Big Blue now offering native replication as an option for remote office data storage in its ProtecTIER Deduplication appliances. ProtecTIER is an integrated physical appliance that includes a server, storage, and data deduplication software.
– IBM announced July 29 that it has upgraded the feature capabilities for its midrange and SMB storage packages by adding native replication as an disaster recovery option for its ProtecTIER Deduplication appliances.

Replication of data has been used for years to enable IT systems to protect data i…