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How much space does de-duplication and compression save?

April 26, 2017compression de-duplication

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How much space does de-duplication and compression save?

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The data savings can vary wildly based on the type of files, etc. being backed up but as a general rule, you’ll see a 10-30% savings in disk space. For example, text documents compress extremely well but movies do not.