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Information technology managers across most areas of commerce are grappling with the challenges presented by explosive file data growth, which significantly raises the cost and complexity of storage environments. Business data is often filled with significant amounts of redundant information. For example, each time multiple employees store an email attachment, many of the same files are stored or replicated, resulting in multiple copies that take up valuable disk capacity. Data deduplication is a specialized data reduction technique that allows for the elimination of duplicate copies of data.
Deduplication is yet another milestone in Dell PowerScale data efficiency solutions and a key ingredient for organizations that want to maintain a competitive edge.