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ADIC is buying
Rocksoft, an Australian company for 63 million
USD for it's data deduplication software.
The Blocket technology used by Rocksoft can
compress twenty times the amount of data in
its deduplicated methods as the amount that
unduplicated data would take up.
It divides the data up into variable partitions
to achieve this. Each partition is called
a blocket, and recieves a hash address. If
one blocket is updated, then only that blocket
needs to be refreshed, rather than the entire
file. This way, if a file is offline, the
entire file does not have to be recalled and
transmitted.
ADIC plans to use Rocksoft's software by incorporating
it into it's own devices, and then resaling
it to lessees. Rocksoft's de-duplication expertise
and their software will allow ADIC to present
new solutions focused on strong increases
in efficient resource use. ADIC had products
that store data on disk as backups. Using
Rocksoft's technology, ADIC's products could
store twenty times more backup data in the
same amount of disk space. This would come
in handy in situations where backup data is
constantly being stored, such as in continuous
data protection (CDP), in these products,
deduplicating the data may drastically reduce
the amount of disk capacity used, and lower
costs.
In situations involving data being transmitted
before being deduplicated, This new melding
of technology and hardware could significantly
cut bandwidth transmission needs to shreds.
Data replication across WANs would take less
time, and data transmission back and forth
from distant offices also improved.
Archiving and compliance needs are also met
by the software ADIC is purchasing from Rocksoft.
The hash address used by each blocklet also
functions as an integrity check for data.
When the hash file is recompiled, it can be
checked for differences. If the hash file
has not been changed, neither has the blocklet's
information.
ADIC will also have the ability to provide
efficient storage products focused around
fixed content. With this, they could easily
compete with products from companies such
as EMC. If this technology were used on tape
storage, tape capacity would also rise. A
400 gigabyte cartridge would hold 8Terrabytes
of deduplicated data.
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