Storage Deduplication Is A Commodity - Infrastructure-Wide Makes It Strategic
Blocks & Files, September 16,2025
We have enough silo-based problems. Deduplication shouldn't be another.
Deduplication is everywhere in modern datacenters. Storage arrays, backup systems, and WAN replication tools all include it as a standard feature. This ubiquity creates a problem. Deduplication is seen as a commodity feature; standard, expected, and reduced to a simple capacity savings calculation. Vendors check the box, customers assume they have coverage, and everyone moves on.
The reality is more complex. Each system implements deduplication differently. Storage arrays use one algorithm. WAN appliances use another. Backup systems take a third approach. None of these implementations communicates with the others.