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July 2, 2013

Data Deduplication in Windows Server 2012

Data Deduplication seems to be one of the more interesting benefits of moving towards or upgrading to Windows Server 2012. Here is a nice Tech net summary.

"I think that this new deduplication feature in Windows Server 2012 will be very popular. It is the kind of technology that people need and I can’t wait to see it in production deployments. I would love to see your reports at the bottom of this blog of how much hard disk space and money you saved. Just copy the output of this PowerShell command: PS> Get-DedupVolume
  • 30-90%+ savings can be achieved with deduplication on most types of data. I have a 200GB drive that I keep throwing data at and now it has 1.7TB of data on it. It is easy to forget that it is a 200GB drive.
  • Deduplication is easy to install and the default settings won’t let you shoot yourself in the foot.
  • Deduplication works hard to detect, report and repair disk corruptions.
  • You can experience faster file download times and reduced bandwidth consumption over a WAN through integration with BranchCache."
Detailed Article from Tech Net

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