Dell EMC Data Domain
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| Developer | Dell EMC (2016 - 2019) EMC Corporation (2009-2016) Data Domain (2004 - 2009) |
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| Type | Data-management Storage server |
| Release date | 2004 (as Data Domain DD series) 2009 (as EMC Data Domain) |
| Discontinued | 2019 |
| CPU | x86 |
| Successor | Dell EMC PowerProtect |
| Website | delltechnologies.com/.../data-protection/data-domain-series/data-domain-dd6300-data-backup-appliance |
Dell EMC Data Domain was Dell EMC’s data deduplication storage system. Development began with the founding of Data Domain, and continued since that company’s acquisition by EMC Corporation (and EMC’s later merger with Dell to form Dell EMC).
History
The technology started in a separate company, which was then acquired and re-branded twice.
Data Domain Corporation
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| Company type | Subsidiary of EMC Corporation |
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| Industry | deduplication |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder | Kai Li, Brian Biles |
| Fate | Acquired by Dell Inc. in 2009 |
| Successor | Dell EMC Data Domain |
| Headquarters | Santa Clara, California |
Key people | Kai Li, Brian Biles |
| Products | Data Duplication |
| Owner | Dell EMC |
| Website | www.emc.com/datadomain |
The Data Domain Corporation was founded by Kai Li, Ben Zhu, and Brian Biles in 2001 as a company specializing in target-based data deduplication products for disk-based backup.[1][2][3] Hugo Patterson joined as chief architect 3 months after initial funding. The company started operations in a series of venture capital offices around Palo Alto, California, pre-funding at U.S. Venture Partners, where Zhu was an entrepreneur in residence (EIR), then at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), where Li was an EIR, and post-funding at Greylock Partners. NEA and Greylock provided Series A funding in 2002.[4]
The first product revenue was realized in the beginning of 2004.[5]
The goal of the company was a disk-based substitute for backup tapes. It did this by inventing a fast implementation of lossless data compression, optimized for streaming workloads, which compares incoming large data segments against all others in its store. This provided significant speed advantages compared to tape.[6] Originally categorized as "capacity optimization" by industry analysts, it became more widely known as inline "data deduplication."[7] Also, unlike most non-archival computer storage products, it went to technical lengths to ensure data longevity (vs. system longevity). Unlike most of its early competition, it was first packaged as a file-system appliance; this made it more predictable than a software product and simpler to manage than a virtual tape library system.[6]
Funding, IPO and acquisition
NEA and Greylock led the company’s $9.3 million Series A funding round in 2002. Sutter Hill Ventures led its $17 million Series B funding round in 2003, joined again by NEA and Greylock. Through 2005, the three companies invested a total of $40 million in Data Domain.[8]
The company had their initial public offering on June 27, 2007 with a total market capitalization of $776.5 million, above its forecast range despite years of losses.[9] This put the stock price at $15 per share, above the forecasted range of $11.50 to $13.50. The company’s market capitalization was $776.5 million at the time of the IPO.[9] It was listed on Nasdaq with symbol DDUP.
EMC Data Domain
In May. 2009, NetApp announced it would acquire Data Domain for about $1.5 billion.[5] In June 2009, EMC Corporation announced their intention to acquire Data Domain Corp for $2.4 billion, outbidding the previous offer. In July, the two companies agreed to the acquisition.[10][11][12]
Former CEO Frank Slootman published a book about his experiences in 2011.[13]
Since acquiring Data Domain, EMC integrated the platform with its Data Protection Suite software and expanded software enhancements. According to a 2013 analysis sponsored by EMC, Data Domain reduced loss of user productivity from backup, restore, and retrieval operations.[14] EMC merged to become Dell EMC in 2016, which continued the brand until 2019.[15][16]
Products and services
The first Data Domain system, the DD200 in 2004, had a 1.25 TB addressable capacity and was able to accept data at a rate of 40 MB/sec.[5] Because its implementation put most of the system stress on CPU/RAM, rather than disk I/O, it was able to improve at the rate of Intel technology.[17]
References
- ^ "Data Domain, an EMC company." Data Domain.
- ^ "The Entrepreneur Questionnaire: Brian Biles, Co-Founder of Data Domain". greylockvc.com. March 11, 2011. Archived from the original on August 26, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ "Brian D. Biles". Executive data. Bloomberg. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ "Data Domain Founder, Kai Li, on EMC Acquisition and the Future of Data Storage". Xconomy. Xconomy, Inc. July 9, 2009.
- ^ a b c Stephen Lawson (May 20, 2009). "NetApp to acquire Data Domain for $1.5 billion". Computerworld. IDG. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ a b "EMC Data Domain De-duplication 2011". Wikibon. Wikibon. 2011-01-25.
- ^ "EMC pushes Data Domain for backup and archiving". SearchDataBackup. TechTarget. 2013-04-16.
- ^ "Breaking Down The VC Investment Returns Of Data Domain". Wall Street Journal. Wall Street Journal. 2009-07-10.
- ^ a b "Data Domain IPO prices above forecast range". Press release. Reuters. June 27, 2007. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ "EMC Tops NetApp's Bid for Data Domain". Dealbook. The New York Times Company. June 1, 2009. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ "Data Domain boosts de-duplication performance". InfoStor. ITBusinessEdge. 2008-06-01.
- ^ "Dell EMC Debuts Software-Only Version Of Data Domain". CRN. The Channel Co. 2016-10-19.
- ^ Frank Slootman (2011). Tape Sucks: Inside Data Domain, a Silicon Valley Growth Story. Together Editing. ISBN 9780615484068.
- ^ Randy Perry; Ashish Nadkarni (July 2013). "The ROI of Consolidating Backup and Archive Data" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ Chris Mellor (February 5, 2018). "Dell soups up low-end Data Domain deduper: Refreshes SMB-sized deduping backup-to-disk box". The Register. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ Chris Mellor (February 6, 2019). "Dell stamps on the gas for backup devices with speed and cloud boost". The Register. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ Zhu, Benjamin; Li, Kai; Patterson, R. Hugo (2008-01-01). Avoiding the Disk Bottleneck in the Data Domain Deduplication File System. 6th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies, FAST 2008, February 26–29, 2008, San Jose, CA, USA.