Introducing NetBackup deduplication

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About NetBackup deduplication

 

The following list describes how NetBackup derives unique segments to store:

The deduplication engine breaks file 1 into segments A, B, C, D, and E.

The deduplication engine breaks file 2 into segments A, B, Q, D, and L.

The deduplication engine stores file segments A, B, C, D, and E from file 1 and file segments Q, and L from file 2. The deduplication engine does not store file segments A, B, and D from file 2. Instead, it points to the unique data copies of file segments A, B, and D that were already written from file 1.

More detailed information is available.

See “Media server deduplication process” on page 111.

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