Dell soups up low-end Data Domain deduper

Refreshes SMB-sized deduping backup-to-disk box

Down in the Dell there is a new Data Domain box – a smallish, entry-level one – the DD3300.

It is a 2U rackmount chassis with 3TB or 4TB SAS disk drives providing up to 32TB of usable capacity, said to be 1.6PB after deduplication (logical capacity) and data can be ingested at 7TB/hour using Data Domain Boost.

If a backend cloud tier is used, the usable capacity goes up to 96TB and the logical capacity shoots up to 4.8PB.

Here's a look at Dell's representation of its Data Domain range:

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For comparison here's the range in more readable table form:

	DD Virtual Edition	DD3300	DD6300	DD6800	DD9300	DD9800
Max Throughput (DD Boost)	16.9TB/hr	7TB	24TB/hr	32TB/hr	41TB/hr	68TB/hr
Usable Capacity	96TB	32TB	178TB	288TB	720TB	1PB
Usable Capacity + Cloud Tier	n/a	96TB	n/a	864TB	2.16PB	3PB
Logical Capacity	4.8PB	1.6PB	8.9PB	14.4PB	36PB	50PB
Logical Capacity + Cloud Tier	n/a	4.8PB	n/a	43.2PB	108PB	150PB

The DD3300 is for small and medium enterprises and remote/branch office locations in bigger businesses. The Cloud Tier backend can be Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS), Virtustream Storage Cloud, AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud Object Storage and Ceph Object Storage.

The system supports Data Domain Cloud Disaster Recovery and Data Domain Replicator. Dell says its average data reduction rate is 10-55x.

We have a straightforward product refresh here and the starting US List price is $8,828.00 for 4TB of usable capacity. Grab tech specs here (PDF). ®