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By Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
28 Aug 2008 | SearchStorage.com

Iron Mountain Inc. is working on a data classification engine for its LiveVault and Connected storage services that can complement data deduplication in reducing data in repositories and cutting down on costs based on capacity.

Iron Mountain uses data deduplication on its repositories supporting Live Vault and Connected customers, but director of product management David Asher said data deduplication alone cannot balance the high rate of data growth.

Asher said customers have had the ability to exclude certain files from backup lists with the online backup services it offers, so files, such as JPEGs and MP3s, are skipped. “But a huge amount of material is still being captured, and none of it is being deleted,” he said.

He argues that data deduplication “really only tackles the initial symptoms of the data mountain” and will not be able to …

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