ExaGrid Awarded Two Patents
ExaGrid Systems awarded two new patents
September 19, 2007
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WESTBOROUGH, Mass. -- ExaGrid Systems, Inc.(www.exagrid.com), the leader in cost-effective and scalable disk-based backup solutions with byte-level data de-duplication, today announced that the company has patented a method and apparatus for both backing up to a NAS-based system with byte-level delta data de-duplication, as well as ensuring long-term data integrity and recoverability. On file with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the two new patents are: U.S. Patent No. 7,246,140 "Method and Apparatus for Storage System to Provide Distributed Data Storage and Protection"and U.S. Patent No. 7,246,275 "Method and Apparatus for Managing Data Integrity of Backup and Disaster Recovery Data."
The technology innovation behind these two new ExaGrid patents delivers many real-world benefits for customers, including:
NAS-based Disk-based Backup System with Byte-Level Delta Data De-duplication
Allows weeks to years of backup history to consume very littledisk storage capacity and reduce WAN bandwidth requirementsbetween the primary site and disaster recovery site
Simplifies configuration and management with NAS interface tobackup applications
Enables a cost-effective, scalable architecture that increasesperformance and capacity as backup data continues to grow
Long-term Data Integrity and Recoverability
Maintains the highest levels of backup data integrity over thelife of the backup data, from weeks to years
Eliminates customer concerns of not being able to successfullyrestore files that have been accidentally deleted by users, or recover backup data after a system or site disaster
"ExaGrid has a history of producing innovative technology and applying those innovations to solve customers' data protection challenges," said Dave Therrien, founder and CTO, ExaGrid Systems, Inc. "With a world-class engineering organization, ExaGrid continues to build a strong intellectual property portfolio that extends our technology lead in disk-based backup and furthers our mission to provide customers with the most reliable, scalable, highest performing and most cost-effective disk-based backup system available. These new patents acknowledge the uniqueness of our technology and ExaGrid's place as a leader in the disk-based backup market."
ExaGrid Systems Inc.
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