Deduplication
Deduplication on windows volumes saves space by comparing data and for any copies it stores in a chunk store and references this where any copies are located.
The service runs as three processes:
- optimisation
- garbagecollection
- scrubbing
Powershell cmdlets for Dedupe
Get-dedupjob
Stop-dedupjob drive
Get-dedupschedule
Start-dedupjob -type optimization -full -priority High -Memory 80 disk
Start-dedupjob -type scrubbing -full -priority High -Memory 80 disk
Start-dedupjob -type garbagecollection -full -priority High -Memory 80 -volume disk