Cloud Computing: Compression, Deduplication Come to Violin Concerto 2200

August 19, 2014 Off By David

Grazed from TopTechNews. Author: Jef Cozza.

Violin Memory announced today that data Relevant Products/Services deduplication and compression capabilities are now available on its Concerto 2200 solution. Customers will normally experience deduplication rates between 6:1 and 10:1, according to the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said. The data reduction appliance offers up to 672 TB of usable storage at a data reduction rate of 6:1.

The company markets the Concerto 2200 appliance as an enhancement to its Violin 6000 and 7000 all-flash Relevant Products/Services arrays by reducing the amount of data written to them. According to Violin Memory, the solution can reduce capital expenditure (CAPEX) by slashing hardware expenses through space savings…

Violin data reduction services for NFS environments on the Concerto 2200 solution are available now. Deduplication and compression for block storage are expected to follow in early 2015, the company said…

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