Chapter 1
Introducing NetBackup deduplication
This chapter includes the following topics:
■About NetBackup deduplication
About NetBackup deduplication
The proprietary Symantec PureDisk deduplication technology powers NetBackup integrated deduplication. Symantec packaged PureDisk into modular components. The components
With these components, Symantec NetBackup provides the deduplication options that let you deduplicate data everywhere, as close to the source of data as you require.
Deduplication everywhere provides significant return on investment, as follows.
■Reduce the amount of data that is stored.
■Reduce backup bandwidth.
Reduced bandwidth can be especially important when you want to limit the amount of data that a client sends over the network. Over the network can be to a backup server or for image duplication between remote locations.
■Reduce backup windows.
■Reduce infrastructure.
