In this episode, Rick Vanover (Twitter: @RickVanover) hosts Howard Marks (Twitter: @DeepStorageNet). Howard is an industry veteran, specializing in storage and other related technologies. He writes for Network Computing and runs the Deep Storage Hands-On Testing Lab.
Rick and Howard talk about the different types of deduplication and how they work. Further, Howard points out a number of caveats and things to look out for when using deduplication. This includes the difference between compression and deduplication, how appliances handle similar hashing and performance considerations.