DataDomain Operating System

Back to product information

Conventional disk backup storage systems are more reliable than tape and help backups go faster, but because they don’t reduce data size, they are generally much too expensive to replace the retention of a tape library. So they are usually just a front-end cache to a tape library infrastructure, temporarily alleviating backup window problems. By not reducing data size, they leave data volumes too large to replicate affordably. And ultimately, they lack robust data invulnerability because they are based on primary storage designs, which favour random block update speed over data invulnerability. This means recovery and offsite disaster recovery (DR) protection still depend on tape. How did your last tape-based DR audit go?

Data Domain’s Operating System (DD OS) software has revolutionized nearline storage workloads, including disk backup, data archiving, network DR and remote office data protection with high-speed, inline data deduplication and consistent, integrated system management tools. DD OS enables the world’s simplest approach to going tapeless for operational recovery.

Enterprise Protection Storage