[Progress Communities] [Progress OpenEdge ABL] Forum Post: RE: Database Backup to Cloud services claiming they "DE-DEPE" the files.

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This would only be 'backing up to the cloud' the progress probackup file (database.BAK). The BAK file will be copied to a local appliance ("disk to disk" copy), then that appliance dedups and sends the data to the cloud. The appliance is suppose to keep 4-5 days worth of local copies of the data for recover. The could is more for a DR solution that local environment is gone. Other than the overhead of the initial copy, there is no overhead I'm responsible for. I haven't even gotten to the real recovery process because I don't believe in the backup dedupe process. The local appliance is suppose to dedupe the local copy before sending it to the cloud. I see it working for file based systems, I just don't see it working for a probackup file.

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