Evaluating
data deduplication in a test environment
Testing
can give you important information about
the possible benefits of server-side and client-side data deduplication
in your production environment. Space savings and restore-and-retrieve
times are two key indicators that you can test.
Restore and retrieve operations from server-side and client-side deduplicated storage pools
Restore-and-retrieve operations from a sequential-access
disk (FILE) storage pool that is set up for data deduplication have
different performance characteristics than restore-and-retrieve operations
from a FILE storage pool that is not set up for data deduplication.
To ensure that performance objectives can be met, test your restore
scenarios.
Estimating space savings from server-side data deduplication
Before you set up data deduplication in your production
environment, you can estimate the amount of storage space that can
be saved. Directions are provided for backing up the data in a primary
storage pool to a temporary copy storage pool that is set up for data
deduplication.
Verifying your implementation
After you configured data deduplication, complete some
actions to verify whether your solution is processing effectively.