The effectiveness of data deduplication is often expressed as a deduplication or reduction ratio, denoting the ratio of protected capacity to the actual physical capacity stored. A 10:1 ratio means ...

Storage is a 24/7 thing -- it runs around the clock and keeps growing by the minute. Coping with unrestrained capacity growth is no small matter, but protecting all that data effectively is an even ...

Big-data startup UltiHash GmbH is looking to disrupt the artificial intelligence storage market with the launch of a “unified storage layer” that combines a new and more sophisticated deduplication ...

Building a distributed database is complicated and needs to consider many factors. Previously, I discussed two important techniques, sharding and partitioning, for gaining greater throughput and ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Correctly sizing a disk backup ...