Virginia CU Deploys Deduplication Storage Software

RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia CU said it has implemented NetApp’s deduplication software–which eliminates duplicate data–as a space-saving complement to its VMware infrastructure.
 
The company said NetApp eliminates redundant data objects to improve space-savings efficiency and reduce physical storage capacity that its customers need to purchase and manage for data copy activities.
 
The $1.4 billion credit union deployed VMware to consolidate servers and create clone copies for test and development, but still sought greater storage efficiency. By leveraging NetApp to deduplicate VMware virtual machines, the credit union achieved overall space savings of 78%.
 
NetApp deduplication provided the means to retain long-term business-critical data in compliance with financial regulations in a cost-effective and efficient manner. In addition, by leveraging other NetApp space-saving technologies such as thin provisioning and FlexClone, Virginia CU solved its need for rapid provisioning of server and data cloning for testing and development purposes without consuming disk space.