What is a fundamental principle for effective data deduplication in PowerProtect Data Manager?

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Options

• ARegular data compression
• BFrequent full backups
• CIdentifying duplicate data across backups
• DHigh-speed network connectivity

• A
  6% (2)
• C
  91% (32)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

Identifying duplicate data across backups (C) is the cornerstone of deduplication because the entire purpose of the technology is to detect and eliminate redundant data blocks - storing only unique chunks and referencing duplicates rather than storing them again, which dramatically reduces storage consumption over time.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Regular data compression) - compression reduces file size by encoding data more efficiently, but it's a separate technique from deduplication; you can have one without the other.
• B (Frequent full backups) - full backups actually increase storage demand and give deduplication more redundant data to wade through; incremental strategies work better alongside dedup.
• D (High-speed network connectivity) - network speed affects backup performance and throughput, but has no bearing on whether duplicates are identified or eliminated.

Memory tip: Think of deduplication as a "find duplicates" operation - the word itself contains the answer. De-duplic-ation = removing duplicates, so the fundamental principle must be finding those duplicates first. If you see an answer about identifying redundant data, that's always the dedup answer.

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