Santa Wish Five

Santa “wishes” from IT

Yes it’s that time of year when all the IT professionals are sending their wish lists to the North Pole!  It’s been a tough year for IT given the constant data growth and the never ending budget pressures. These folks are under siege!  IT needs some help and it’s not going to come from the IT vendor reps who are looking for bigger commission checks and new Land Rovers in this year’s Christmas stockings. So what IT toy is on the top of I...

Better Dedupe – Smarter

Better Dedupe – Security

Better Dedupe – Savings

The Better Dedupe Series – Implementation: inline or post process

Deduplication can be implemented in a number of different ways depending on the needs of the technology provider. There are trade-offs in each and they have the potential to impact cost and performance.  Let's explore them: Post Process - With post-process deduplication, new data is first stored on a storage device and then analyzed for duplication at a later time.   The benefit is that there is no need to wait for the hash calculations and l...

Moving to the Cloud Seems Like a Good Idea, Taking Everything You Have Does Not

Moving to the cloud is cool. Cloud storage is a hot technology for good reason - it can save you money! It seems fairly simple, consume and pay for only what you need. Cloud storage saves you the cost of pre-purchasing storage in anticipation of your needs and the associated operating costs for space, staffing and operating that storage. Most organizations are trying to reduce total storage costs while facing 50% annual data growth rates and ther...

Not All Dedupe is Created Equal! Is there “A Better Dedupe”?

It's sometimes difficult to remember that a name or phrase that becomes generic doesn't always represent the same level of quality.  For example, Coke became the generic phrase for cola soft drinks even though there were many brands cola soft drinks, often not nearly as well known or liked.  Similarly Kleenex became a generic phrase for facial tissue even though there are literally dozens of other brands of varying quality on the market. The g...

Dedupe Everywhere

Tom Cook, Permabit’s CEO, discusses Dedupe Everywhere and its capabilities and impact on OEMs and end customers....

Dedupe isn’t always “dedupe” And Dedupe Everywhere isn’t always “everywhere”

In my last two posts, I explored why deduplication approaches vary widely and dedupe everywhere sometimes isn't really "everywhere".  I hope I was successful in describing that the names may be the same in dedupe and dedupe everywhere, but what is delivered may be very different.  Although the approaches in deduplication vary, they are based on the ability to effectively address the key performance issues that have been, until now, inhibiting d...