Symantec 7 User Manual

Introducing NetBackup
deduplication

This chapter includes the following topics:

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The proprietary Symantec PureDisk deduplication technology powers NetBackup
integrated deduplication. Symantec packaged PureDisk into modular components.
The components plug-in to NetBackup through the NetBackup OpenStorage
framework.

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.

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Reduce the amount of data that is stored.

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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.

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Reduce backup windows.

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Reduce infrastructure.

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