Our Essential Guides provide in-depth information resources that you as a storage professional have come to expect from Storage magazine and SearchStorage.com. With each edition, our storage experts address the topics and issues that are most relevant to your storage needs.
In our first, groundbreaking issue, The Essential Guide to Data Deduplication -- you'll learn about the fundamental aspects associated with data dedupe and get a number of tips and best practices from some of the leading experts in the field.
Here is a closer look on what this Essential Guide will cover:
The Essential Guide to Data Deduplication
Chapter 1: 5 Steps to Dedupe
Chapter 2: File vs. Block Dedupe
Chapter 3: Dedupe Myths
Chapter 4: Restoring Deduped Data
Without question, data deduplication is the hottest thing to hit backup technology since disk began popping up in backup configurations -- and for good reason. With its ability to stretch usable capacity to accommodate ever-growing data stores, dedupe might just be the single technology that keeps disk in the picture as a viable alternative to tape for short-term retention of backup data.
However, data deduplication does have its finer points. The technology's capabilities, efficiencies and administrative issues vary from product to product and from one environment to another. It is critical to evaluate the different types and methods of dedupe and determine which will best fit your backup setup
To assist you through these endeavours, this resource fromStorage magazine and SearchStorage.com, The Essential Guide to Data Deduplication, serves as a guide to help you understand the fundamental aspects of data deduplication. Featuring a number of expert insights and best practices, you'll get a concise overview of the variety of data deduplication tools and technologies available today, learn tips for deduplicating backup data and discover the pros and cons of file-based vs. block-based dedupe.
Check out this Essential Guide today!