Permabit Explained

Permabit Technology Corporation
Type:	Private
Industry:	Computer data storage
Foundation:	2000
Location:	Cambridge, Massachusetts

Permabit Technology Corporation was a private supplier of Data Reduction solutions to the Computer Data Storage industry.

On 31 July 2017 it was announced that Red Hat had acquired the assets and technology of Permabit Technology Corporation.^[1]

Permabit Albireo

The Permabit Albireo family of products are designed with data reduction features. The common component among these products is the Albireo index - a hash datastore.^[2] Three products in the Albireo family range from an embedded SDK (offering integration with existing storage) to a ready-to-deploy appliance.

• Albireo SDK – a software development kit designed to add data deduplication to hardware devices or software applications that benefit from sharing duplicate chunks.^[3]
• Albireo VDO – a drop-in data efficiency solution for Linux architectures. VDO provides fine-grained (4 KB chunk), inline deduplication, thin provisioning, compression and replication.^[4]
• Albireo SANblox – a ready-to-run data efficiency appliance that integrates data deduplication and data compression transparently into Fibre Channel SAN environments.^[5]

History

Permabit was founded as Permabit Inc. in 2000 by a technical and business team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.^[6] The company went through a management buyout in 2007 and a new business entity, Permabit Technology Corporation, was formed at that time.

Permabit’s first product, Permabit Enterprise Archive (originally known as Permeon) was a multi-PB scalable, content-addressable, scale-out storage product, first launched in 2004.^[7] Enterprise Archive utilized in-house developed technologies in the areas of capacity optimization, WORM, storage management and data protection.

In 2010, Permabit launched the Albireo family of products which focus on licensing Permabit data efficiency and management innovations to original equipment manufacturers, software vendors and online service providers.^[8] Publicly acknowledged companies that offer Albireo-based solutions include Dell EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, NEC, and NetApp.^[9]

In 2016, Permabit launched its data reduction software for data center organizations that utilize the Linux operating system in Cloud Computing environments.^[10]

On July 31, 2017, Red Hat announced that it has acquired the assets and technology of Permabit Technology Corporation.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Red Hat Acquires Permabit Assets, Eases Barriers to Cloud Portability with Data Deduplication Technology. Red Hat. 31 July 2017.
2. Web site: Deduplication Index Engine. Permabit Technology Corporation. 1 May 2014.
3. Web site: Albireo SDK. Permabit Technology Corporation. 1 July 2016.
4. Web site: Permabit offers deduplication to Linux masses – almost. The Register. 2 August 2017.
5. Web site: Albireo SANblox. Permabit Technology Corporation. 1 July 2016.
6. Web site: Original Permabit Website . Permabit Incorporated . 3 March 2001 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010330070526/http://www.permabit.com/ . March 30, 2001 .
7. Web site: Permabit Releases Permeon Compliance Vault Software. eWEEK. 17 March 2004.
8. Web site: Permabit Announces Albireo High Performance Data Optimization Software. Permabit Technology Corporation. 7 June 2010.
9. Web site: Permabit OEM. Permabit Technology Corporation. 1 February 2015.
10. Web site: Permabit Debuts Only Complete Data Reduction for the Linux Storage Stack. Permabit Technology Corporation. 28 July 2016.