I am investigating hardware compression options in a disk-to-disk
backup environment.  Does anyone know of any existing solutions which
provide hardware compression with support for disk-to-disk backups on a
Windows 2003 Server running Veritas Backup Exec?

I have only found what appears to be a preliminary product from
IndraNetworks which currently has drivers for Linux but no Windows
support.

Any information is appreciated.

Thanks.

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>I am investigating hardware compression options in a disk-to-disk
> backup environment.  Does anyone know of any existing solutions which
> provide hardware compression with support for disk-to-disk backups on a
> Windows 2003 Server running Veritas Backup Exec?
>
> I have only found what appears to be a preliminary product from
> IndraNetworks which currently has drivers for Linux but no Windows
> support.
>
> Any information is appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>

Check out diligent (www.diligent.com). Their Protectier VT product is
essentially backup to disk, but in a unique way. They do data compression by
identifying identical data sections across all data that is stored on disk,
not just a small buffer. That way they claim to be able to get incredible
storage compression rates. It's also a virtual tape solution that allows you
to use your existing backup software, even if it has no disk-to-disk
functionality.

Disclaimer: I have not used the product, I have only received their
marketing 'shower'... Their story sounds good and viable, but I have no
hands-on experience yet...

Rob

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ngolde@gmail.com wrote:
> I am investigating hardware compression options in a disk-to-disk
> backup environment.  Does anyone know of any existing solutions which
> provide hardware compression with support for disk-to-disk backups on a
> Windows 2003 Server running Veritas Backup Exec?
>
> I have only found what appears to be a preliminary product from
> IndraNetworks which currently has drivers for Linux but no Windows
> support.
>
> Any information is appreciated.
>
> Thanks.

If you have deep pockets, Quantum should have HW compression on DX30-100

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