EMC to NetApp: Get F up
Posted 06/01/09 at 9:29 PM by Zeln
As most folks in the storage world know, last week NetApp offered to buy Data Domain for 25.00 in cash/stock for each current Data Domain stock.
There was some confusion in the industry, as NetApp has a deduplication engine already (what Data Domain is famous for). The NetApp engine however, causes the performance to half while engaged.
In addition, there is talk that Data Domain was working on a production array with inline deduplication (Most deduplication is done to archive or data targets).
Both of these where things that where probably worth the purchase.
However, today EMC offered 30.00 cash for each Data Domain Stock. This deal should be hugely attractive to Data Domain in its worth more and EMC should be able to better take care of former Data Domain employees. EMC wins because their current deduplication engine is licensed from Quantum, a company who's stock has devalued to penny stock status. In addition, if the engine can survive the transplant from the Data Domain hardware to the EMC's universal hardware platform, then perhaps it can enjoy life in a scalable architecture.
There was some confusion in the industry, as NetApp has a deduplication engine already (what Data Domain is famous for). The NetApp engine however, causes the performance to half while engaged.
In addition, there is talk that Data Domain was working on a production array with inline deduplication (Most deduplication is done to archive or data targets).
Both of these where things that where probably worth the purchase.
However, today EMC offered 30.00 cash for each Data Domain Stock. This deal should be hugely attractive to Data Domain in its worth more and EMC should be able to better take care of former Data Domain employees. EMC wins because their current deduplication engine is licensed from Quantum, a company who's stock has devalued to penny stock status. In addition, if the engine can survive the transplant from the Data Domain hardware to the EMC's universal hardware platform, then perhaps it can enjoy life in a scalable architecture.
