Demystifying Data Deduplication: Choosing the Best Solution

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By Falconstor

Data deduplication has become a primary requirement for backup implementations. Many vendors lay claim to offering the best data deduplication approach, leaving customers to face the difficulty of separating hype from reality. A number of key factors must be considered in order to select a data deduplication solution that actually delivers cost-effective, high-performance, and scalable long-term data storage.

While data redundancy was once an acceptable operational part of the backup process, the rapid growth of digital content in the data center has pushed organizations to rethink how they approach this issue and to look for ways to optimize storage capacity utilization across the enterprise.

With the advent of different data deduplication technologies and methods to optimize storage capacity utilization, IT directors and storage administrators are left to make a difficult choice on key initiatives. There are many providers of data deduplication solutions today, and each vendor lays claim to offering the best approach. What's more, some vendors set unrealistic expectations by predicting huge reductions in data volume, ultimately disappointing customers. Companies must consider a number of factors in order to select a data deduplication solution that suits their needs and provides significant value with minimal disruption to infrastructures and processes.

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