The Quantum NDX-8d network-attached storage (NAS) appliance can reduce storage requirements by up to 90%, according to the company.

Quantum also announced the RDX 8000 removable disk library, also with up to 8TB of capacity. For offsite disaster recovery protection, the NDX can replicate data to a second NDX appliance or move data offsite with the RDX 8000's removable hard drives.

The NDX-8d NAS appliance incorporates Quanum's DXi array deduplication software, which typically offers a 20:1 deduplication ratio, meaning that the software typically removes 20 copies for every one original file. For example, if an email with an attachment is sent to a group of employees, each email the employee received will be backed up, creating multiple copies of the same data. Deduplication eliminates those copies and instead creates a pointer to the one original attachment for everyone to view.

"Customers tell us that data protection for small businesses and workgroups is overly complex," Rob Clark, senior vice president of Quantum's Disk and Tape Data Protection Group, said in a statement.

The NDX-8 comes in two models: the NDX-8 and NDX-8d (the d stands for deduplication). Both arrays are powered by an Intel Core i3 3.3Ghz processor and have 4GB of RAM, 8TB of capacity and have Quantum's Datastor Shield software. That software provides agentless client backup, meaning that there is no software to install on the clients being protected.