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Exar Corporation Introduces Industry's First Hardware-Accelerated Backup-to-Disk Data Compression Solution

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In a move to boost efficiency and reduce backup times, Exar Corporation has introduced the BitWackr C Series, a hardware-accelerated backup-to-disk data compression solution for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 servers and appliances. This innovation addresses a long-standing limitation in the industry by enabling hardware compression on disk and RAID systems, previously restricted to tape drives. With the BitWackr C Series, storage managers can now reap the benefits of improved performance and reduced capacity requirements, previously seen only in tape-based backup systems.

Key Takeaways:

  • The BitWackr C Series cuts backup-to-disk capacity requirements in half while reducing backup time by as much as two-thirds.
  • The solution is compatible with popular backup software offerings and can be installed on a server equipped with BitWackr C Series compression.
  • The BitWackr C Series is capable of backing up enterprise data at line rates and can handle both single and multi-stream performance.
  • The solution offers high levels of performance and is suitable for a broad range of applications, including NAS, SharePoint, and System Center Data Protection Manager.
  • The BitWackr C Series can effectively reduce backup data stored on disk by 2:1, transparently and in-line.
  • OEMs, System Integrators, and Value-Added Resellers can now offer a new optimization tool to their customers.
  • The BitWackr C Series can be combined with deduplicating backup software offerings from Symantec, CA Technologies, Commvault, BakBone, and others to turbocharge data reduction ratios.

Statistics:

  • Backup-to-disk capacity requirements can be reduced by 50% with the BitWackr C Series.
  • Backup times can be reduced by as much as 66% with the BitWackr C Series.
  • The BitWackr C Series is capable of backing up enterprise data at line rates.
  • The solution can handle both single and multi-stream performance.
  • Backup data stored on disk can be reduced by 2:1 with the BitWackr C Series.

Sources:

  • Exar Corporation
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008

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