Server 2012 R2 - Enabling Deduplication on operational shares
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@Mike-Davis said in Server 2012 R2 - Enabling Deduplication on operational shares:
Don't feel bad about missing it. I just discovered it a week ago when I client mentioned it. He was getting 51% back.
Wow that is a lot of space recovered!
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@DustinB3403 said in Server 2012 R2 - Enabling Deduplication on operational shares:
@Mike-Davis said in Server 2012 R2 - Enabling Deduplication on operational shares:
Don't feel bad about missing it. I just discovered it a week ago when I client mentioned it. He was getting 51% back.
Wow that is a lot of space recovered!
Yeah, I was on that call. Highest dedupe rate I've seen in real life. Over 50% means they have a lot of files in triplicate!
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Windows dedupe is pretty resource light, it's generally safe to turn it on and often recommended for file servers.
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It should be noted that it cannot work on the boot volume!
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@dafyre said in Server 2012 R2 - Enabling Deduplication on operational shares:
It should be noted that it cannot work on the boot volume!
This I knew.
Thanks for the tip though.
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So just got back to work after 11 days off and remember I ran this eval against a single network share. Our largest share that the business has.
And this is what we could see as a potential savings.....
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@DustinB3403 said in Server 2012 R2 - Enabling Deduplication on operational shares:
So just got back to work after 11 days off and remember I ran this eval against a single network share. Our largest share that the business has.
And this is what we could see as a potential savings.....
That's a nice chunk of savings there!
Edit: It should be noted that even with Dedupe enabled, you can still mount this volume on another server if you ever have the need to do so.
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@dafyre yeah its a huge savings... 45% on just this share alone.
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@DustinB3403 said in Server 2012 R2 - Enabling Deduplication on operational shares:
@dafyre yeah its a huge savings... 45% on just this share alone.
Your users like to have their own copy of everything? That's some amazing space savings!
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@travisdh1 yep...
