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File Deduplication for Single Instance Storage

Information Technology news of the past two years has been hot on “data deduplication” or “single instance storage.” I mentioned this in “Remote Backup for Data Protection“, and some of the offsite backup services that use it. Main frame systems replace all but one instance of an actual file with pointers to that one copy. [...]

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Remote Backup for Data Protection

I often preach about data backups and suggest tools, strategies. Usually, I do not touch on the wisdom of having off-site copies for home offices, due to speed and cost. My own solution has been to have “fire safe” file drawers, and duplicates of my external drives. You might have handy friends/relatives willing to stash [...]

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