EMC Corporation has unveiled a number of new backup offerings for data centres. These new solutions include data de-duplication, disk drive spin down and low-power disk drives, and continue to help dramatically lower the cost of disk-based backup versus tape.

The new products and capabilities include, EMC Disk Library 3D 1500 and 3000; EMC Disk Library 4000; EMC Avamar Data Store Gen 2andEMC Avamar 4.0 and EMC NetWorker Fast Start.

The EMC Disk Library 3D (DL3D) 1500 and 3000 are new backup-to-disk libraries with data de-duplication, targeted at midsize, LAN-based environments. As mentioned in the official release, the DL3D 1500 provides up to 36 TB of usable capacity, while the DL3D 3000 provides up to 148 TB of usable capacity. Both systems use 1 TB SATA disks with RAID 6 protection and include optional Fibre Channel ports for storage area network (SAN) connectivity.

The EMC Disk Library (DL) 4000 series is targeted at environments that require the highest performance for larger SAN environments.

As mentioned in the official release, the new Avamar Data Store Gen 2 is a fully integrated product consisting of the new Avamar V4.0 source-based data de-duplication backup and recovery software running on a new-generation, pre-configured, EMC-certified hardware platform. Avamar Data Store Gen 2 is available in several models, ranging from single node to scalable, multi-node.

In addition, the new Avamar software now supports 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and offers expanded client support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005; Microsoft Vista; Native Netware client backup and restore (Netware V6.5); and Novell Storage Servers (NSS) volumes on Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) SLES 10.

Mark Sorenson, Senior Vice President of EMC’s Information Management Software Group, said, "Today’s announcement continues EMC’s momentum in the backup and recovery market, allowing us to offer customers both integrated backup and recovery solutions and best-of-breed standalone products. By adding key features like data de-duplication across our portfolio, customers can eliminate redundant data, move more easily to disk backup, and strengthen the management of their backup infrastructures. This differentiates EMC from other vendors who must ‘force-fit’ a single product across a range of de-duplication use cases. As data growth continues to create challenges for customers of any size, the breadth of the EMC portfolio ensures that customers will have the right solution for their backup and recovery needs."