Useless
What a useless MQ for a dying technology. "Purpose built dedupe appliances" were great 5 years ago but its just software and any backup app worth its value integrates it into the product with the biggest benefit at the source.
History:
1. VTL enabled easier backup to disk
2. Dedupe appliances allowed retaining more backups on disk with NFS/CIFS ability
Dedupe is a feature now. This MQ is simply an EMC marketing document to squeeze the last juice from the data domain fruit. Great acquisition at the time and EMC made a lot of money selling them but its time to move on.
Maybe their lead is so big because nobody is trying to catch up anymore.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
