Data Domain wants to give its de-duplication technology a comfier fit in the wiring closet with a shrunken system for remote offices.

The DD120 is a miniaturized edition of the Data Domain's current data de-dupe appliances, and is designed specifically to replicate data from a branch office to a company's data center HQ. Network traffic and storage are reduced via the box since it eliminates redundant data.

Although Data Domain already angles its DD510 and DD530 appliances at branch location backup, the new DD120 specifically comes bundled with a $2,000 license for Data Domain's Replicator software. That option in the latter two devices starts at an extra $3,500.

The DD120 is slower and has less storage capacity than its older siblings but comes in at a lower price. The new system starts at $12,500 compared to the next box up, the DD510, with a $19,000 starting price.

The 3U DD510 has a physical storage capacity of 3.75TB, and a logical, de-duped capacity of 135TB. Maximum throughput is 290GB/hour.

The DD120 supports CIFS or NFS protocols and the Symantec Veritas NetBackup OpenStorage interface.

The capacity liberating promises of de-duplication technology have sparked an arms race amongst storage vendors like Hitachi Data Systems, EMC, Network Appliance and Quantum. Last week, NetApp updated its OnTap operating system to allow de-dupe capabilities for primary data storage. NetApp takes the opposite side of the technology, using post-processing de-dupe, which removes redundant data after its written to disk. Data Domain does its voodoo before it's sent to backup.

The DD120 data sheet can be found here. (PDF warning) ®

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