Extra #5
Multi-stream Encryption
VTL Interface
SUPPORT
Software Licenses
TOTAL #
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
28
MAX
Included / Extra #0
TOTAL #
192 GB
MAX
Backup Software
Native DB Backups
SSDs
Cache
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
4 TB
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Encryption Methods
FC / SAS HDDS
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
MAX
MAX
VA CDP
Encryption EKM
24
TOTAL #
128
VA Features
1/10Gb Ethernet
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
34
96 TB / 96 TB
6
MAX
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
3 Year
250
MAX
Scale-out, Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
Scale-out
1,5,6, Dynamic Disk
Pools
RAID Levels
Supported
Unsupported
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52
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
81.02
5.75
31.62
28.50
15.15
EXCELLENT
BASIC
EXCELLENT
GOOD
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
34
TOTAL #
Cache
2
Controllers
Partitions
Included 4 / Extra #4
Encryption EKM
Multi-stream Encryption
TOTAL #
MAX
Software Licenses
32
Instant VM Recovery
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
MAX
Included / Extra #0
192 GB
MAX
Backup Software
TOTAL #
SSDs
Appliance Backup to VA
Native DB Backups
4 TB
FC / SAS HDDS
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
Encryption Methods
MAX
MAX
VA CDP
TOTAL #
24
VA Features
TOTAL #
12
FC Support
128
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
12
MAX
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
96 TB / 96 TB
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
3 Year
500
MAX
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
Scale-out
1,5,6, Dynamic Disk
Pools
RAID Levels
Supported
Unsupported
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53
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
84.22
6.75
33.92
28.50
15.05
EXCELLENT
BASIC
EXCELLENT
GOOD
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
34
TOTAL #
Cache
2
Controllers
Partitions
Included 4 / Extra #3
Encryption EKM
Multi-stream Encryption
TOTAL #
MAX
Software Licenses
60
Instant VM Recovery
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
MAX
Included / Extra #0
384 GB
MAX
Backup Software
TOTAL #
SSDs
Appliance Backup to VA
Native DB Backups
4 TB
FC / SAS HDDS
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
Encryption Methods
MAX
MAX
VA CDP
TOTAL #
48
VA Features
TOTAL #
12
FC Support
240
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
12
MAX
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
96 TB / 192 TB
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
3 Year
500
MAX
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
Scale-Up, Scale-out
RAID Levels
Supported
Unsupported
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54
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
93.96
6.75
43.46
28.60
15.15
RECOMMENDED
BASIC
RECOMMENDED
GOOD
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
34
TOTAL #
Cache
2
Controllers
Partitions
Included 4 / Extra #4
Encryption EKM
Multi-stream Encryption
TOTAL #
10
MAX
Software Licenses
220
Instant VM Recovery
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
MAX
Included / Extra #0
1,440 GB
MAX
Backup Software
TOTAL #
SSDs
Appliance Backup to VA
Native DB Backups
4 TB
FC / SAS HDDS
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
Encryption Methods
MAX
MAX
VA CDP
TOTAL #
180
VA Features
TOTAL #
36
FC Support
384
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
36
MAX
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
288 TB / 720 TB
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
1
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
3 Year
1,500
MAX
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
Scale-out
1,5,6, Dynamic Disk
Pools
RAID Levels
Supported
Unsupported
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55
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
100.37
6.75
49.97
28.50
15.15
RECOMMENDED
BASIC
RECOMMENDED
GOOD
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
34
TOTAL #
Cache
2
Controllers
Partitions
Included 4 / Extra #4
Encryption EKM
Multi-stream Encryption
TOTAL #
165
MAX
Software Licenses
2,396
Instant VM Recovery
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
MAX
Included / Extra #0
15,840 GB
MAX
Backup Software
TOTAL #
SSDs
Appliance Backup to VA
Native DB Backups
4 TB
FC / SAS HDDS
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
Encryption Methods
MAX
MAX
VA CDP
TOTAL #
1,980
VA Features
TOTAL #
990
FC Support
3,952
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
6 / 990
MAX
Replication Options
Management Interfaces
4,992 TB / 7.9 PB
MAX
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
MANAGEMENT
MIN / MAX
FC Ports
NDMP
Backup Software Streams
Recognized TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
1
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
3 Year
41,250
MAX
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
Scale-out
1,5,6, Dynamic Disk
Pools
RAID Levels
Supported
Unsupported
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56
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
80.75
8.50
16.84
38.21
17.20
GOOD
EXCELLENT
BASIC
RECOMMENDED
EXCELLENT
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
Replication Options
TOTAL #
MANAGEMENT
TOTAL #
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
VA Features
TOTAL #
21
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
1
Multi-stream Encryption
MAX
SUPPORT
Partitions
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
Controllers
64 GB
Included 7 / Extra #2
TOTAL #
4 TB
SSDs
MAX
Software Licenses
Native DB Backups
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
TOTAL #
MAX
Cache
Option / Extra
Encryption Methods
64
FC / SAS HDDS
100
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet,
8Gb FC
MAX
Backup Software
TOTAL #
Appliance Backup to VA
Encryption EKM
Max HDDs
VA CDP
VA Hypervisors
MAX
FC Support
24 TBs
6 TB / 135 TB
Ethernet ports
MIN / MAX
MAX
Management Interfaces
FC Ports
TOTAL #
11
NDMP
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
1
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
64
MAX
Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
6
Supported
Unsupported
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57
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
69.00
7.50
10.05
34.60
16.85
GOOD
GOOD
BASIC
EXCELLENT
EXCELLENT
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
Replication Options
TOTAL #
MANAGEMENT
TOTAL #
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
VA Features
TOTAL #
21
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
1
Multi-stream Encryption
MAX
SUPPORT
Partitions
TOTAL #
Controllers
Processor Cores
Included 7 / Extra #1
TOTAL #
32 GB
MAX
Software Licenses
Native DB Backups
2 TB
SSDs
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
TOTAL #
Cache
Option / Extra
Encryption Methods
MAX
Backup Software
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
TOTAL #
MAX
32
Data Optimization
1Gb Ethernet
Appliance Backup to VA
Encryption EKM
Max HDDs
VA CDP
VA Hypervisors
MAX
FC Support
2 TBs
6 TB / 12 TB
Ethernet ports
MIN / MAX
MAX
Management Interfaces
FC Ports
TOTAL #
11
NDMP
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
MAX
Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
6
Supported
Unsupported
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58
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
90.53
8.50
26.53
38.40
17.10
EXCELLENT
EXCELLENT
GOOD
RECOMMENDED
EXCELLENT
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
Replication Options
TOTAL #
MANAGEMENT
TOTAL #
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
VA Features
TOTAL #
21
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
1
Multi-stream Encryption
16
MAX
SUPPORT
Partitions
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
Controllers
128 GB
Included 8/ Extra #1
TOTAL #
3 TB
SSDs
MAX
Software Licenses
Native DB Backups
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
TOTAL #
MAX
Cache
Option / Extra
Encryption Methods
84
16
FC / SAS HDDS
64
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet,
8Gb FC
MAX
Backup Software
TOTAL #
Appliance Backup to VA
Encryption EKM
Max HDDs
VA CDP
VA Hypervisors
10
MAX
FC Support
24 TBs
15 TB / 156 TB
Ethernet ports
MIN / MAX
MAX
Management Interfaces
FC Ports
TOTAL #
11
NDMP
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
128
MAX
Scale-out
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
Scale-up, Scale-out
RAID Levels
Supported
Unsupported
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59
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
100.42
8.50
29.72
43.85
18.35
RECOMMENDED
EXCELLENT
EXCELLENT
RECOMMENDED
RECOMMENDED
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
Replication Options
TOTAL #
MANAGEMENT
TOTAL #
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
VA Features
TOTAL #
21
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
1
Multi-stream Encryption
16
MAX
SUPPORT
Partitions
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
Controllers
256 GB
Included 10 /
Extra #1
TOTAL #
4 TB
SSDs
MAX
Software Licenses
Native DB Backups
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
TOTAL #
MAX
Cache
Option / Extra
Encryption Methods
512
17
FC / SAS HDDS
256
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet,
8Gb FC
MAX
Backup Software
TOTAL #
Appliance Backup to VA
Encryption EKM
Max HDDs
VA CDP
VA Hypervisors
11
MAX
FC Support
24 TBs
20.5 TB / 612 TB
Ethernet ports
MIN / MAX
MAX
Management Interfaces
FC Ports
TOTAL #
11
NDMP
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
64
MAX
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
Dynamic Disk Pools
Supported
Unsupported
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60
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
92.43
8.50
27.43
39.40
17.10
EXCELLENT
EXCELLENT
GOOD
RECOMMENDED
EXCELLENT
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Variable Length
Block
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
Replication Options
TOTAL #
MANAGEMENT
TOTAL #
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
VA Features
TOTAL #
21
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
VTL Interface
1
Multi-stream Encryption
16
MAX
SUPPORT
Partitions
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
Controllers
256 GB
Included 8 / Extra #1
TOTAL #
3 TB
SSDs
MAX
Software Licenses
Native DB Backups
MAX
Instant VM Recovery
TOTAL #
MAX
Cache
Option / Extra
Encryption Methods
183
14
FC / SAS HDDS
256
Data Optimization
1/10Gb Ethernet,
8Gb FC
MAX
Backup Software
TOTAL #
Appliance Backup to VA
Encryption EKM
Max HDDs
VA CDP
VA Hypervisors
MAX
FC Support
24 TBs
54 TB / 330 TB
Ethernet ports
MIN / MAX
MAX
Management Interfaces
FC Ports
TOTAL #
11
NDMP
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
1 Year
128
MAX
Active-Active
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up, Scale-out
6
Supported
Unsupported
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61
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
78.21
9.75
21.38
32.16
14.92
GOOD
EXCELLENT
GOOD
EXCELLENT
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
Replication Options
TOTAL #
MANAGEMENT
TOTAL #
Partitions
Multi-stream Encryption
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Included 1 / Extra #9
12
MAX
Software Licenses
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
Controllers
Instant VM Recovery
3.15 GB
Option / Extra #1
TOTAL #
3 TB
MAX
Backup Software
Native DB Backups
SSDs
Cache
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Encryption Methods
MAX
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
18
MAX
TOTAL #
FC / SAS HDDS
1/10Gb Ethernet,
8Gb FC
MAX
VA CDP
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
Max HDDs
100
VA Features
MAX
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
50 TB / 300 TB
Ethernet ports
MIN / MAX
MAX
Management Interfaces
FC Ports
TOTAL #
NDMP
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
3 Year
MAX
Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up, Scale-out
1, 6
Supported
Unsupported
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62
Deduplication
Hardware
Management
Support
79.47
9.75
24.14
30.66
14.92
GOOD
EXCELLENT
GOOD
GOOD
GOOD
DEDUPLICATION
MANAGEMENT
Deduplication Included
Compress Deduplicated Data
Cloud Providers
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Inline Deduplication
Replication Types
TOTAL #
Replication Options
TOTAL #
MANAGEMENT
TOTAL #
Partitions
Multi-stream Encryption
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
Included 1 / Extra #9
12
MAX
Software Licenses
TOTAL #
Processor Cores
Controllers
Instant VM Recovery
11.52 GB
Option / Extra #1
TOTAL #
3 TB
MAX
Backup Software
Native DB Backups
SSDs
Cache
Appliance Backup to VA
TOTAL #
SUPPORT
TOTAL #
Encryption Methods
MAX
VTL Interface
VA Hypervisors
TOTAL #
74
MAX
TOTAL #
16
FC / SAS HDDS
1/10Gb Ethernet,
8Gb FC
MAX
VA CDP
Encryption EKM
TOTAL #
10
Max HDDs
100
VA Features
MAX
FC Support
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
10 TB / 202 TB
Ethernet ports
MIN / MAX
MAX
Management Interfaces
FC Ports
TOTAL #
NDMP
Bypass Deduplication
Deduplication Algorithms
HARDWARE
(CONT'D)
TOTAL #
Warranty
2
24x7x365
Access Methods
Alerting Options
Battery Backup/UPS
TOTAL #
TOTAL #
3 Year
MAX
Single
Global Deduplication
Deduplication HA
Storage Capacity Expansion
RAID Levels
Scale-up
1, 6
Supported
Unsupported
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ExaGrid EX1000
ExaGrid EX2000
ExaGrid EX3000
ExaGrid EX4000
ExaGrid EX5000
ExaGrid EX7000
ExaGrid EX10000E
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APPENDICES
Appendix A: Definitions, Explanations and Terminology
Appendix B: D
eduplicating Backup Appliance Vendor
Contact Information
Appendix C: Author Contact Information
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DEDUPLICATION
Deduplication Included
Indicates that deduplication software is included as part of
the offering. Deduplicating backup appliances may or may
not include deduplication software.
Deduplication Level/Type
Reflects the level of granularity of deduplication provided
by the appliance. Some use variable length blocks, which
break the backup data stream at various points, while
some use fixed blocks to break up the backup data
stream based upon preset parameters.
Bypass Deduplication
Some data does not deduplicate well (videos, images, etc.). If
this feature is supported and turned on, such data will bypass
the deduplication process and be stored in its native format.
Inline Deduplication
Data is deduplicated as it is ingested into the deduplicating
backup appliance and before it is stored to disk.
MANAGEMENT
Management Interfaces TOTAL #
Indicates the total number of interfaces available to
manage the backup appliance. These include command
line interface (CLI), Client Application, and Web interface.
For a detailed list of exactly which management interfaces
are supported, please access the DCIG Analysis Portal.
Virtual Appliance/Capacity
Indicates whether the appliance is available as a virtual
appliance and shows its maximum capacity.
VA Features
This indicates five areas of capabilities and support in the
deduplicating virtual appliance (VA): instant recovery, backup
target, managed centrally, replication to physical appliance,
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VA CDP
Indicates if the virtual appliance (VA) supports continuous
data protection (CDP).
VA Hypervisors TOTAL #
Indicates the total number of hypervisors and/or virtual
operating systems which may be installed on the deduplicating virtual appliance. For a detailed list of exactly which
hypervisors the backup appliance supports, please access
the DCIG Analysis Portal.
Appliance Backup to VA
Indicates if the hardware-based deduplicating appliance
can backup virtual machines to a virtual appliance.
Instant VM Recovery
If supported, indicates the speed at which virtual machine
recovery is possible.
Multi-stream Encryption
Appliances may be able to encrypt data streams sent to a
second location for replication. While most use encryption
for this purpose, some may not be able to function in a
multi-stream replication environment.
(continued)
NDMP
Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) is a protocol
for moving data to a backup appliance without going
through the backup server, in turn providing a direct path
to backup and expediting the backup process.
Concurrent Deduplication/Replication
Indicates if the appliance can deduplicate incoming data
as it replicates or if it must send the data to a second
location for storage.
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(continued)
SUPPORT
Backup Software
Indicates which backup software licenses are included
with the appliance upon purchase.
Warranty
Indicates the standard warranty offered with the appliance.
24x7x365
Indicates if phone support is available year-round at any time.
Battery Backup/UPS
Indicates if the deduplicating backup appliance natively
provides a battery backup and/or uninterruptible power
supply (UPS) in the event of a power outage.
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HARDWARE
Raw Storage Capacity MIN/MAX
Lists the minimum and maximum raw storage capacity in
terabytes supported by the deduplicating backup appliance.
FC Ports MAX
The maximum number of Fibre Channel (FC) ports
supported by the deduplicating backup appliance.
FC Support
Indicates if FC is supported. Fibre Channel (FC) is
used as a storage networking protocol to transmit data
between computer devices, such as a server and a
storage appliance.
Max HDDs
The maximum number of internal hard disk drives (HDDs)
the deduplicating backup appliance supports.
(continued)
SSDs
Indicates whether solid state drives (SSDs) are offered.
FC / SAS HDDS
Indicates that the deduplicating backup appliance uses
either Fibre Channel (FC) or Serial-attached small
computer system interface (SAS) disk drives.
Cache MAX
Indicates the maximum capacity of the appliances
cache storage.
Controllers MAX
Lists the maximum number of controllers supported
by the appliance.
VTL Interface
Indicates if the appliance offers a virtual tape library
(VTL) interface.
Partitions MAX
If supported, indicates the maximum number of partitions
supported. Partitioning allows the appliance to be
partitioned either logically or physically allowing each
partition to operate as its own independent deduplicating
backup appliance with its own administrators.
Controller Configurations
Lists the controller configurations offered by the appliance.
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(continued)
Global Deduplication
Global deduplication is a way of configuring the appliance,
grouping multiple nodes and/or controllers together to
achieve shared or "global" deduplication.
Deduplication HA
High availability (HA) deduplication addresses a scale-out
multi-node environment and guarantees an operational
level of uptime.
RAID Levels
Indicates what redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
options the deduplicating backup appliance supports.
IPMI
Indicates if the deduplicating backup appliance supports
intelligent platform management interface (IPMI) or a
remote access port for console level access.
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Dell
Hewlett-Packard Corporation
Symantec
Dell DR4100
u Dell DR6000
HP StoreOnce 2700
u HP StoreOnce 4500
u HP StoreOnce 4700
u HP StoreOnce 4900
u HP StoreOnce 6500
1 Dell Way
Round Rock, TX 78682
Phone: +1.800.671.3355
Website: www.dell.com
EMC Corporation
EMC Data Domain 160
EMC Data Domain 2200
u EMC Data Domain 2500
u EMC Data Domain 4200
u EMC Data Domain 4500
u EMC Data Domain 7200
u EMC Data Domain 990
u
HDS Sepaton
u
S2100-ES3-Series-2925
IBM Corporation
u
1 New Orchard Rd
Armonk, NY 10504-1722
Phone: +1.800.426.4968
Website: www.ibm.com/storage
Quantum Corporation
DXi4700
DXi6701/DXi6702
u DXi6802
u DXi6900
u DXi8500
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u
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C O N TA C T
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DCIG Senior Analyst
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DCIG President, Lead Analyst
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