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SKB80
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type of de-dupe with vSphere Data Protection ?

Curious to know the type of de-dupe in VDP. Any one aware ?

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snekkalapudi
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ok..got it now.

The deduplication from VDP is at source. Data is dedupe'd first and then copied to target

-Suresh

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snekkalapudi
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Hi,

VDP uses variable length deduplication.

VDP admin guide provides some details of it.

-Suresh
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yeah!! you know is it a pre-copy/post-copy ? Also what ratio do you notice in your environment ?

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snekkalapudi
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Sorry i did not get you.. (pre-copy/post-copy) ?

On the deduplication ratio, i could see VDP offering if much better than VDR.

The deduplication algorithm used in VDP is powered by Avamar(a proven dedupe technology)

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SKB80
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Thanks Suresh!

pre-copy, i mean is at source

post-copy, i mean is at destination

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snekkalapudi
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ok..got it now.

The deduplication from VDP is at source. Data is dedupe'd first and then copied to target

-Suresh
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