Dedupe 2.0 Storage. Permabit is the leader in the development and delivery of Dedupe 2.0 data optimization solutions. Permabit delivers Albireo, the only OEM–embedded high–performance data optimization software solution, as well as integrated solutions in the Permabit Enterprise Archive and Cloud Storage offerings. Permabit enables OEMs to leverage their R&D investment, increase margin, and accelerate time to market for next–generation unified storage platforms.

Enterprise Archive storage, often called Value Tier Storage, is a critical part of efficient, intelligent enterprise storage architecture. The idea behind it is simple – move rarely accessed data off of expensive, high–performance storage to less expensive, but very secure, scalable and accessible archive storage.

Permabit Enterprise Archive includes the key functions to assure the security and availability of data over the long term.

• Data Deduplication: This has become increasingly critical as a way to reduce storage required for the massive amounts of redundant data found in today’s enterprise systems. Traditional dedupe products require significant overhead which increases linearly as the amount of data increases, seriously degrading performance. For this reason, traditional deduplication is only useful for 1-2 TBs of data at a time. Dedupe 2.0 delivers the ability to perform inline deduplication across the entire array, scalable to multi-PBs, without sacrificing performance.

• Data Protection: As storage systems scale to the multi-PBs, they are taxing the limits of traditional RAID technology in terms of reliability. RAIN-EC with Erasure Coding data protection technology is 1,000 times more reliable than RAID. RAIN-EC is a self-healing technology that is designed for use with multi-terabyte SATA drives. And, it eliminates the need for traditional backups.

• Data Security: Long term storage often requires additional levels of security to meet legal, regulatory and compliance requirements. Permabit Enterprise Archive offers the additional security of WORM (Write Once Read Many), encryption and auto retention as standard, built-in. Using Enterprise Archive, security can be applied when and where needed. Automatic retention policies can be defined to manage the life cycle of archive content.

• Cloud Storage: Cloud storage is a new storage option for businesses of any size and industry to manage the long-term retention of expanding data volumes. As cloud storage service providers become an integral part of IT storage strategies, customers expect to receive a highly cost-effective, secure, and scalable solution that provides seamless access to their data. Permabit addresses these storage requirements with a purpose-built, industry-leading cloud storage solution with minimal management overhead.