Category: Operating Systems/Programming

Data Deduplication- Dedupe Tax

  Data de-duplication/deduplication is a specialized compression technique for data which operates by removing duplicate copies of data, thus making it a great way to make data recovery and backup simpler. Knowledge is half the battle when it comes to minimizing the negative aspects of de-duplication, so I […]

What is Storage Replication?

  The method in which stored data is copied from one storage array to another Can happen locally over a SAN or LAN or even to remote locations over a WAN Deals with duplicating archived data. Also called file replication, data replication, and remote storage replication. Advantages of […]

Data De-Duplication

                Data de-duplication also called single-instance storage and intelligent compression, is a process that removes redundant copies of data as well as lessens storage overhead. This is accomplished by making sure that only a single unique item of data is stored on storage media by replacing […]