Hitachi Launches Big Data Remote Backup Accelerator By Wolfgang Gruener November 21, 2012 1:27 PM Tags : Hardware & Software Networking WAN Hitachi Hitachi recently announced a new WAN Accelerator that serves as high-speed big data backup between data centers for domestic and overseas telecommunications providers, data center operators, and cloud computer service providers. The device promises to reduce the required time for remote backup for 1 TB of data from more than 58 hours to about 2.25 hours. According to the manufacturer, the speedup is due to a proprietary algorithm to measure the packet loss ratio as well as its fluctuation. Hitachi said that the technology can estimate the available WAN bandwidth and optimize the data transfer speed accordingly. Initially, Hitachi is offering a high-end version of its Remote Backup Model, which features a maximum of 6,000 TCP sessions, a maximum TCP session performance of 300 Mbps, as well as an optimized WAN bandwidth of 1 Gbps. A lower-end "office" version will be added in April 2013, providing up to 2,000 TCP sessions. Wolfgang Gruener is a contributor to Tom's IT Pro. He is currently principal analyst at Ndicio Research, a market analysis firm that focuses on cloud computing and disruptive technologies, and maintains the conceivablytech.com blog. An 18-year veteran in IT journalism and market research, he previously published TG Daily and was managing editor of Tom's Hardware news, which he grew from a link collection in the early 2000s into one of the most comprehensive and trusted technology news sources. See here for all of Wolfgang's Tom's IT Pro articles. Check Out These IT VideosVIDEO: Cloud Services: No Buzz, No BullVIDEO: How Secure Are Your Mobile Devices?VIDEO: What's a Virtual Phone?VIDEO: Data Center ConvergenceVIDEO: Quick Look - Intel S2600CP MotherboardVIDEO: Big Data, Big Hardware, Big SoftwareVIDEO: Quick Look - Intel S2600IP MotherboardVIDEO: Increase Security with Multi-Factor AuthenticationVIDEO: Unified Communications - Embrace or Replace?VIDEO: Bring It All Together with UCVIDEO: Ed's Story - From Mainframe to Virtualization Comment on this article ... Comment(s)| Comments