Quantum Goes Beyond Deduplication

As a result of its acquisition of ADIC in August 2006, Quantum holds a foundational patent in variable-length deduplication and has leveraged this core intellectual property to create a powerful and flexible deduplication engine within its DXi-Series products. Variable-length deduplication is more effective and flexible than other deduplication approaches – e.g., providing more granular deduplication than single instance storage and, unlike fixed block deduplication, the ability to adjust to changes in block size. Although it depends on the type of data being deduplicated, this technology typically delivers deduplication ratios between 15:1 and 25:1, and when protecting virtualized environments, often more than 40:1. Quantum also offers policy based deduplication in its DXi7500 enterprise systems, providing customers with a choice of deduplicating data as it is backed up, or waiting until the entire backup is completed, thereby enabling customers to select their preferred approach by individual backup job.