I found myself thinking about storage deduplication recently, while wondering why only large enterprises can afford this technology. Yet signs are it won't be too long before it becomes commonplace.

Listen to a group of database professionals talk for awhile and someone will eventually bring up the topic of data deduplication. Data deduplication is a means to eliminate redundant data, either ...

The advent of cloud storage has revolutionised data management by providing scalable and cost‐effective solutions to the challenges posed by exponentially growing digital information. Data ...

In the first two installations of this blog, I discussed the business benefits of deduplication and how the technology works. I examined the different types of deduplication available, such as ...

Most customers were just starting to get their arms around all the different deduplication approaches available in disk appliances and VTLs from vendors when backup software vendors and even ...

Deduplication is a feature introduced in Windows Server 2012 that can be enabled without the use of expensive hardware capabilities such as SAN or NAS. It helps to reduce your storage need by ...

Data storage needs continue to grow unabated, straining backup and disaster recovery systems while requiring more online spindles, using more power, and generating more heat. No one expects a respite ...

One of the more useful features of Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 is native data deduplication. Although deduplication features have existed in storage hardware for years, the release ...

Data is flooding the enterprise. Storage administrators are struggling to handle a spiraling volume of documents, audio, video and images, along with an alarming proliferation of large email ...

The deduplication ratio in an environment primarily depends on data retention period, data change rate, and backup policy. Lower the data change rate, higher the deduplication ratio. Full backup ...