One of the more useful features of Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 is native data deduplication. Although deduplication features have existed in storage hardware for years, the release ...

Deduplication is a feature introduced in Windows Server 2012 that can be enabled without the use of expensive hardware capabilities such as SAN or NAS. It helps to reduce your storage need by ...

If you're running a NAS or considering building one, you've likely come across the term ZFS. On paper, it sounds like the perfect file system for a NAS. The file system promises reliability, ...

Deduplication comes in many unique forms, meaning that a variety of solutions exist to aid small and midsize organizations with their backup needs. This is an “always on” solution that works in real ...

Lessfs offers a flexible solution to utilize data deduplication on affordable commodity hardware. In recent years, the storage industry has been busy providing some of the most advanced features to ...

Q: Can you explain the differences between compression, file deduplication and data deduplication? A: All of these products fit into an overall market and technical concept, which is capacity ...

Data deduplication, also called intelligent compression or single-instance storage, is a means of reducing the amount of data that needs to be stored. The data deduplication process works by ...

Data deduplication is commonplace nowadays in backup and is a common feature of backup software products and disk-based backup devices. But data deduplication – or more commonly single instance ...

Building a distributed database is complicated and needs to consider many factors. Previously, I discussed two important techniques, sharding and partitioning, for gaining greater throughput and ...