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Embeddable Deduplication Software helps optimize data storage.
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Specifically designed to be embedded into OEM storage products, ECOsystem for OEMs delivers flexibility to implement data reduction as in-band, post, or hybrid process. Software-only solution supports End-to-End Optimization that leverages standard dedupe framework across all layers of data infrastructure - from server direct-attached storage to NAS, archival, and backup. E2EO allows data to remain in compressed and deduped form throughout lifecycle.
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Ocarina Provides Embeddable End-to-End Optimization Solution for OEMs Looking to Bring New Capabilities, Value to Customers
Software-only solution provides consistent, compatible, integrated means of delivering intelligent dedupe across multiple storage workflows
SAN JOSE, Calif., - Ocarina Networks, the leading provider of end-to-end deduplication solutions for online storage, today announced the availability of an embedded version of its award-winning ECOsystem for OEMs that provides a consistent, compatible and integrated solution to intelligently reduce storage and network costs while providing end-to-end benefits that improve storage workflow operations such as backup and replication.
The Ocarina ECOsystem for OEMs is a software-only solution specifically designed to be embedded with OEM storage products, giving manufacturers who design, build and sell storage products the ability to deliver the world's most effective data reduction technology to new as well as existing customers. The ECOsystem for OEMs includes a set of APIs designed to make it fast and straightforward for OEMs to transparently integrate the software as a set of features within their storage product, and delivers the architectural flexibility to implement data reduction as an in-band process, a post process, or a hybrid process.
ECOsystem for OEMs supports End-to-End Optimization (E2EO) that leverages a standard dedupe framework across all layers of the data infrastructure - from server direct-attached storage to NAS, to archival, to backup. E2EO allows data to remain in compressed and deduped form throughout its lifecycle, expanding the value of data reduction beyond simply storage cost savings. OEMs delivering the E2EO data-reduction concept will deliver premium value to customers who will experience improved workflows, improved data-reliability, as well as improved network utilization.
"Customers tell us they are looking to get greater utilization out of their full range of storage assets," said Praveen Asthana, vice president, Dell Enterprise Solutions and Strategy. "Ocarina's technology enables customers to get the benefits of data de-duplication across a wide range of data types and storage environments, bringing them efficiency and simplicity."
Ocarina provides an API and SDK for embedding Ocarina in six classes of storage: server-based storage, block storage arrays, NAS, object storage, cloud and backup. Each of these requires dedupe to be architected and tuned to the functionality and performance expectations for that storage layer. No matter which elements are configured, Ocarina's platform-neutral integration model allows data to be moved from any Ocarina-enabled storage platform to any other without requiring rehydration of the data. Ocarina's end-to-end dedupe solutions deliver value across storage workflows such as backup, replication, tiering and migration.
"An estimated forty percent of all data center I/O is generated by storage management alone, so it makes sense to offer an optimization platform capable of maximizing storage efficiencies across the board," said Joseph Martins, Managing Director of Analyst Firm Data Mobility Group. "The only approach that makes sense in the data reduction marketplace is a standard embeddable dedupe protocol that transcends storage workflows, applications and architectures. Ocarina has an understanding of this concept and if they deliver--and I believe they will -- they will expand the value of data reduction well beyond storage savings alone."
"Ocarina's embedded offerings are a natural outgrowth of our award-winning storage optimization platform and provide a consistent, compatible and integrated way of deploying end-to-end data reduction," said Carter George, Vice President of Products at Ocarina. "We believe that some form of data reduction will be included as a base feature in almost every major storage product by 2012, and our ECOsystem for OEMs is a way for the storage industry to look beyond point solutions that undercut the potential benefits of dedupe. Point solutions may deliver local cost-saving benefits but they fall well short of delivering the full potential of data reduction. By working with major OEMs to integrate end-to-end technologies directly into a variety of storage platforms, we are able to provide the real value of data reduction by minimizing not only storage and network costs but by improving data movement when deduped data is moved, replicated, backed up and restored as well."
Development is currently underway to deliver end-to-end data reduction products to multiple storage OEMs. Storage manufacturers looking to partake in the future of data optimization by implementing best-in-class end-to-end dedupe into their product offerings can contact Ocarina for a technical presentation and documentation on Ocarina's SDK for storage manufacturers at info@ocarinanetworks.com.
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About Ocarina
Ocarina is the leader in online storage optimization solutions. Organizations of all sizes use Ocarina's content-aware optimization technology to reduce their storage footprint and achieve a 10-fold capacity increase on their current storage systems. Based in San Jose, Calif., Ocarina is privately held and financed by leading investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers , JAFCO Ventures, and Highland Capital Partners. For more information, visit www.ocarinanetworks.com
