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When should I enable data deduplication on a shared folder or LUN?

Last modified date: 2023-06-07

Applicable Products

Dual-Controller NAS, TES-x85U Series

Best Practice

If the data stored in a shared folder or LUN does not contain many duplicated files, you should not enable deduplication as it will not conserve enough storage space to warrant the additional NAS system resource usage.

Organize data with a high level of duplication into one or more shared folders and LUNs, and then enable deduplication on these folders and LUNs only.

When creating a shared folder or LUN, deduplication is only available if “Performance Profile” is set to “VDI” or “Custom”, and thin provisioning is enabled.

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