{"id":2812,"date":"2014-02-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otava.test\/backup-video-series-what-are-cost-effective-data-backup-technologies\/"},"modified":"2014-02-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T00:00:00","slug":"backup-video-series-what-are-cost-effective-data-backup-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/backup-video-series-what-are-cost-effective-data-backup-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Backup video series: What are cost-effective data backup technologies?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: This is the 12th in a 12-part data backup video series by Online Tech Senior Product Architect Steve Aiello. <\/em>View the entire backup video series<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

What two technologies give you the most \u201cbang for your buck\u201d in data backup<\/a> software? Deduplication and compression.<\/p>\n

The benefits of compression are well known. But implemented properly, deduplication can save a considerable amount of time on backups and a considerable amount of space on backup storage.<\/p>\n

Deduplication eliminates duplicate or redundant information and only backs up new data. Aiello estimates it can cut a typical 6-to-8 hour backup window down to 30-to-50 minutes. That\u2019s a huge benefit particularly for servers that are both mission critical and need to be online servicing customers.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re spending less time backing up the server and the server can spend its time the way it\u2019s supposed to be, servicing requests from customers,\u201d Aiello says.<\/p>\n