Or you could do something like OpenSolaris with ZFS then you can get Dedupe
and Gzip-9 compression....

You can run it under a guest OS...

Sorry as a member of the OpenSolaris community I felt compelled...

Alec

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Teresa Biehler <tpbsys AT rit DOT edu> wrote:

> How about FalconStor?  You can buy their product as software and install it
> on the server/storage of your choice (within their supported system list).
>
> -T
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> Subject: [Networker] Question on data deduplication products?
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> Question 1:
> Does anyone know if any companies make data deduplication software that
> the end user can install on their own RH Linux server as opposed to a
> vendor supplied hardware & software (turnkey) solution?
>
> Concern:
> We're interested in possibly implementing data duplication in the near
> future for the expected cost savings of tape media. Obviously, a
> solution involving a vendor's supplied hardware might be better
> optimized (I'd hope so) over what we might be able to accomplish
> purchasing our own server; however, we're concerned about adding a
> 'black box' to the network from some vendor wherein we might not have
> control over its OS, kernel, patches, etc. We'd much prefer to wipe the
> OS and install our own for security compliance, or simply use our own
> server and attached disks from scratch, using only the supplied software
> from the vendor, assuming it supports our OS and hardware. Is this
> possible with any of the commercial players out there?
>
> Question 2:
> Assuming we can purchase just the software, how much of a performance
> hit might we expect versus a vendor optimized hardware/software solution?
>
>
> I'm trying to limit this post to the security aspects/risks of vendor's
> hardware and not the merits or debates over the various types of
> deduplication, e.g. post-process versus in-line, or concerns or
> drawbacks of using deduplication in general. I'll save that for another
> post. However, if anyone feels this is relevant, then by all means,
> chime in.
>
> Thanks.
>
> George
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