Smart Data Centers Feature Editorial

Data backup and storage is important for any company, no matter the industry in which they compete. The process of backup and the amount of time in which it is stored is often governed by certain compliance requirements. Productivity demands that the process not only be streamlined, but that data is easily available in the case of a disaster or accidental loss of work.

Meeting such demands within a budget can be challenging, but also possible. With data deduplication, a company can reduce the amount of data that is backed up and stored by ensuring the same, unchanged files are not repeatedly backed up during the nightly process. This not only reduces the amount of time necessary to perform the task, but also reduces the amount of space required to store the data.

 

In a recent white paper, “Deduplication: Effectively Reducing the Cost of Backup and Storage, AppAssure” explores the high cost of redundant data, cost contributors that make data backup appear to be cost prohibitive and the process of deduplication and how it works in a corporate environment.

Redundant data can waste a significant amount of time and money, especially when it is part of the backup process over and over again. Not only does the IT manager have to go through the process of backing up this data every night, corporate employees have to wade through this data to find what they need.

The time and storage space involved in the backup of redundant data alone can make it appear to be cost prohibitive. If a 1GB file is part of the backup process every night and deduplication is not in effect, that one file will take up 52GB of storage space after one year. Such a process is costly and unnecessary.

When a company is able to backup only new or changed data every night, a significant amount of time and storage capacity is saved. The backup process becomes much more streamlined and the amount of data recovered in the event of a disaster or simple data loss is the exact data needed and not multiple copies of the same thing.

 

There is too much to do in the every day process of running your business. Don’t waste time and money you don’t have on backup processes without deduplication. To get the full white paper, click here.