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deduplication

deduplication

1 6.3
A way of finding and removing the same files or records to save space
  • noun
  • /ˌdiːˌduːplɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
: deduplicación
  • Deduplication can optimize HDD capacity, HDD IOPS, SSD efficiency, DRAM efficiency, and WAN efficiency.

Examples

  • The compression and deduplication features in Jungle Disk Server Edition typically save customers 80 to 90 percent in storage and bandwidth costs.

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  • Also, backup time is directly proportional to the size of your backup, so compression and deduplication allow you to back up significantly faster and use less bandwidth.

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  • Next time you are looking at a product that claims to have deduplication technology, ask if it benefits the platform in these five areas.

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  • Popular wisdom holds that the primary value of data deduplication is in storage capacity savings.

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  • The challenges of applying deduplication more broadly begin with the differences between primary storage and backup storage.

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  • Before we actually write data to the array, we write it to NVRAM where we perform deduplication and compression.

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  • Albireo deduplication is seamlessly deployed in primary, archive, and backup storage across the data center and the cloud.

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  • CORE (according to Wikibon) is a measure of the effectiveness of a storage optimization (deduplication) technology as a function of time and cost to achieve a desired capacity reduction.

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  • The process of deduplication allows companies to save storage space by removing duplicate files from their systems.

  • Data deduplication is essential for improving efficiency in cloud storage solutions by minimizing the amount of data that needs to be backed up.

Antonyms

17 3.5

The act of making an exact copy or the thing that is copied

Surface Forms

deduplication singular

Morphology

deduplication = deduplicate (transparent) = de + duplicate + ion

This is a standard nominalization of the verb 'deduplicate' meaning the process of removing duplicates.

Etymology

The word deduplication starts with de- ('remove') and the part duplicate ('a copy' or 'double'), so it means removing copies. In computing, deduplication is the process of finding and deleting duplicate files to save storage space.