ExaGrid® Systems, Inc. ([url]http://www.exagrid.com[/url]), the leader in cost-effective and scalable disk-based backup solutions with byte-level data de-duplication, today announced the industry’s first 30TB disk-based backup system with data de-duplication and a scalable GRID architecture. This product enhancement allows customers to store a 30TB full backup, plus weeks or months of retention, in a single GRID system. The expanded 30TB capacity will be available for both ExaGrid’s EX series servers with internal storage, as well as the ExaGrid iSCSI Gateway for Dell® EqualLogic™ PS Series storage arrays.
>In addition to expanded backup capacity, ExaGrid provides best-in-class backup performance by writing to disk at full disk speed (post-processing) and by adding complete servers in a GRID for system expansion, instead of just more disk capacity. This scalable GRID-based approach maintains fast backup performance even as data grows. ExaGrid is also uniquely fast for restore performance as it stores the most recent backup in its complete, non-de-duplicated form. ready for rapid restoration or tape copies.
>The latest version of the ExaGrid Disk-based Backup system includes the following important enhancements and customer benefits:
>Scalable Virtualized GRID Architecture:
>Store a 30TB full backup, plus retention of backup history, in a single GRID system (up to six 5TB ExaGrid servers in a virtualized GRID system).
>Plug-and-play growth-new systems virtualize together automatically. No splitting data or losing de-duplication efficiency across separate systems.
>Fully configured ExaGrid installations are managed via a single Web UI, accessed with one login, unlike other solutions that require logging into and managing multiple separate devices.
>Performance scales with data growth since processing power and memory are added along with storage capacity.
>Automatic load balancing across all servers in the GRID.
>Multiple 30TB GRID systems can be installed for increased capacity.
>Highest Performance for Shortest Backup Window and Fastest Data Restoration:
>Fastest backup performance due to post-process de-duplication. Write directly to disk without any processing on the fly to slow down backups. (Backup throughput: up to 4TB/hour).
>Fastest restore and tape copy performance with byte-level data de-duplication which keeps the most recent backup in its whole f