Dell Unity storage systems offer a powerful capacity efficiency feature which can improve the effective capacity utilization of a Dell Unity system. Data reduction is included with all physical Dell Unity systems at no additional cost. Advanced Deduplication is also supported at no additional cost on configurations which support it. When data reduction is utilized, not only is space saved due to the storage resources being Thin, but savings are achieved by utilizing intelligent zero detect, deduplication, and compression algorithms as well. Dell Unity Snapshots and Thin Clones also save space within the system, which can greatly reduce the amount of storage needed for a dataset. By reducing the amount of storage needed to store a dataset, Dell Unity Data Reduction helps to further reduce the Total Cost of Ownership of a Dell Unity system.
