Data Domain vs. Simpana Dedup: Round #2

Round 2: Where to Dedup?

In this post I’ll discuss some of the most important data protection architecture differences between Data Domain and Simpana.  The most defining difference between Simpana and Data Domain is where the deduplication occurs.  The below diagram references the key differences.  I’ll discuss this in more detail below. 

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EMC Data Domain vs. CommVault Simpana Native Dedup

Disclosure: I was employed as an Enterprise Systems Engineer with Commvault at the time of writing this series.  The content of this series was not reviewed, approved or published by CommVault.

I normally don’t do competitive blogging, but this topic comes up a lot lately.  I’ve had a chance to visit with many customers . . . → Read More: EMC Data Domain vs. CommVault Simpana Native Dedup

Does Your Datacenter Run on Widgets?

Combinations of widgets organized in silos are vey common in datacenters of the past and, due to a few different factors, this phenomenon hasn’t changed much even in today’s consolidation focused datacenters.

As with past tech bubbles, tech innovation accelerates best in certain conditions. Those conditions typically include a combinations of strong financial investment, . . . → Read More: Does Your Datacenter Run on Widgets?