-- Whereas NetApp does not incorporate compression, Ocarina can selectively use deduplication, up to 9 levels of compression or a combination of both. A storage administrator can choose whether to tune for maximum space savings, or good space savings with best possible performance. -- Ocarina's dedupe and compression can be applied by rules and policies, allowing users to both choose to only process files that meet certain criteria, as well as create rules that ensure that the hottest files do not get deduped or compressed. -- The Ocarina solution was tested on a NetApp 3050 filer in this evaluation, but the Ocarina technology is storage independent, and has been certified with EMC, HP, BlueArc, HDS, and Isilon. This means that a customer may choose to deploy Ocarina as a single "dedupe for primary" solution across multiple tiers of storage from multiple vendors."Managing the move to secondary storage while at the same time optimizing that data makes Ocarina one of the few storage optimization tools that also increases staff efficiency," added Crump. "Ocarina Networks could become the great leveler." "The goal here for everyone is storage efficiency -- using the latest technology to reduce the amount of space it takes to safely store customer data, while keeping performance fast enough for primary storage applications," said Carter George of Ocarina Networks. "While there are lots of dedupe solutions out there for backups, only NetApp and Ocarina have designed solutions that are suitable for active online storage serving thousands of concurrent users and applications." For more information and to download the complete study, please visit: http://www.storage-switzerland.com/Articles/Entries/2009/5/11_Lab_Report_Overview_- _The_Deduplication_of_Primary_Storage.html To avoid inconsistencies in execution, this study was specifically designed to ensure that the systems were tested in alignment with how they were designed to work, that the data set is representative of what the IT decision maker is likely to have in his or her environment, and to make sure the data sets are valid. Editor's Note: The primary focus of this report is the deduplication of primary storage's near-active data, as distinguished from primary storage's very active data. To that end, very active data was not included in the report, nor was Data Domain because we do not position it as a primary storage deduplication solution. About Storage Switzerland Storage Switzerland is an analyst firm focused on the storage, server virtualization and cloud computing marketplaces. They provide practical advice based on proven field tested experience to IT Professionals. This cuts through the hype and allows for selection of the right technology to make data center projects successful. In addition they provide guidance to IT suppliers on how to successfully address the demands of the dynamic data center and how to communicate how their products will solve those challenges. About Ocarina Networks Ocarina is a 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 ten-fold capacity increase on their current storage systems. Based in San Jose, Calif., Ocarina is privately-held and financed by leading investors JAFCO Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Highland Capital Partners. For more information, visit www.ocarinanetworks.com.
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