Data Deduplication with OpenDrive
When storing your data on the cloud, it is inevitable that you will end up with duplicate files. This duplicate and redundant data can take up lots of unnecessary space, making it take longer to locate and access those files on the cloud. With routine backups, overwriting of the same files, day in and day out, can cause a lot of unnecessary work to have to be done, causing you to have to wait longer for such critical operations to be completed.
OpenDrive eliminates these delays and redundant operations with data deduplication, which is a cloud server technology that looks for sequences of data, locates matches, and eliminates redundant and unnecessary operations whenever possible. For the end user, this means increased performance when backing up and retrieving data stored on the cloud. The complex operations involved in deduplication are never seen and you never see the difference. You do, however, end up with a readable file in a shorter amount of time. You also end up with lower costs for storage due to reduced server loads and space usage.
Our last blog, which showcased file versioning, shows how deduplication is particularly useful when it applies to OpenDrive cloud storage. For example, if you have 20 versions of a file stored on your OpenDrive account, each time that file is overwritten or accessed, a series of steps will be completed to ensure that as much time and space as possible can be saved. The files are broken up into pieces of equal length and then those pieces, called chunks, are compared side by side to determine how many of them are identical. The identical chunks are merged into one chunk and indexed as part of each of the 20 files. The remaining, mismatched chunks are also indexed as the remaining pieces of those files.
When one of the versions of the file is accessed, the process is reversed. An index of file chunks is checked to determine what pieces are used to assemble the file. The file is then pieced together and made available for preview or download.
Data deduplication is capable of dramatically reducing storage space and bandwidth requirements, providing faster access and completion of tasks, as well as significant cost savings, keeping OpenDrive one of the most reliable, efficient and affordable cloud storage solutions.
What this means for your business or enterprise is greater levels of productivity and efficiency, allowing you to complete projects in a more timely fashion and have greater piece of mind knowing that your data is being stored and accessed up to 40% faster while remaining solid and reliable as a cloud backup solution.
With data deduplication on all of its servers, OpenDrive is able to pass those savings of time, space, bandwidth and costs onto you, which saves you time and money, allowing you to pass those savings onto your own customers.
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