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Monitoring Dedupe, Compression & Performance

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6 Monitoring Dedupe, Compression & Performance After backup jobs have run the DR4X00 will track Capacity, Storage Savings and Throughput on the DR4X00 dashboard. This information is valuable in understanding the benefits the DR4X00. NOTE: Deduplication ratios increase over time, it is not uncommon to see a 2-4x reduction (25-50% total savings) on the initial backup. As additional full backup jobs complete the ratios will increase. As mentioned before backup jobs with 12 week retention will average a 15x ratio in most cases. 36 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance

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Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dellâ„¢
DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance
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Monitoring Dedupe, Compression & Performance
After backup jobs have run the DR4X00 will track Capacity, Storage Savings and Throughput on the
DR4X00 dashboard. This information is valuable in understanding the benefits the DR4X00.
NOTE:
Deduplication ratios increase over time, it is not uncommon to see a 2-4x reduction (25-50% total
savings) on the initial backup. As additional full backup jobs complete the ratios will increase. As
mentioned before backup jobs with 12 week retention will average a 15x ratio in most cases.