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Arkeia Source Side And Sliding Window Deduplication: Page 2 of 2

Arkeia Software is next up on the examination table as we plow our way through the source-side deduplication vendors. Arkeia is a backup application software supplier known mostly for their Linux product, but they also have a strong solution set for Windows and virtualized environments. They are adding deduplication to their offerings through the acquisition of Kadena Systems.
George Crump
May 19, 2010

Once stored by the backup server, Arkeia can leverage its replication module to transfer the data to a remote site. Alternatively, if a copy to tape is desired, moving data to tape is integrated into the Arkeia backup solution via a copy or clone command. Although it does re-inflate the data when stored on tape, whether deduplication to tape has value is a matter of mixed opinion.

Arkeia has a unique deduplication technology integrated into a robust backup application, which may mean even better storage and network bandwidth efficiency thanks to the sliding window technology. Beyond deduplication, it has all the application and device modules that you would expect, and its support for Linux is more thorough than the average backup application. It also has complete support for VMware via the vStorage API as well as Hyper-V and Xen.

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