deduplication
Noun
Meaning
The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Examples
AMI has added WAN optimization for replicated data with deduplication and compression that runs on the storage controller itself.
Although the overhead caused in this situation by backup deduplication is undeniable, it may be negligible.
A licence protects any number of clients and includes replication, data deduplication, and tape library support.
As data deduplication becomes more common in data backup implementations, a slew of vendors have joined Data Domain (recently acquired by EMC), the dedupe market's heavyweight.
As EMC closes its acquisition of Data Domain, the fate of data deduplication partner Quantum remains in limbo; EMC also sees stabilized IT spending and signs of growth.
Although it has limitations, one must still consider the availability of data deduplication when exploring backup applications that integrate with the cloud.