Is there a way to do deduplication on the Windows Server level? I see Microsoft has a "Single instance Storage" for Windows Storage Server 2008, but it doesn't appear to be an available feature for any of their other Server products.
Any 3rd party DeDup on Windows support out there? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Lists - Level5 [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sun, 08 Aug 2010 12:54:26 -0700 Subject: De-duping recommendation > We are being approached by Dell to get a few of their Data Domain san units. > We currently have 4 6TB EQL's and are running a 9TB/wk backup rotation. The > owners have requested to have all data backed up and readily available for 7 > years. Nothing on tape. > > > > I heard that NetApp is one of the leaders in the de-dupe space but no idea > for certain. We are using Symantec BEX 2010 Enterprise currently, and Veeam > enterprise for our VM's (which are not part of the 9tb data backups > currently). > > > > It looks like we will basically be backing up to the unit until its full > (Dell says 30:1 or so) and then purchase a new one and so on and so on until > someone thinks they spent too much. > > > > Are there any other ideas out there? > > > > Thanks > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
