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PowerProtect �Data Domain

Why? Architecture Value

Daniel.Olkowski@dell.com

Security

Speed

Open

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Agenda

What is / why Data Domain?
Performance
Security
Scaling
Decreasing cost
Parameters
Materials

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Backup environment

Applications,

Databases,

Mail

Linux, UNIX, Windows,

Backup

Server

DBs

Mails

Linux, UNIX, Windows,

Site A

SAN

VM

LAN

Site B

Applications,

Databases,

Mail

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Backup environment

Applications,

Databases,

Mail

Linux, UNIX, Windows,

Backup

Server

DBs

Mails

Linux, UNIX, Windows,

Site A

Tape

library

Disk

system

SAN

Media

agent

Tape

library

Disk

system

VM

Data Domain

VM

LAN

Site B

Applications,

Databases,

Mail

Backup software

Backup media

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Backup environment

Applications,

Databases,

Mail

Linux, UNIX, Windows,

Backup

Server

DBs

Mails

Linux, UNIX, Windows,

Site A

Tape

library

Disk

system

SAN

Media

agent

Tape

library

Disk

system

VM

Data Domain

VM

LAN

Site B

Applications,

Databases,

Mail

Backup software

Backup media

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Backup environment

Applications,

Databases,

Mail

Linux, UNIX, Windows,

Backup

Server

DBs

Mails

Linux, UNIX, Windows,

Site A

Tape

library

Disk

system

SAN

Media

agent

Tape

library

Disk

system

VM

Data Domain

LAN

Site B

Applications,

Databases,

Mail

Backup Media

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PowerProtect Data Domain Portfolio

Small & Mid Enterprise

Large Enterprise

¹Maximum data ingest with DD Boost.

²Logical capacity based on up to 50x deduplication (Data Domain All-Flash Ready Node, Data Domain Virtual Edition) and up to 65x deduplication (DD6410, DD9410, DD9910) includes additional hardware assisted data compression of typically 30%. Actual capacity & throughput depends on application workload, deduplication and other settings.

	All-Flash Ready Node	DD6410	DD9410	DD9910	NEW! DD9910F
Backup Ingest	Up to 56.4 TB/hr¹	Up to 66.8 TB/hr¹	Up to 75 TB/hr¹	Up to 130 TB/hr¹	Up to 130 TB/hr¹
Logical Capacity²	Up to 11 PB	Up to 16.6 PB	Up to 49.9 PB	Up to 97.5 PB	Up to 35.4 PB
Usable Capacity	220 TB	12 TB - 256 TB	192 TB – 768 TB	576 TB – 1.5 PB	272 TB – 544 TB
Usable Capacity with Cloud Tier	N/A	Up to 768 TB	Up to 2.3 PB	Up to 4.5 PB	N/A

Software-defined protection storage: PowerProtect Data Domain Virtual Edition

Scales up to 256 TB usable capacity

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DD6410

DD9410

DD9910

12 - 256TB

192 - 768TB

576 - 1548TB

270/75

800/220

1885/300

Streams

All/Read

Net capacity:

Increment

4TB

48TB

128/128

256/256

mtrees

All/Active

Up to 4

1 x BaseT / SFP 25/10 (OCP)

2 x BaseT /SFP 25/10 / FC

1 x BaeT

Cards

Up to 7

1 x BaseT / SFP 25/10 (OCP)

4 x BaseT / 100SFP 25/10SFP / 32FC

DD9910F

272 - 544TB

1885/300

272TB

256/256

2U / 80TB

2U

2U / 40TB net / 12*8TB

4-5U / 384TB net / 60*8TB

2U / 272TB net / 24*15.36TB

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Speed – minimal writes

Data Domain

D

LAN-based Clients

NDMP Storage

SAN-attached Clients

Mainframe Gateways

IP/FC

8KB

12KB

6KB

10KB

8KB

11KB

8KB

5KB

D

A

B

D

C

De-Duplicated Data

4,5MB container

D

a

b

d

c

Additional�compression

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Agenda

What is / why Data Domain?
Performance
Security
Scaling
Decreasing cost
Parameters
Materials

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Performance�Data Domain

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Speed – minimal writes

Data Domain

D

LAN-based Clients

NDMP Storage

SAN-attached Clients

Mainframe Gateways

IP/FC

8KB

12KB

6KB

10KB

8KB

11KB

8KB

5KB

D

A

B

D

C

De-Duplicated Data

4,5MB container

D

a

b

d

c

Additional�compression

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Backup speed: 5TB/h

from single Oracle server

Data Domain DD6300

with just 7 disk

Production results

14

TB

Linux

Oracle

Speed limited by production storage (1.5GB/s max read)

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Backup speed: 5TB/h

from single Oracle server

Data Domain DD6300

with just 7 disk

Production results

14

TB

Linux

Oracle

Speed limited by production storage (1.5GB/s max read)

Public case:�https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6750719326635995136/

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DD6410

DD9410

DD9910

270/75

800/220

1885/300

Streams

All/Read

DD9910F

1885/300

2U / 80TB

2U

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Virtual

Machine

Virtual

Machine

Virtual

Machine

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DD6900

DD9900

DD9400

DD3300

DD6400

DDVE

Hardware Compression Card

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DD6410

DD9410

DD9910

DD9910F

2U / 80TB

2U

DDVE

Hardware Compression Card

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DD6410

DD9410

DD9910

DD9910F

2U / 80TB

2U

DDVE

Hardware Compression Card

Data Domain main processor is faster

Faster backups

Faster restores

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Instant Access

DD6410

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Security�Data Domain

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DD Invulnerability Architecture

Data Domain

D

LAN-based Clients

NDMP Storage

SAN-attached Clients

Mainframe Gateways

IP/FC

8KB

12KB

6KB

10KB

8KB

11KB

8KB

5KB

D

A

B

D

C

De-Duplicated Data

4,5MB container

D

a

b

d

c

Additional�compression

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Storage Pool

P P

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Seperated Data / Operating System

2-Port SAS - ext

Internal SAS

CTO OPTIONAL SLOT

CTO OPTIONAL FC 2-port

NVRAM

HW Accelerator

4

1

2

3

rNDC

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Seperated Data / Operating System

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Site A

Data Domain

Backup

Restore

Disaster Recovery

Transfer 1%

Recovery 100% of data

Databases

Virtualization

Applications

Servers

Remote offices

Laptops

Site B

Backup

Restore

Databases

Virtualization

Applications

Servers

Remote offices

Laptops

Data Domain

Any backup

software

Any backup

software

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Backup

system

#1

Backup

system

#2

Backup

system

#3

Backup

system

#4

Backup1

Backup3

30 days

60 days

90 days

Backup1

Backup3

30 days

15 days

Backup1

Backup3

20 days

10 days

20 days

Backup1

Backup3

60 days

30 days

Data Domain can lock (compliance) data.

No one can modify / delete file

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IT Infrastructure

Any backup�software

Backup

Recovery

SITE A

IT Infrastructure

Any backup�software

SITE B

Disaster Recovery

1% data transfer

100% recovery

Data Domain

Air Gap

Cyber Bunker

Cyber

Recovery

Checking

ransomware

PLAN B – Secure data & Recovery

Compliance

No possibility to change data

Ransomware

protection

Secure

Historical

backups

Recovery

automation

Data Domain

Separation

from production

Cyber

Sense

Backup

software

Sandbox

Any tests

Ransomware

protection

Management

and automation

Data Domain

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Security Officer

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The below actions require confirmation of Security Officer

Removing data from Data Domain
Cleaning on demand

Normally once per week
Deleting logical Data Domain (mtree) without cleaning does not delete anything

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The below actions require confirmation of Security Officer

Removing data from Data Domain
Cleaning on demand

Normally once per week
Deleting logical Data Domain (mtree) without cleaning does not delete anything

Without Security Officer approval those operation will not happen

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Scaling�Data Domain

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DD6410

DD9410

DD9910

12 - 256TB

192 - 768TB

576 - 1548TB

Net capacity:

Increment

4TB

48TB

DD9910F

272 - 544TB

272TB

2U / 80TB

2U

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I want to keep my backups�on Data Domain

How big Data Domain do I need?

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Data Domain has �the best market de-duplication:

Smallest block (4K – 12K)
Global de-duplication
The fastest engine
Source de-duplication

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Thus, Data Domain requires 2-3 less

space
bandwidth for replication

than most of the market solutions

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Mail from the customer

I have to praise myself because yesterday we started DDVE tests and the results are spectacular.

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Mail from the customer

After First Backup (just after 1 backup):

On a sample of 80 virtual machines (mixed Windows and Linux), we achieved

De-duplication of 94%
9TB VMWare occupies 0,6TB on Data Domain
Backup time decreased by half comparing to current solution (just 1st backup).

Further backups are huge faster

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Mail from the customer

After First Backup (just after 1 backup):

On a sample of 80 virtual machines (mixed Windows and Linux), we achieved

De-duplication of 94%
9TB VMWare occupies 0,6TB on Data Domain
Backup time decreased by half comparing to current solution.

Effect better than on Data Domain workshop!

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PoC Feedback

Environment

300GB SAP/Oracle

POC results

Backup speed to Data Domain: 5TB/h
Backup time: 4 minutes
De-duplication after 4 backups: 1:15

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Rule of thumb

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I have 10TB production environment

10TB

net

How big Data Domain do I need?

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For 10TB production environment we need 8TB Data Domain with 1 month retention

I have 10TB production environment

10TB

net

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Decreasing cost�Data Domain

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Data Protection Storage KPIs

Since Initial Deployment Nov 17 01:00:06 CET 2023

System

System Availability:

Total Protected (TB)

I/O Connections:

Data Domain Capacity

Usable TB Capacity:

Physical TB Consumed:

Active Tier Logical (7 days)

Active Tier Post-Comp (7 Days)

Active Tier Reduction Ratio and %

Active Tier Logical Size Trend (Monthly Average)

Active Tier

Summary

Latest ASUP Date = '07/29/2025'

99.995%

44000.79 TB

7 x 10 Gb/s

1450.43 TB

4.93 TB

281.2x (99.6%)

181.87 TB

156.49 TB

86%

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To get the File System Availability for detailed SN, directly bring from the ASUP from Filesystem Availability metric but for consolidated:
Get the count of seconds from the Since Attribute on System Availability Metric: 68,710,192 seconds. Delta between GENERATED_ON=Mon Feb 17 06:09:58 GMT 2025 and Since Dec 15 00:00:06 GMT 2022
Get count of seconds from the Filesystem Availability percentages: Filesystem availability 99.859% , 68,710,192/0.99859= 68,807,210.166 seconds
Sum the number of seconds in number 1 as the denominator of the function, Sum the number of seconds in number 2 as the numerator of the function and get the final percentage as 2/1 x 100%

Total Protected: Total current Pre-comp Capacity in TB for single SN and in PB for Consolidated Deck.
Usable Capacity: Total DD Post-Comp Usable capacity. For single SN in TB and in PB for Consolidated Deck.
Physical Consumed: Total Post-Comp Consumed capacity. For single SN in TB and in PB for Consolidated Deck.
Active Tier Logical and Post Comp (7 Days): Pre-comp and Post Sizes for the past 7 days from Filesys Compression Command.
Active Tier Logical Size Trend. This graph lists the current pre-comp capacity at a certain date from each week or month depending on the interval selected for collection. The reference time stamp starts from the latest ASUP date and backwards till covering the full requested time interval.

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Data Protection Storage KPIs

Since Initial Deployment Nov 17 01:00:06 CET 2023

System

System Availability:

Total Protected (TB)

I/O Connections:

Data Domain Capacity

Usable TB Capacity:

Physical TB Consumed:

Active Tier Logical (7 days)

Active Tier Post-Comp (7 Days)

Active Tier Reduction Ratio and %

Active Tier Logical Size Trend (Monthly Average)

Active Tier

Summary

Latest ASUP Date = '07/29/2025'

99.995%

44000.79 TB

7 x 10 Gb/s

1450.43 TB

4.93 TB

281.2x (99.6%)

181.87 TB

156.49 TB

86%

De-dup ratio – over 1:280

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To get the File System Availability for detailed SN, directly bring from the ASUP from Filesystem Availability metric but for consolidated:
Get the count of seconds from the Since Attribute on System Availability Metric: 68,710,192 seconds. Delta between GENERATED_ON=Mon Feb 17 06:09:58 GMT 2025 and Since Dec 15 00:00:06 GMT 2022
Get count of seconds from the Filesystem Availability percentages: Filesystem availability 99.859% , 68,710,192/0.99859= 68,807,210.166 seconds
Sum the number of seconds in number 1 as the denominator of the function, Sum the number of seconds in number 2 as the numerator of the function and get the final percentage as 2/1 x 100%

Total Protected: Total current Pre-comp Capacity in TB for single SN and in PB for Consolidated Deck.
Usable Capacity: Total DD Post-Comp Usable capacity. For single SN in TB and in PB for Consolidated Deck.
Physical Consumed: Total Post-Comp Consumed capacity. For single SN in TB and in PB for Consolidated Deck.
Active Tier Logical and Post Comp (7 Days): Pre-comp and Post Sizes for the past 7 days from Filesys Compression Command.
Active Tier Logical Size Trend. This graph lists the current pre-comp capacity at a certain date from each week or month depending on the interval selected for collection. The reference time stamp starts from the latest ASUP date and backwards till covering the full requested time interval.

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Virtual

Machine

Virtual

Machine

Virtual

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DD6410

DD9410

DD9910

DD9910F

2U / 80TB

2U

DDVE

Hardware Compression Card

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PowerProtect DD: Hardware-Assist Compression

A PCIe card for offloading CPU

Compression gzfast

Product usage

Enabled by default on all DD6410/DD9410/DD9910/DD9910F systems

Capacity Improvement

Lab Testing

Up to 30% more logical capacity comparing with previous DD (lz compression)
Average 15% improvement in capacity reduction in sizing tool
Production Data (based on ASUP) – April 2020 update

Up to 23% improvement in capacity reduction from prior DD

Workload	lz -> gzfast Improvement
Non-database (FS, Email, etc.)	23%
SQL	15%
Oracle	16%

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Data Domain

6300

100

TB

Data Domain

6410

80

TB

IT Infrastructure

Servers, Virtualization

LAN ,SAN

Any backup solution

Backup

Recovery

Any backup�software

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Backup

IT Infrastructure

Servers, Virtualization

LAN ,SAN

DD4200

300

TB

75

TB

4 backups x

4 days retention

20 TB

27 TB

75

TB

DD6900

Capacity

De-dup: 1:11

Capacity

De-dup: 1:15

Data Domain�New model

Data Domain

Previous model

7 TB LESS

Capacity

23%

Real

Customer

Case

to store

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DD6410 with the same capacity net is comparable or cheaper than DD6300

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Materials

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Links public

All materials:

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Polish

Artykuły/materiały:�https://backuprecoveryman.pl/data-domain-materialy/

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Daniel.Olkowski@dell.com

Questions

Security, Speed, Open

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