Sepaton Improves Backup and Deduplication Performance

The new software is available on a new 64-bit S2100-ES2 platform that features the latest drives from Hitachi and a Tivoli management console from IBM that Sepaton has integrated with its systems.

The S2100-ES2 also includes support for a 10GB Ethernet interface alongside Fibre Channel in a 2U device that now also supports the NetBackup OpenStorage software developed by Symantec.

According to Linda Mentzer, vice president of product and program management, the Sepaton approach to disk-based backup distinguishes itself by using a grid-based architecture that allows IT organizations to deploy additional disk-based systems as a node that can cooperatively work with other systems in the network to reduce the amount of time it takes to back up an application.

That architecture, says Mentzer, allows the Sepaton approach to outperform any other disk-based approach to data deduplication, which has become a major issue as IT organizations struggle to close the application backup window.

Base pricing for the S2100-ES2 starts at $257,500. Within 90 days, the 6.0 release will also be available at no charge to existing Sepaton customers.