EMC Data Domain Archiver, the industry’s first system for long-term retention of backup and archive data, extends the Data Domain architecture with an internal tiering approach designed to enable cost-effective long-term retention of data on deduplicated disk.

Unlike other archive storage platforms, it offers all the advantages of a traditional Data Domain system in backup throughput and resilience to address long-term backup retention. Unlike other backup platforms, it offers significant optimization for long-term cost efficiency and granular fault-containment and recovery.

DD Archiver enables customers to transition from using backup processes for long-term data retention through the evolving adoption of archiving best practices, while minimizing reliance on tape infrastructure in the data center.