Deduplication has been one of the hottest technologies in the storage industry for almost three years. During that time, it has generated marketing wars, industry consolidation, and comments and controversy from vendors. IT managers in most midrange data centers typically have limited staff and few backup specialists, and it can be hard to figure out how deduplication might fit into their situation. Read on to learn important questions for IT managers to ask as they consider deploying deduplication in a midrange data center.