Data Deduplication

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Guidelines for the Evaluation of Enterprise De-Duplication Solutions: How to Navigate the Pitfalls and Hyperbole by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
When it comes to data deduplication, the truth is often distorted. This white paper breaks through the hype and provides you with an outline on the principles of deduplication as well as tips for evaluating solutions. Data deduplication has the...
Global Data Deduplication Results with NetBackup PureDisk by Symantec Corporation
between data sets more complex. Data deduplication offers companies the opportunity to dramatically reduce the amount of storage required for backups and to more efficiently centralize backup data to multiple sites for assured disaster recovery. Veritas...
Data Deduplication Made Simple by Data Domain
Data deduplication is rapidly becoming a core fundamental of any storage system, and the implications go far beyond backup applications. Take this opportunity to learn the key differences between deduplication technologies...
eGuide: How to Get Started with Data Deduplication by Data Domain
to launch, or enhance, your data deduplication strategy. Data deduplication has certainly generated quite a buzz among storage professionals in the UK, and while there's a lot of curiosity and interest, many UK storage professionals have yet to take off...
eGuide: Data Deduplication for Primary Data by Ocarina Networks
This E-Guide will explore if Data Deduplication is suitable for primary data and what vendors are doing to keep performance high for your company's backups. Many IT Professionals are looking to add Data Deduplication to their backup system, and while all data...
Data Deduplication: Determining Project Scope through Best Practices - E-Guide Prepared for Canadian Solutions Providers by Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions
improve the efficiency and ease of a data deduplication project and consequently support your services margins. This E-Guide provides Canadian Solutions Providers with a check list that will improve the efficiency and ease of a data deduplication project and...
Data Deduplication and Disk Backups: An End-User's Guide to Success by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
Gain an understanding of data deduplication and learn the benefits of these solutions. Data deduplication has completely taken the storage world by storm. As far as backup technologies go, data deduplication offers the most promise because it reduces costs...
ESG - Understanding the Power of Data De-Duplication by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
volumes and one such technology is data deduplication.

This ESG white paper aims to break through all of the hype surrounding data deduplication and explains the true power of this technology. Read this white paper to learn about the fundamental aspects of data...
Deduplication: The Post—Snapshot Revolution in Storage by Data Domain
in your storage architecture. Data deduplication has leverage across the storage infrastructure for reducing data, improving data protection and overall, simplifying data management. However, deduplication is hard to implement in a way that runs fast with...
Untangling Data Deduplication by Overland Storage
basics and trends related to data deduplication. In this videocast, analyst and industry veteran Arun Taneja uncovers some of the important basics and trends related to data deduplication. Arun discusses the primary concerns around data dedupe, different...
Podcast: Highlighting Data Deduplication and Disk Backups by Data Domain
W. Curtis Preston highlights data deduplication technologies - the features, the benefits and how different solutions differ from each other. In this Expert Podcast, W. Curtis Preston highlights data deduplication technologies - the features, the benefits and how...
VIDEO: Highlighting Data Deduplication and Disk Backups by Data Domain
W. Curtis Preston highlights data deduplication technologies - the features, the benefits and how different solutions differ from each other. In this Expert Videocast, W. Curtis Preston highlights data deduplication technologies - the features, the benefits and how...
Podcast: How to compare data deduplication products by Data Domain
service providers. Data deduplication is rapidly becoming a core fundamental of any storage system, and the implications go far beyond backup applications. Knowing how to evaluate and compare vendor products will save you time, money, and sanity when...
Hot Spots: Data Deduplication Drama by Storage Magazine
by knowing where to look for it. Data deduplication for secondary storage is prompting as much passion from vendors as it is confusion for some users. Why? Because dedupe is one of those influential, crucial technologies that comes along every few years.

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Data Deduplication Methodologies: Byte-level vs. Block Level Deduplication by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
in the disk-based backup market. Data deduplication enables disk to be a feasible long-term retention backup media--making it the same or lower cost than tape-based systems. This paper discusses the 4 key reasons why ExaGrid’s byte-level data de-duplication outperforms...
IT Briefing: Data Deduplication and Disk Backups: An End-User's Guide to Success by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
provide unique byte-level data deduplication, a compression technology necessary to do an efficient job of backing up to disk. Tape-based backup solutions are fraught with problems. Restore time from tape is prohibitive and tape proliferation is a concern...
Blending Tape Virtualization and Data Deduplication to Optimize Data Protection Performance and Costs (Dec 08) by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
explore Tape Virtualization and Data Deduplication technologies, discuss how to most effectively blend them, and then provide a set of evaluation points which can be used to make deployment decisions in your environment. This Solution Profile explore Tape...
Best Practices Data Deduplication for Symantec's NetBackup (NBU) by Data Domain
Data protection is a top priority, but with data continuously growing, it has become increasingly difficult. This webcast examines an innovative deduplication solution and explains how it integrates with standard NBU...
Best Practices Data Deduplication for Symantec's NetBackup (NBU) by Data Domain
This white paper focuses on how the Data Domain deduplication storage solution integrates with standard NBU architectural and operational environments in order to overcome the growing gap between what is being accomplished and needs to be...
Podcast: Deduplication as a Storage Fundamental by Data Domain
and cost-savings, it's easy to see why data deduplication has gained so much recognition over the past few years. Organizations both large and small have adopted data dedupe in their storage environment, and if you're still considering it, this Mediacast can help.

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Deduplication as a Storage Fundamental by Data Domain
and cost-savings, it's easy to see why data deduplication has gained so much recognition over the past few years. Organizations both large and small have adopted data dedupe in their storage environment, and if you're still considering it, this Mediacast can help.

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Presentation Transcript: Highlighting Data Deduplication and Disk Backups by Data Domain
This document is based on a Data Domain/TechTarget webcast entitled "De-dupe and Disk Backups--What You Need to Know Before Taking the Plunge." This document is based on a Data Domain/TechTarget webcast entitled "De-dupe and Disk Backups...
IT Briefing: Deduplication as a Storage Fundamental by Data Domain
as a Storage Fundamental." Data deduplication is not a backup technology in our view. It's a storage technology. It is going to be broadly applicable to all kinds of applications, all kinds of classes of data. It's interesting to us that the backup/restore data...
Top 7 Critical Things to Consider When Purchasing a Storage Optimization Solution by Ocarina Networks
like generic compression and data deduplication. Like anyone responsible for the storage capacity and integrity of online data, you know how rapidly your storage needs are growing. Consequently, the costs to support those business demands are also increasing. This...
Konica Minolta Reduces Backup Window, Improves Disaster Recovery Strategy with ExaGrid by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
staff had been backing up all of its data onto tape, but with 5TB of data to protect, backup windows were long and relying on tape meant juggling multiple backup jobs with several different backup servers and tape libraries.

Finally, Konica Minolta realized...
How To Keep Your Business Running In The Event Of A Disaster by Simply Continuous
This Webcast explores how Data Domain deduplication storage coupled with the Simply Continuous Data Protect Vault managed services can help enterprise customers. This Webcast explores how Data Domain deduplication storage coupled with the...
Using Disk-based Backup for Better Backups and Restores by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
the company's ability to restore data from tape in the event of an emergency. Finally, this organization realized that disk-based backup was a practical option.

This white paper presents a case study on Concord Camera and how they overcame their backup...
Pivotal Time for Storage (Editorial) by Storage Magazine
even if it means being bullied. Take data deduplication. It's an idea largely developed and promoted by smaller companies that, with some notable exceptions like Data Domain, couldn't push their products into the mainstream...
What's Red Hot This Summer? Common Sense: Storage Bin 2.0 by Storage Magazine
for us. Information security, data deduplication and virtualization are booming. But as we finally put some of these common-sense themes into practice, we'll invariably expose the next set of weaknesses we'll have to contend with...
Related Best Practices
How to implement snapshots
data can be used to restore lost files or recover from more substantial data loss. Features like data deduplication are also appearing in snapshots to reduce disk storage requirements, allowing for many more snapshots and longer retention periods. Below are a series of best practices to help you get the most from snapshot technology.

Start by understanding your RPO

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How to implement disk-to-disk backups
as backup targets. Storage space is finite, which can limit the allowable retention period for data. Data reduction technologies like data deduplication and delta differencing can dramatically extend the effective storage capacity. Also, indexing and search are can be valuable when rapid file organization and location are needed. Below are a series of best... More...
How to improve tape backup performance and reliability
time.

Use data reduction technologies to shrink the backup task

Data reduction techniques like data deduplication, conventional compression and delta differencing to reduce the amount of data that must be backed up. Smaller backups will execute faster, resulting in a shorter backup window, less drive wear, and lower media usage (and lower media costs). Most backup software... More...

FAQ's
How does data deduplication affect the backup process in a virtual server environment?
I'm hearing more and more questions about data deduplication and virtualization. And, it's not just server virtualization, another area is desktop virtualization. With server virtualization, you have lots of virtual machine images out there and they have the same operating system. For... More...
What are the drawbacks of using a virtual tape library (VTL) for data deduplication?
What are the drawbacks of using a virtual tape library (VTL) for data deduplication? There are really no alternatives for disk-based backup outside of backup software options. For example, Symantec has PureDisk that offers a data deduplication function at the client. IBM is soon to release a similar function in... More...
Are there any major drawbacks to using tape encryption?
Probably the biggest one: You lose your keys; you lose your data. This deserves the most consideration and you need to have the best possible key management.

Also, if you plan on encrypting at the client level, that may cause some issues if you have implemented deduplicaiton within your... More...