Data Compression and Deduplication - Veeam Software Help Center
helpcenter.veeam.com › docs › backupJul 07, 2021 · With data deduplication enabled, Veeam Backup & Replication does not store to the resulting file identical data blocks and space that has been pre-allocated but not used. We recommend you enable data deduplication if your backup or replication jobs contain several VMs that have a lot of free space on their logical disks or VMs that have similar data blocks — for example, VMs that were created from the same template.
Global Data Deduplication - User Guide for VMware vSphere
helpcenter.veeam.com › docs › backupMay 25, 2021 · As a result, only unique data blocks go over WAN. Data blocks that have already been sent are not sent. This way, Veeam Backup & Replication eliminates transfer of redundant data over WAN. Veeam Backup & Replication uses three sources for data deduplication: VM disks. Veeam Backup & Replication analyses data blocks within the same VM disk. If identical blocks are found, duplicates are eliminated.
Deduplication Appliance Best Practices - Veeam Software
www.veeam.com › kb1745Mar 27, 2013 · Step 1: Creating backups on the first site with long term retention. Use a backup target storage system (general purpose storage system) for short-term primary backups and instruct Veeam to copy the backups to a deduplication storage system for long-term retention. A variant of this approach is to use a standard server with battery backed RAID controller and disks to store the primary backups (cache approach) and use backup copy to deduplication storage systems for long-term etention.