| Businesses are seeking new ways to tackle their | | | | restore. |
| data protection challenges. The explosion of data | | | | The process of eliminating redundant data is |
| and data transfer related issues has been | | | | known as de-duplication or single instancing. In the |
| amazing, and while data itself has imploded, data | | | | de-duplication process, duplicate data is deleted, |
| linking and location of data itself has become | | | | leaving only one copy (single instance) of the data |
| varied. Data de-duplication software offers | | | | to be stored. However, indexing of all data is still |
| companies the opportunity to dramatically reduce | | | | retained should that data ever be required. |
| the amount of storage and bandwidth required | | | | With its ability to save only single copy of the |
| for backups. Druvaa inSync uses data | | | | data on the server, data de-duplication software |
| de-duplication technology to help customers | | | | is able to cut down on the bandwidth and storage |
| address these data protection challenges. | | | | capacity for backing up data. For example, a |
| More than 80% of all corporate data is duplicate | | | | traditional backup approach to an email system |
| and given this fact, choosing a conventional | | | | with 100 instances of 1 MB attachment could |
| backup approach would mean you losing out on | | | | mean all 100 instances to be saved on the server, |
| bandwidth. Data de-duplication software comes in | | | | meaning occupying 100 MB of space. Data |
| handy here. This article explores all the | | | | De-duplication is easily a mean process of backing |
| advantages of the data de-duplication process | | | | up instances. In this example, rather than saving |
| over conventional backup approaches. As a | | | | 100 instances and occupying 100 MB of space, |
| conclusion to this whitepaper, you will understand | | | | data de-duplication will allow only one instance to |
| how data de-duplication measures up against | | | | be saved, thus saving a lot of bandwidth. |
| traditional backup methods, and how it is | | | | The patent pending application design allows |
| user-friendly. | | | | Druvaa inSync to work seamlessly as a data |
| After determining if there have been any file level | | | | de-duplication software application. To summarize, |
| changes made, the inSync client goes on to use | | | | here are some of the key product highlights |
| the patent pending advanced file programming to | | | | which make inSync ideal for on-the-move users. |
| check if a backup of the changes have been | | | | This process delivers up to 10X faster backup |
| taken earlier. It then sends only the unique | | | | speeds at 90% reduction in bandwidth and |
| content to the server. The server just maintains | | | | storage. Client triggered backups ensure that |
| only a single copy of duplicated data and multiple | | | | backup/restore requests are initiated by the client |
| references. This is totally transparent to the user, | | | | making it scalable and secure. |
| all he sees is a faster backup and all his files during | | | | |