Data deduplication, also called intelligent compression or single-instance storage, is a means of reducing the amount of data that needs to be stored. The data deduplication process works by ...

Deduplication comes in many unique forms, meaning that a variety of solutions exist to aid small and midsize organizations with their backup needs. This is an “always on” solution that works in real ...

Q: Can you explain the differences between compression, file deduplication and data deduplication? A: All of these products fit into an overall market and technical concept, which is capacity ...

As data deduplication matured last year, the constant question I was asked by industry analysts was "Isn't this just a feature?" The question implied that anyone that was specifically in the data ...

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 ...

The realities of exponential data growth are hitting hard in organizations of all size. Small-to-medium sized businesses are particularly vulnerable to this expensive and ubiquitous challenge, however ...

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 ...

Everyone is talking about the benefits of storing data to the cloud for sharing information among friends, to simplify moving data between different mobile devices, and for small businesses to back up ...

Data deduplication is commonplace nowadays in backup and is a common feature of backup software products and disk-based backup devices. But data deduplication – or more commonly single instance ...

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