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Consider data deduplication. operations staff utilization— vary based on the types of
In short, data that is duplicated allowing an already-taxed data involved and the
time and time again (pushing group to gain perhaps the frequency of full backups and
YSIS
the limits of capacity of all most valuable of all operating retention, ESG’s testing has
infrastructure and taxing all of assets: time. found a 20:1 ratio—when
ANAL
our operating processes), often combined with data
for perfectly valid reasons, has Reducing the actual amount of compression—to be broadly
a multiplying negative effect on data that traverses our achievable. The fact that some
the backup, recovery, and corporate networks enables percentage of ESG’s survey
disaster recovery processes we even further consolidation and base has experienced much
conduct. By default, most improved utilization, higher degrees of capacity
backups create full images, at multiplying the benefits reduction is also not surprising
regular intervals, of data that is derived yet again. By as ESG Lab has seen data
GEMENT
already duplicated—sometimes implementing these deduplication ratios of up to
dozens of times. The positive technologies at remote offices, 89:1. While it is easy for IT
gains achieved by eliminating companies will find they can vendors and users alike to get
MANA
duplicate data inefficiencies are now easily centralize all caught up in these eye-
felt throughout an entire corporate backup/recovery and popping numbers, it should
organization. disaster recovery operations to not be overlooked that
a primary, centralized reductions of 4:1 or 5:1 can still
For example, by backing up to location—eliminating the need be extremely valuable.
a disk target with for much of the remote IT
deduplication, IT gets an support and associated costs Security capabilities are
immediate primary benefit of presently required. dramatically enhanced because
speed as disk enables a less data physically moving
tremendous performance gain. One of the key measures of around the enterprise reduces
When the data is deduplicated any capacity reduction solution the risk of intellectual property
at the source, it takes up is the degree of capacity falling into the wrong hands.
significantly less space at rest reduction—or “reduction Collaboration, discovery, and
and during transmission. ratio”—it enables. As an recovery operations required
Therefore, data that has been example, a “10x” or “10 times” throughout the entire
deduplicated at point A will reduction would indicate that enterprise become suddenly
require significantly less an organization was able to attainable. Centralizing or
infrastructure (bandwidth, reduce the size of a 500 GB consolidating backup and DR
capacity, etc.) to store and backup to just 50 GB. Among functions, enabled by
transmit that “virtual” instance ESG research respondents consolidating and virtualizing
of the data to point B, and so currently using data the data itself, improves
on. Secondarily, because deduplication technology, consistency, security, and
typical backup deduplication approximately one-third (33%) efficiency throughout the entire
rates can be 20:1 or higher, the say they have experienced a enterprise—all while lowering
economics of keeping the less than 10x reduction in capital costs, operating costs,
virtual (or deduplicated) data capacity requirements, 48% and risk.
on disk are far more practical, report a 10x-20x reduction, and
which in turn dramatically 18% report reductions ranging The Value Multiplier:
improves the efficiency of from 21x to more than 100x. Concurrently Addressing
recovery operations the Infrastructure and
themselves to bring even In general, these results are the Data Optimizes ROI
higher service levels and value consistent with the results of Data itself lives—and as such,
back to the business. This new hands-on product tests can be further optimized by
efficiency gain is multiplied conducted by ESG Lab. While enabling efficiency gains at
again by improving overall IT data deduplication ratios will different times in its lifecycle.
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