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DFS with Deduplication enabled drives
Hi Experts, I have 2 DFS enabled servers for file share, with 2 way replication enabled. In one server the drive that contains file is already enabled with Deduplication but on the other side i...
DFS Replication
Data Deduplication works with Distributed File System (DFS) Replication. Optimizing or unoptimizing a file will not trigger a replication because the file does not change. DFS Replication uses Remote Differential Compression (RDC), not the chunks in the chunk store, for over-the-wire savings. The files on the replica can also be optimized by using deduplication if the replica is using Data Deduplication.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/data-deduplication/interop
Data Deduplication works with Distributed File System (DFS) Replication. Optimizing or unoptimizing a file will not trigger a replication because the file does not change. DFS Replication uses Remote Differential Compression (RDC), not the chunks in the chunk store, for over-the-wire savings. The files on the replica can also be optimized by using deduplication if the replica is using Data Deduplication.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/data-deduplication/interop
- Hi, Thank you for your reply. I have enabled Deduplication on the other server and its looks working without any issues..
Thanks again..
