Yes, it should help, potentially significantly. I actually use disk dedup on my Win8 machine on the volume holding my Client Hyper-V VMs and can see pretty substantial disk savings.
See here for more details: http://www.chrisnackers.com/2013/04/18/windows-8-deduplication-awesome/ -Phil _________________________________________________________________ Phil Schwan | Technical Specialist, Enterprise Windows Services Project Leadership Associates | 2000 Town Center, Suite 1900, Southfield, MI 48075 Lync: 312.756.1626 Mobile: 419.262.5133 www.projectleadership.net<http://www.projectleadership.net/> [Description: Description: Description: Arrow email]Lead with Strategy. Leverage Technology. Deliver Results. [linkedin_logo-19x20]<http://www.linkedin.com/in/philschwan>[Twitter-Logo1-20x20]<https://twitter.com/philschwan> [wordpress-logo3] <http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/author/philschwan> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dzikowski, Michael Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 2:01 PM To: '[email protected]'; '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [mssms] OT: Hyper-V VMs and Server 2012 data-deduplication on host useful? I theory I think it should help with disk cost. Sent with Good (www.good.com<http://www.good.com>) -----Original Message----- From: Roland Janus [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 06:39 AM Central Standard Time To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] OT: Hyper-V VMs and Server 2012 data-deduplication on host useful? Does enabling data de-duplication on the host help saving disk space? Anyone having it enabled and can check? ________________________________ PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL. This email and any files transmitted with it are privileged and confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail or any of its attachments.
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