Tag Archives: dedupe for primary

Storage News and Views July 21

by Sunshine on July 21, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage, Storage optimization, capacity optimization

What is it about mid-summer that turns everyone a little bit mad? EMC is now the proud parent of a baby DDUP. NetApp is $57 million richer. And here in the Bay Area, the weather veers from freezing to sweltering, depending on how close one is to the coast. Here are a few headlines that [...]

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Dedupe for Primary – Recent Coverage

by Sunshine on June 22, 2009 in Uncategorized

As we keep noting on this blog, data reduction is becoming the topic du jour as storage budgets are squeezed and deduplication becomes more and more viable and effective. Dave Simpson, Editor-in-Chief of Infostor, came out with a very thorough article today on primary storage optimization. It’s a practical guide for customers who may be [...]

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Deduplication – A Hot Topic

by Sunshine on June 11, 2009 in Ocarina, green IT

In the wake of the news that EMC and NetApp are bidding close to $2 billion (yes, you heard that right, billion) for backup deduplication specialist Data Domain, a whole lot of people are starting to ask, “just what is this deduplication stuff anyway?” On this very blog, readers are clicking on the “Deduplication” tag [...]

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Got Ocarina?

Got Ocarina?

by Carter George on May 26, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage, Storage optimization

With so much talk about dedupe lately, it’s hard to know which aspect of it to discuss first. We’ll begin by addressing a question we occasionally hear–most recently from a comment on this very blog. The question can be summed up as: why someone would pay an extra amount for a solution such as Ocarina, [...]

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NetApp v. Ocarina on Dedupe

by Carter George on May 12, 2009 in Featured, Ocarina

In the storage industry, there is plenty of talk about whose product is the best, with each vendor putting out their own marketing spin about why theirs is the superior one. Most analysts don’t have the inclination to do head-to-head comparisons across vendors, because so many make their money by selling vendor-friendly assessments of new [...]

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When You Only Have a Hammer…

by Carter George on May 7, 2009 in Analyst, File Systems, Ocarina, Storage optimization, Uncategorized, capacity optimization, cloud, green IT

Nice to see Dave Simpson from InfoStor getting interested in the subject of dedupe for primary. Today, he had a new post on the topic, along with a plug for a webcast he’s doing on the topic with Noemi Greyzdorf of IDC. In the post, Dave makes the point that people are starting to muddy [...]

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Dedupe Ramp-Up

by Sunshine on May 6, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage optimization, capacity optimization

Big announcement today from Ocarina about our newest product release, Ocarina 3.0. At this point, there’s no question that dedupe for primary is one of the hottest topics in storage. Our recent partnership announcements with major vendors were well covered in the storage press, and if anything the excitement around this technology is growing. Update [...]

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Happy May Day

Happy May Day

by Sunshine on May 1, 2009 in Storage, Storage optimization

In honor of this pagan holiday, we’ve decided that a little dance around the maypole is in order. Since we don’t have a real one handy, we’re instead doing a little dance around it on a virtual level. Here are a few ribbons of information we’ve found today that are ready for tying: Spending More [...]

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Where is Atlas?

Where is Atlas?

by Carter George on March 13, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage

For those who follow the storage news, Riverbed, known mainly for its Steelhead WAN appliance, is getting into the dedupe for primary game with its upcoming Atlas product, which has been delayed for release until 2010. I’m disappointed to see this delayed, because this market is going crazy in 2009, and the more credible entrants [...]

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Dedupe for Primary – Another Shade of Blue

by Carter George on March 9, 2009 in Featured, Storage, capacity optimization

There’s been a great deal of talk about the dedupe offerings of major vendors, with some recent posts creating even more FUD–such, as, we think, this recent example from NetApp’s Alex McDonald. As someone whose company, Ocarina, is a specialist in dedupe for primary storage, I’d like to add my viewpoint to the conversation. Data [...]

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