Data Deduplication feature in windows 8 is a robutst feature which involves in searching of file and folders with duplicate content, remove the duplicate data and helps in free up the space on the storage. Data Deduplication goal is to store more data with less space by segmenting files into smaller variable size chunks. Redundant copies of chunk are replaced by a single reference file. Chunks are organised in container files in system volume information folder.
Advantages of Data Deduplication feature
* 20-80%+ space savings can be achieved on the storage
* Deduplication helps in storing of data in easy format
* Faster downloadable files across WAN
Running Data Deduplication on windows server 8
Run the commands in an elevated PowerShell command
Import-Module Deduplication
- To view and get help on all Dedup cmdlets:
help Dedup
- Enable volume for Data Deduplication
Enable-DedupVolume <vol: Or Mount path>
- Set the file age for Deduplication (Setting 0 will allow immediate Deduplication once the job starts)
Set-DedupVolume <vol: Or Mount path> -MinimumFileAgeDays 0
- Start the Data Deduplication
Start-DedupJob <vol: Or Mount path> –Type Optimization
- View progress of the running job
Get-DedupJob
- View the savings due to Deduplication
Get-DedupStatus
- To revert back your files to “non Dedup” regular user files
Start-DedupJob -Volume <vol: Or Mount path> -Type Unoptimization