Backup to Data Domain - for Oracle, SQL Server, SharePoint, Exchange and VMware
Multistream backups - increased performance for Exchange, SharePoint, and NDMP
VMware - incremental change-block-based restore for increased performance
Exchange - granular message level recoveries directly from save sets
SharePoint - farm-level federated backup for disaster recovery and granular recoveries
Centralised updating - of Windows and Linux clients, and Avamar servers
Larger capacity nodes - GEN4 storage nodes offer up to 7.8 TB of storage capacity

Eliminates the transmission and storage - of redundant backup data
Enables daily full backups - across existing network infrastructures
Reduces required daily network bandwidth - by up to 500x
Reduces total backup storage - by up to 50x
Increases backup performance - by up to 10x

Reduces the size of backup data - by deduplicating the data at source
Stores only a single copy of sub-file data - across all sites and servers
Checks data integrity daily - creates checkpoints to guarantee recovery
Encryption of backup data - while in transit and at rest
Replication of the datastore - to another Avamar server deployed at a remote location
Eliminates single points of failure - with Redundant Array of Independent Nodes (RAIN)
Flexible deployment - hardware, software and VMware virtual appliance editions
VMware vSphere protection - image-level backup with VM or file-level recovery
VMware vCenter integration - discovers VMs and schedules their backup policy
Desktop/laptop protection - self-service backup enables end users to restore their data
Avamar Data Transport - enables the export of deduplicated data to tape
EMC NetWorker integration - client and Management Console

VMware - Guest virtual machine and vStorage APIs for Data Protection
File systems - Windows, UNIX, Linux, MAC OS X, NetWare, OES-Linux and NDMP
Applications - Exchange, SQL, Oracle, DB2 and Lotus Notes