Monitoring dedupe, compression & performance – Dell DR4000 User Manual

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DR4000 Setup Guide for Backup Exec 2010 R3 v1.0

Monitoring Dedupe, Compression & Performance

After backup jobs have run the DR4000 will track Capacity, Storage Savings and Throughput on the
DR4000 dashboard. This information is valuable in understanding the benefits the DR4000.

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.