Microsoft Adds Data Deduplication to NTFS in Windows 8

[Chiefcrowe]

http://blog.fosketts.net/2012/01/03/microsoft-adds-data-deduplication-ntfs-windows-8/

this looks sweet!!

 

[Red Squirrel]

That is actually a pretty cool concept. Now I'd like to see something like this added to Linux! Would be sweet!

 

[L33tMasta]

Cool! It'll be interesting to see how this impacts performance.

 

[Dahak]

except its for windows server 8 only, not the client before anyone gets the hopes up

 

[ViRGE]

The Windows 8 storage service looks more and more like Drive Extender V2 with some serious polish applied. It gives me hope that we'll see a 3rd Windows Home Server (even after 2011's terrible uptake), particularly one that has its drive pool capabilities restored.

 

[ForumMaster]

but per drive only? any does it work when combined with storage space?

i know our storage admins recently acquired a new EMC VMAX symetrix storage server.
it dedups data at the block level ( and constantly, not just once). our storage guys have said it's saved around %95 in storage for backups...

i'll stay with emc for now...

 

[yinan]

but per drive only? any does it work when combined with storage space?

i know our storage admins recently acquired a new EMC VMAX symetrix storage server.
it dedups data at the block level ( and constantly, not just once). our storage guys have said it's saved around %95 in storage for backups...

i'll stay with emc for now...

You are a brave man staying on EMC equipment. We have Petabytes of data on them and they are all SLOW as shit. I will take Microcenter branded thumb drives for performance over EMC VMAX ANY day.

 

[sfoskett]

The Windows 8 storage service looks more and more like Drive Extender V2 with some serious polish applied. It gives me hope that we'll see a 3rd Windows Home Server (even after 2011's terrible uptake), particularly one that has its drive pool capabilities restored.

This still isn't much like Drive Extender. Storage Spaces, another new Windows 8 feature for client AND server, is much more like it. But don't get too excited about Storage Spaces. It's fresh out of the wrapper, so to speak...