Key Points:
- Utilize minimal system resources - primary data, backup data, and archival data can all be deduplicated with nominal impact on data center operations.
- Schedule deduplication to occur during off-peak times, applications can sustain critical performance but still realize significantly reduced storage capacity requirements.
- Install our simple, command-based deduplication feature in minutes. Once deduplication is enabled and scheduled, no other action is required.
- Select which datasets to deduplicate with our tools to evaluate those datasets and help point out the areas that will provide the greatest return.
- Perform a full byte-for-byte validation before removing any duplicate data for worry-free deduplication.
NetApp data deduplication and data compression are fundamental components of our core operating architecture - Data ONTAP®. These innovative data reduction features can be used broadly across multiple applications and storage tiers, including primary data, backup data, and archival data.
NetApp deduplication combines the benefits of granularity, performance, and resiliency to provide you with a significant advantage in the race to provide for ever-increasing storage capacity demands.
NetApp data compression is a new feature that compresses data as it is written to NetApp FAS and V-Series storage systems. Like deduplication, NetApp data compression works in both SAN and NAS environments, and is application and storage tier agnostic.
Data deduplication and data compression are your partners in the struggle to control data proliferation. The average UNIX® or Windows® disk volume contains thousands or even millions of duplicate or compressible data objects. As data is created, distributed, backed up, and archived, this data is stored unabated across all storage tiers. The end result is inefficient utilization of data storage resources.
An immediate benefit is obtained through the use of these data reduction features, a benefit that is maintained throughout the data lifecycle.
