Just wondering if anyone has done testing or seen documentation (from any dedupe vendor) regarding the usage of enabling checkpoints on backups that are being deduplicated? I would think that the introduction of checkpoints every X minutes into the datastream would interrupt the continuity of the data and make it seem more unique thus negatively affecting dedupe ratios but I'm wondering by how much. Most, if not all, of the variable length guys have the ability to 're-align' themselves to the start of the files so I would think it might be more pronounced on large files vs your average server but I'm just thinking out loud.
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