Implementing Windows Server Data Deduplication
This section introduces Data Deduplication in the context of the technology component included in Windows Server.
What is Windows Server Data Deduplication?
Windows Server includes Data Deduplication as an installable and configurable server role. The premise of Data Deduplication as a technology is to use less storage space by removing duplicated data while the integrity of the system is still maintained.
The components of Windows Server Data Deduplication are as follows:
- Deduplication service:
- Deduplication and compression
- Garbage collection
- Scrubbing
- Filter driver
- Unoptimization
The performance impact of deduplication is minimized using multi-threaded post-processing and utilizes a variable-size chunk store that can maximize space by using optional compression.
How does Windows Server Data Deduplication work?
The Windows Server implementation of Data Deduplication works based on two principles:
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