Data deduplication solution ‘can save money’

Companies looking for ways in which to reduce their outgoings could do well to reduce the number of files they have stored on central servers using a data deduplication solution.

A blogger for the Register has suggested corporate information such as employee contracts and pensions advice is just one area in which an organisation can vastly reduce the number of individual copies that are stored.

However, a deduplication solution could yield "spectacular results" on backup data, which is often replicated on a weekly or even daily basis.

The commentator explained how the ratio for this process could be as much as 20:1, which represents "a 20TB backup store can be reduced to 1TB" in some cases.

Companies following the advice could reduce the amount of server space they are paying for by eliminating "wasteful spending".

Meanwhile, Steve Evans, a columnist for the CBR Software Applications website, said cleansing corporate date can help a business maintain a "uniform view" of the information its employees use each day.