Nexenta Adds Data Dedupe to NexentaStor 3.0 with ZFS

Nexenta Systems says its NexentaStor 3.0 storage appliance software incorporates in-line data dedupe with open-source ZFS. According to Channel Web, ZFS is the most widely-deployed enterprise-class file system in the world thanks to its adoption by Sun Microsystems for Solaris and Open Solaris.

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"Nexenta's new NexentaStor 3.0 is the first commercial storage appliance software to incorporate in-line data dedupe with open-source ZFS, said Evan Powell, CEO of the Portland, Ore.-based storage vendor.

"NexentaStor 3.0 is the first software to include in-line dedupe, which eliminates duplicate data as it is being written to the storage array, Powell said. It also dedupes data as it is being sent over a network for replication purposes, he said.

"'Ninety to 95 percent of new data, including virtual machines, is redundant information like operating systems, and we can dedupe it massively,' he said. 'Especially in virtual environments, customers need to dedupe data in their primary storage tier.'"

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