Configuring Data Deduplication
The Data Deduplication service removes duplicate data stored on file server storage. It can perform this task by breaking down file and folder storage into chunks and then identifying duplicate chunks and replacing duplicates with pointers and retaining only a single copy of that chunk. To get a detailed overview of how this process actually works, review the online Microsoft Technical information about data deduplication.
Before attempting to leverage data deduplication, administrators should run the evaluation tool to determine whether there will be a benefit to enabled deduplication on the data volume. Deduplication is not available for the system volume. To check the impact of data deduplication, the administrator ...
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