* Posts by darm

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HP shows off filer and dedupe monsters in Vienna

darm

HP Dedupe

This represents a real step forward for HP in storage, after years of lagging EMC. A few observations:

1) From an external perspective, this is still a disjointed portfolio strategy (3PAR, Ibrix, StorOnce, Sepaton etc).

2) Doesn't seem very SMB friendly with starting prices of $250K and $30K+

3) Officially, NetApp has been left on the side of the road on dedupe. Dedupe from Avamar+Data Domain has been a 50%+ y/y growth business, with BRS approaching or exceeding $2B at EMC. I did notice a NetApp partnership with Arkeia Software today, so maybe they plan to get into the dedupe afterall.