Deduplication

Today you’re faced with ever-growing storage needs, but not ever-increasing budgets. That's why you need better ways to optimize your storage infrastructure and more effectively manage data.

You can meet these challenges with Dell™ deduplication solutions. We provide a wide range of hardware and software platforms, as well as consulting services, to help you:

• Shorten backup time windows
• Reduce storage needed for backup jobs
• Improve recovery time
• Maximize performance through content-aware technology

What is Deduplication?

Deduplication is a storage-optimization technology that reduces the data footprint by eliminating multiple copies of redundant data and storing only unique data. Copies of the redundant data are replaced by references to the original data, sometimes called 'pointers.'

Deduplication can occur at the file, subfile or block level. At the subfile and block levels, data commonly is divided into smaller segments, which can be more easily analyzed for possible redundancies, as compared to using file level data, and more efficiently stored. You can implement deduplication at the levels of primary, secondary and archive storage. It’s especially effective at the level of secondary storage because backups contain vast amounts of redundant data. Typically the bulk of the data in an organization has not changed considerably from the last backup job, so storing copy after copy of the same file or data can unnecessarily consume resources — storage capacity, power, cooling and management.

What is Content-Aware Optimization?

With its acquisition of Ocarina Networks, Dell is taking traditional dedupe to the next level with content-aware deduplication and compression.

Content-aware optimization can identify the specific type of data being analyzed and then custom tailor the deduplication algorithm to that content. This technology can help you contain costs, rein in storage growth and simplify data management.

Learn More about Dell Deduplication Solutions

At Dell, we can provide the software, systems and consulting services that will ensure a successful deduplication implementation. Contact us to get started right away.