ExaGrid idayang'ana m'badwo woyamba, njira zachikhalidwe zakuchotsa deta ndipo adawona kuti ogulitsa onse adagwiritsa ntchito kuchotsera kwa block-level. Njira yachikhalidwe iyi imagawaniza deta mu 4KB mpaka 10KB "ma block".
Pulogalamu yosunga zobwezeretsera, chifukwa cha malire a CPU, imagwiritsa ntchito 64KB mpaka 128KB midadada yayitali. Vuto ndiloti pa 10TB iliyonse ya data yosunga zobwezeretsera (kungotengera midadada ya 8KB), tebulo lotsata - kapena "tebulo la hashi" - ndi midadada biliyoni imodzi. Gome la hashi limakula kwambiri kotero kuti liyenera kuyikidwa mu chowongolera chimodzi chakutsogolo chokhala ndi mashelefu owonjezera a disk, njira yomwe imatchedwa "scale-up." Chotsatira chake, mphamvu yokhayo imawonjezedwa pamene deta ikukula ndipo popeza palibe zowonjezera zowonjezera zowonjezera kapena zowonjezera zowonjezera zowonjezera, zenera losunga zobwezeretsera limakula m'litali pamene kuchuluka kwa deta kumawonjezeka. Panthawi ina, zenera losunga zobwezeretsera limakhala lalitali kwambiri ndipo wowongolera watsopano wakutsogolo amafunikira, yemwe amadziwika kuti "forklift upgrade." Izi ndizosokoneza komanso zodula.
Popeza deduplication imachitika panjira yopita ku diski, kusungitsa zosunga zobwezeretsera kumakhala pang'onopang'ono chifukwa kutsitsa kwa data kumakhala kovuta kwambiri. Kuonjezera apo, deta yonse imachotsedwa ndipo iyenera kubwezeretsedwa pamodzi (data rehydration) pa pempho lililonse.
Ukondewo ndikusunga pang'onopang'ono, kubwezeretsa pang'onopang'ono, ndi zenera lakumbuyo lomwe limapitilira kukula pamene deta ikukula (chifukwa cha kukula).