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DD Boost software delivers an advanced level of integration with backup applications and database utilities, enhancing performance and ease of use. The BoostFS plug-In with DD Boost provides even greater application support, which enables all the benefits of DD Boost for data protection. BoostFS is supported and available for Linux and Windows hosts.
DD Boost enables the backup server or application client to send only unique data segments, rather than all data, across the network to the PowerProtect DD appliance. This process reduces the amount of data transferred over the network by 80 to 98 percent.
BoostFS licenses are not included with the DD Boost licensing option available on all PowerProtect DD series appliances (including DDVE). BoostFS is a separate software product that must be purchased and licensed for the clients that it is deployed on.