Derp. Replace "SAS" with "SANs" On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:53 AM, chris kluka <[email protected]> wrote:
> I did not say 2008; I said 2012 or windows 8. > > Basically, Windows Server 2012, and some of the more business-ey versions > of windows 8 will have a feature you can turn on in add/remove windows > features. This feature will install a windows service that is configurable. > > This service is the deduplication agent and it runs on a daily > (customizable) schedule. It works by comparing new data blocks created or > modified since it's last deduplication pass with old blocks. When it finds > that a new block contains the same data as an old block, the block pointer > is changed to the old block and the new block is freed. > > This is basically how all deduplication agents work, though some use hash > trees, real time scanning, or hardware offload hash trees (as in the case > with enterprise grade SAS that do realtime deduplication passes as data is > written). > > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Ian E. Trump <[email protected]>wrote: > >> please tell me more about deduplication on 2008? I am curious. >> >> Ian Trump >> Octopi Managed Services >> (204) 770 8894 >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* chris kluka >> *Sent:* Tue 21-Aug-12 08:25 >> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] hard drive partition >> >> The block size is key here. If you will be storing video on the drive, >> put the block size as high as it can go. >> >> The larger the block size, the fewer number of blocks. The fewer the >> number of blocks, the smaller the file indexing system will be and the less >> overhead there will be. >> >> Though, >> >> its worth noting that you might want to use a file system that supports >> deduplication like Windows Server 2012 + NTFS or some of the versions of >> Windows 8 + NTFS; There is a deduplication role you can add that turns on >> nightly deduplication processing; Also ZFS is king of the linux >> Deduplication market. >> >> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:07 AM, Ian E. Trump <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Has a lot to do with file size. If you have a lot of video of people >>> peeing in stair wells (just saying) then you need a big cluster size. If >>> you have lots of 30 second video clips then you can go with a small >>> cluster size. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Colin Stanners >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 00:03 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] hard drive partition >>> >>> All filesystems are pretty efficient these days - it depends more on >>> cluster size than other aspects - I doubt you'd see more than 1% usable >>> space variance between them. Choose your FS based on OS support. >>> >>> On 8/20/12, Ken DeWitt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > I would like to ask what the group thinks is the best format to give >>> > to a hard drive so you can get the most use out of a hard drive? NTFS >>> > lets you only use 2.7 tb of a 3 tb hard drive. I am trying to see if >>> > I can use to full 3 tb or as close to it as possible. It does not >>> > matter which os can access it. >>> > >>> > Any question or comments you can email or call me at any time. >>> > I will get back to you as fast as I can. >>> > >>> > Thank you and have a nice day!! >>> > >>> > Ken DeWitt >>> > Your Fellow Tech. Guy >>> > >>> > Phone # : 204-998-3218 >>> > Email: kendewitt@y <[email protected]>ftg.ca >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > >
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