The end is almost here.  We are so close that it once I finish writing this, I am on the road to New Mexico! There aren’t too many rivers or a lot of woods, but I will go over the mountains and through the pass to my parent’s house. 

 

 

The winter storm will make the 500 mile drive all the more fun, but I have done it many times before.

 

 

I doubt I am the only one that is taking the same Christmas trip they have taken before this week. We do a lot of things over and over again: 

 

Workout (once the New Year hits)

 

 

pay bills

 

 

do laundry

 

 

and run backups. 

 

Deduplication reduces the cost and space of doing multiple backups. It is having a big (or small depending on how you look at it) impact for data protection.  Being able to store 10, 20 or even more backups in the space of a one on disk is hard to ignore.  I wish I could dedupe other things, like the 500 miles I am about to drive.