Data Domain Boost Advanced integration for faster backup

Faster, More Efficient Backup

EMC Data Domain Boost distributes parts of the deduplication process to the backup server or application clients, enabling faster, more efficient backup and recovery. Without it, the backup server or application client would send all data—unique or redundant—to an EMC Data Domain system for deduplication processing.

With Data Domain Boost, the server only sends unique data segments to a Data Domain system. This dramatically increases the aggregate throughput by 50 percent and reduces the amount of data transferred over the network by 80 to 99 percent.

Simplified Disaster Recovery

With Data Domain Boost, applications can control replication between multiple Data Domain systems and provide backup or database administrators with a single point of management for tracking all backups and duplicate copies. This allows administrators to efficiently create disaster recovery (DR) copies of their backups over the wide area network (WAN) using EMC Data Domain Replicator and keep track of all the copies in the backup application’s catalog for easy disaster recovery.

Advanced Load Balancing and Failover

Data Domain Boost aggregates multiple transport links on the Data Domain system into a single group so multiple links appear as one to the backup application. The Data Domain system then transparently balances the backup load between links in the group. In addition, the automatic link failover mechanism keeps backup systems operational in case of temporary network glitches.