Data Domain goes remote

Data Domain has released a new deduplication technology, this time for the remote office.

The DD120 Remote Office deduplication storage system marks the first time the company has focused on a market other than centralised data centres. The DD120 is essentially a lower-end version of the company's other products, which analyse stored data to identify redundant instances, cutting footprints by some 20 times.

The deduplication-based storage system features auto alerts in case of hardware failures and automatically sends data to the central site for backup, according to Kevin Platz, vice president of sales for Data Domain in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

"It comes with a lot of built-in features as skills in remote office are not so high," he said. "Where there's one unskilled, untrained person doing backups locally."

Platz said the DD120 is easy to use, with the backup system looking just like a regular disc.

The product marks an extenstion in focus for Data Domain, who have previously focused on centralised solutions. "We're just been in the data centre so far," said Platz. "Meanwhile, other companies have dominated in the remote office."

The DD120 is available immediately starting at £11,400.

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