Deduplication – Methods for Achieving Data Efficiency

Gideon Senderov, Director, Technical Marketing and Product Management, NEC America
Matthew Brisse, Director of Business Development, Quantum Corporation

Deduplication has become a very popular topic in the industry because of the potentially large reduction in cost and increase in efficiency it offers.  Deduplication technologies are being promoted at various points within the storage network including source deduplication, deduplication of data in transit, and deduplication at the storage destination.  Deduplication technologies are also being promoted in all tiers: backup, archiving, and primary storage.  Each of these storage use cases represents a unique set of challenges. Implementing any deduplication technology has major implications for scale, performance, and functionality.  Deduplication also has long term legal and compliance implications for records management.  This session will review various deduplication technologies available and the implications of each.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the differences between various deduplication strategies
  
• Learn where, when, and how to utilize deduplication to boost storage efficiency in one’s own environment
  
• Understand the beneficial effects of implementing these technologies