Why is high speed inline compression and data deduplication useful in today's enterprise data centers?

Today’s enterprise data centers are experiencing exponential data growth with limited budgets and staff. The cost of storage has become a major component of IT budgets, often growing faster and less predictably than other areas.

Inline compression and data deduplication allow data to be stored using less physical hardware than would otherwise be required. Depending on the application and data being stored, it is possible to reduce the storage requirement by 50% to 99% or more. The ability of the compression and deduplication to be done in real time with little or no negative impact on I/O performance can significantly reduce the cost of storage.

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