Date: 1st July 2010
Cards and software from Exar for compressed
storage of data on disks
Exar has introduced the BitWackr C Series of hardware-accelerated
backup-to-disk data compression card and the required software
for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 servers and appliances.
It is equipped with popular backup software that according
to Exar typically cuts backup-to-disk capacity requirements
in half while reducing backup time by as much as two-thirds.
Some of the key features of BitWackr C Series are:
1. Adding hardware compression to disk and RAID with the
BitWackr C Series brings the performance and
capacity reduction benefits seen with tape to disk-based
backup.
2. An off-the-shelf server equipped with BitWackr C Series
compression is capable of backing up Enterprise
data at line rates and is compatible with all popular backup
software offerings.
3. After installation and configuration, BitWackr C Series
reduces backup data stored on disk transparently
and in-line - typically by 2:1.
4. The BitWackr C Series is suitable for a broad range of
applications including NAS, SharePoint and System
Center Data Protection Manager.
5. According to Exar the BitWackr C Series improves average
four stream traditional, non-deduplicating backup
performance by 52% above that delivered by the same backup
software backing up the same
data using the same OS, backup server and disk subsystem.
"In today's IT environment increasing efficiency is
the name of the game," said Bob Farkaly, director,
storage product marketing, Exar. "The BitWackr C Series
provides OEMs, System Integrators, and Value-Added Resellers
an opportunity to deliver a new optimization tool to their
customers. Additionally, combining the BitWackr C Series
with newly-emerging deduplicating backup software offerings
from Symantec, CA Technologies, Commvault, BakBone and others
can turbo charge the data reduction ratios reported by these
products."
Availability: Now.
For more information visit: http://www.exar.com/Common/Content/Default.aspx?id=7882.
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