Table 6 Data deduplication savings, example 1
1st daily full backup
1st daily incremental backup
2nd daily incremental backup
3rd daily incremental backup
4th daily incremental backup
5th daily incremental backup
2nd weekly full backup
3rd weekly full backup
25th weekly full backup
TOTAL
Figure 4 Space saving with deduplication
Data stored normally
500 GB
50 GB
50 GB
50 GB
50 GB
50 GB
500 GB
500 GB
500 GB
12,750 GB
Tape rotation example with data deduplication
Data stored with deduplication
500 GB
5 GB
5 GB
5 GB
5 GB
5 GB
25 GB
25 GB
25 GB
1,125 GB
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