Curtis - I'm unclear on your terminology. Are you equating "subfile" to "block" level deduping? To me, block level means block boundaries, whereas subfile doesn't have the boundary restriction. Perhaps I interpret these words this way because of my history. To me, a block is a 4K chunk (or 1K or some fixed amount). But I am suspecting that this is not what you mean.
In fact, my impression was that some vendors deduped at a block level (my defnition) and others at a subfile level, which to me is probably more valuable but also probably more performance-costly to implement. I've read lots of articles about this and talked with many vendors. I'll take a look at your article. Thanks. -- Paul Zarnowski Ph: 607-255-4757 Manager, Storage Services Fx: 607-255-8521 719 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3801 Em: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
