HP's Federated Catalyst lets users combine backup systems

Typical backup systems on the market now can only perform deduplication across one node, according to HP, while the StoreOnce 6500 has been able to do so on two controllers. Though Federated Catalyst allows for deduplication across four 6500 controllers to start with, HP could expand that to eight, the maximum number of nodes in a cluster, said Craig Nunes, vice president of marketing for HP Storage.

All told, Federated Catalyst can cut management overhead by 75 percent, according to HP.

List prices for the StoreOnce 6500 start at US$375,000. Federated Catalyst will be available starting in July, with prices starting at $37,500 per couplet, or pair of nodes configured for failover and autonomic restart.

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