Exagrid’s iSCSI Backup Gateway
A few months back our friends at Exagrid released the aptly named “Exagrid Deduplication Gateway for iSCSI” and had closely aligned themselves with the market leader in iSCSI storage, EqualLogic.
A slight name tweak now knows this box as the Exagrid iSCSI Backup Gateway (Data Sheet) which has a nicer ring to it. Make no bones about it, these guys want tape GONE. And lets face it, tape is a pain in the ass neck.
Exagrid makes a pretty good case:
- Eliminates failed backups and restores
- Greatly reduces your backup window
- Works with your existing backup app
- Perfect for environments w/ 1-60TB backups
- Compression and dedupe backups in one package
- Optional WAN-efficient remote replication for DR
So, if you one of the 6000+ organizations that already have an EqualLogic SAN or are thinking of implementing one, this would be a great add-on to tie everything together from a backup perspective.
If you’d like to discuss this product or deduplication in general, please drop us a line.
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