Have you looked at your deduplication ratios lately? Deduplication technology has been available for quite some time. The challenge is that oftentimes the ratio in which the deduplication can save is often overlooked, while it should be a particularly key factor in selecting the right deduplication for a given environment. It can save on storage costs not only for on-premises storage but for data stored in the cloud as well. If you incorporate multiple backup scenarios for archiving, that savings can be even more significant. Deduplication is available in several places as part of the backup process, from the backup software itself to the end point destination like a storage array of disks.
Leveraging FalconStor StorSafe VTL (Virtual Tape Library) for Power AIX environments have shown a 15:1 deduplication ratio, meaning a 93% reduction in the backup storage footprint, which can result in significant cost savings. FalconStor StorSafe VTL is a virtual tape library software solution that emulates physical tape libraries and drives and works with any backup software infrastructure to optimize the backup process on-premises, hybrid cloud environments, or the cloud, such as IBM PowerVS or IBM Cloud. Just keep in mind every environment is unique, so your mileage may vary!
Let us look at an example! If you have 100TB of data being backed up to the cloud, you would be paying for 100TB of storage to your cloud provider. Leveraging StorSafe VTL, you can reduce that 100TB of storage to only 6.67 TB of storage. That is a significant difference in your storage requirement!
The added benefit is that the optimization of the 15:1 ratio for AIX environments leveraging FalconStor StorSafe VTL does not stop there. While StorSafe VTL can work with existing backup and recovery software products, for environments such as Oracle and SAP Hana, it can work directly with their native backup tools (RMAN and Studio) to deliver the same results with no incremental backup software needed. Similarly, seamlessly working with Spectrum Protect can deliver up to the same 93% in savings in the storage footprint.
Optimizing your AIX environment can be a key method for minimizing storage costs. So be sure to check your deduplication ratios today to ensure you are optimizing your AIX deduplication methodologies. FalconStor offers free professional services for any IBM AIX customer deploying StorSafe VTL!
