Could Dedupe Be in the News Again

Jon Toigo writes a blog call Drunken Data.  He recently put out a call for dedupe vendors to answer a few questions.  You can read some of the unedited vendor submissions, including one for our own product NetBackup PureDisk.  I am happy to post it here if anyone finds it too difficult to read through the blog.

 

 

The response are different then what you might read in standard datasheet / collateral material.  Indeed, it's the contrast of response where you'll find the silver lining.

 

Finally, a blurb posted from SearchDataBackup.com, by Dave Rafino "Storage Decisions: Users list must-have data dedupe options" where users sounded off on data dedupe. If you're feeling lazy, I'll net it out for you.

 

1) Dedupe savings are real

2) Always take the vendors for a test drive to validate it in your environment.

3) Everybody appears pretty happy with data deduplication

 

Read more here.

 

Obviously we'd love for you to take NetBackup PureDisk - our data deduplication for a test drive.  But if you're not ready, why not get educated on a technology that will become standard in data protection five years from now.