Which of the following is the maximum size file supported by windows deduplication?

Large datasets often have redundant data, which increases the data storage costs. For example, with user file shares, multiple users can store many copies or versions of the same file. With software development shares, many binaries remain unchanged from build to build.

You can reduce your data storage costs by turning on data deduplication for your file system. Data deduplication reduces or eliminates redundant data by storing duplicated portions of the dataset only once. Data compression is enabled by default when you use data deduplication, further reducing the amount of data storage by compressing the data after deduplication. Data deduplication runs as a background process that continually and automatically scans and optimizes your file system, and it is transparent to your users and connected clients.

The storage savings that you can achieve with data deduplication depends on the nature of your dataset, including how much duplication exists across files. Typical savings average 50–60 percent for general-purpose file shares. Within shares, savings range from 30–50 percent for user documents to 70–80 percent for software development datasets. You can measure potential deduplication savings using the Measure-FSxDedupFileMetadata command described below.

You can also customize data deduplication to meet your specific storage needs. For example, you can configure deduplication to run only on certain file types, or you can create a custom job schedule. Because deduplication jobs can consume file server resources, we recommend monitoring the status of your deduplication jobs using the Get-FSxDedupStatus command described below.

For more information about data deduplication, see the Microsoft Understanding Data Deduplication documentation.

It is not recommended to run certain Robocopy commands with data deduplication because these commands can impact the data integrity of the Chunk Store. For more information, see the Microsoft Data Deduplication interoperability documentation.

Enabling data deduplication

You enable data deduplication on an Amazon FSx for Windows File Server file share using the Enable-FSxDedup command, as follows.

PS C:\Users\Admin> Invoke-Command -ComputerName amznfsxzzzzzzzz.corp.example.com -ConfigurationName FSxRemoteAdmin -ScriptBlock {Enable-FsxDedup }

When you enable data deduplication, a default schedule and configuration are created. You can create, modify, and remove schedules and configurations using the commands below.

Note that creating new, custom deduplication job schedules does not override or remove the existing default schedule. Before creating a custom deduplication job, you may want to disable the default job if you don’t need it.

You can use the Disable-FSxDedup command to disable data deduplication entirely on your file system.

When you increase a file system's storage capacity, Amazon FSx cancels existing data deduplication jobs during the storage optimization process that migrates data from the old disks to the new, larger disks. During this period, the OptimizedFilesSavingsRate value is 0. Amazon FSx resumes data deduplication once the storage capacity increase optimization job completes. For more information about increasing storage capacity and storage optimization, see Managing storage capacity.

Creating a data deduplication schedule

Even though the default schedule works well in most cases, you can create a new deduplication schedule by using the New-FsxDedupSchedule command, shown as follows. Data deduplication schedules use UTC time.

PS C:\Users\Admin> Invoke-Command -ComputerName amznfsxzzzzzzzz.corp.example.com -ConfigurationName FSxRemoteAdmin -ScriptBlock {   
New-FSxDedupSchedule -Name "CustomOptimization" -Type Optimization -Days Mon,Wed,Sat -Start 08:00 -DurationHours 7
}

This command creates a schedule named CustomOptimization that runs on days Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, starting the job at 8:00 am (UTC) each day, with a maximum duration of 7 hours, after which the job stops if it is still running.

Modifying a data deduplication schedule

You can modify an existing deduplication schedule by using the Set-FsxDedupSchedule command, shown as follows.

PS C:\Users\Admin> Invoke-Command -ComputerName amznfsxzzzzzzzz.corp.example.com -ConfigurationName FSxRemoteAdmin -ScriptBlock {   
Set-FSxDedupSchedule -Name "CustomOptimization" -Type Optimization -Days Mon,Tues,Wed,Sat -Start 09:00 -DurationHours 9
}

This command modifies the existing CustomOptimization schedule to run on days Monday to Wednesday and Saturday, starting the job at 9:00 am (UTC) each day, with a maximum duration of 9 hours, after which the job stops if it is still running.

To modify the minimum file age before optimizing setting, use the Set-FSxDedupConfiguration command.

Viewing the amount of saved space

To view the amount of disk space you are saving from running data deduplication, use the Get-FSxDedupStatus command, as follows.

PS C:\Users\Admin> Invoke-Command -ComputerName amznfsxzzzzzzzz.corp.example.com -ConfigurationName FsxRemoteAdmin -ScriptBlock { 
Get-FSxDedupStatus } | select OptimizedFilesCount,OptimizedFilesSize,SavedSpace,OptimizedFilesSavingsRate

OptimizedFilesCount OptimizedFilesSize SavedSpace OptimizedFilesSavingsRate
------------------- ------------------ ---------- -------------------------
              12587           31163594   25944826                        83

The values shown in the command response for following parameters are not reliable, and you should not use these values: Capacity, FreeSpace, UsedSpace, UnoptimizedSize, and SavingsRate.

Managing data deduplication

You can manage data deduplication on your file system using the Amazon FSx CLI for remote management on PowerShell. To learn how to use this CLI, see Getting started with the Amazon FSx CLI for remote management on PowerShell.

Following are commands that you can use for data deduplication.

The online help for each command provides a reference of all command options. To access this help, run the command with -?, for example Enable-FSxDedup -?.

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