Avamar is an awesome product that combines the power of disk based deduplication and backup software in a single package. See the following fun facts about Avamar that you may not have known.
- The first to integrate to VMware’s vStorage API for Data Protection (VADP) and to vCenter in 2009.
- The first to leverage VMware’s Changed Block Tracking for backup.
- The first and only to leverage VMware’s Changed Block Tracking for recovery.
- The first to use a universal VM proxy for agentless image-level backup.
- The first and only to leverage load balancing across multiple proxies.
- The fastest backup solution for highly virtualized environments.
- The fastest VM recovery with its unique Changed Block Restore.
- Dramatically reduces CPU, DISK and I/O with variable length client side deduplication.
- Protects vCloud Director.
- Protects VMware VIEW Business Process Desktops.
Digital IRL 