Data reduction and deduplication

Email Alerts

Register now to receive SearchDataBackup.com-related news, tips and more, delivered to your inbox.
By submitting you agree to receive email from TechTarget and its partners. If you reside outside of the United States, you consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States. Privacy

  • How dedupe fits into your data backup plan

    The fourth chapter of this e-book discusses things to consider about the way deduplication is performed and the ways that dedupe integrates with other data protection processes. It offers information about how deduplication can impact restore time an...  E-Chapter

  • The debate over global deduplication

    Combining both source and target deduplication might sound promising, but there’s one major disadvantage: Source + target dedupe solutions tend not to scale very well. The sheer volume of data that needs to be backed up often causes the backup target...  E-Chapter

  • Choose the right dedupe approach

    Data deduplication technologies have existed in various forms for years, but now, dedupe is a standard in our current IT landscape. Expert Brien M. Posey explains how you can master the concept and ensure your backups are the best fit for your compan...  E-Chapter

  • What is deduplication?

    Data deduplication has evolved from the most cutting-edge emerging technology to an everyday backup capability. Access this e-book to get backup expert Brien Posey's insight into hardware and software deduplication, cloud backups and the combination ...  E-Chapter

  • What you should know about the deduplication process

    Deduplication technology is mature and there are a variety of options available depending on your organization's specific needs. This e-book compares hardware- and software-based deduplication, source and target deduplication, global deduplication an...  E-Book

  • centralized backup

    Centralized backup is a process that involves automatically replicating data from remote sites and sending it over a network to a main (centralized) location for storage.  Definition

  • data archiving

    Data archiving is the process of moving data that is no longer actively used to a separate data storage device for long-term retention.  Definition

  • data reduction

    Data reduction is the process of minimizing the amount of data that needs to be stored in a data storage environment. Data reduction can increase storage efficiency and reduce costs.  Definition

  • source deduplication

    Source deduplication is the removal of redundancies from data before transmission to the backup target.  Definition

  • target deduplication

    Target deduplication is the removal of redundancies from a backup transmission as it passes through an appliance sitting between the source and the backup target.  Definition

  • inline deduplication

    Inline deduplication is the removal of redundancies from data before or as it is being written to a backup device.  Definition

  • post-processing deduplication (PPD)

    Post-processing deduplication (PPD), also known as asynchronous de-duplication, is the analysis and removal of redundant data after a backup is complete and data has been written to storage.  Definition

  • global data deduplication

    Global data deduplication is a method of preventing redundant data when backing up data to multiple deduplication devices.  Definition

  • data deduplication (Intelligent compression or single-instance storage)

    Data deduplication (often called "intelligent compression" or "single-instance storage") is a method of reducing storage needs by eliminating redundant data... (Continued)  Definition

  • near-continuous data protection (near CDP)

    Near-continuous data protection, sometimes called near-continuous protection, is a general term for backup and recovery products that take snapshots at set intervals. The term evolved from a need to differentiate products that take snapshots on a pre...  Definition

  • See more Definitions on Data reduction and deduplication
About Data reduction and deduplication

Data deduplication is one of the hottest data reduction technologies in data backup and recovery today. Learn about file-level vs. block-level dedupe products, and about global vs. source dedupe in this section. Explore resources on data reduction and deduplication here, including tips and advice on choosing a data deduplication solution and about disk-to-disk backup and data dedupe. Read about the benefits of single-instance storage, data compression and other data reduction methods. Learn about how to choose a data deduplication vendor, and find news, trends and information about data reduction products. Find out about data dedupe best practices and listen to podcasts and interviews from enterprise data storage industry experts. Read data deduplication and backup tutorials, and ask our data reduction and deduplication experts your most important questions.

Back to top