Configuring Value-Added Features; Configuring Deduplication - Huawei N2000H V3 User Manual

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4.7.3 Configuring Value-Added Features

This section explains how to configure and manage value-added features such as
deduplication, Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) target server, BranchCache,
distributed file system (DFS), and Hyper-V.

4.7.3.8 Configuring Deduplication

Deduplication stores a single duplicate of the same data on a volume and uses a duplicate
pointer to replace the repeated data, decreasing storage space occupation and improving
storage space utilization.
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Procedure
Step 1 Choose File and Storage Services > Volumes from the navigation tree of the Server
Manager that is automatically started after a login to the operating system.
Step 2 Right-click the volume for which you want to enable the deduplication feature and choose
Configure Data Deduplication from the shortcut menu.
Step 3 In the Deduplication Settings window, set parameters based on your actual requirements.
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Table 4-6 Deduplication task implementation policy parameters
Parameter
Enable background
optimization
Enable
throughput
optimizati
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Press Enter to log in to the shared server. Open Shared Folder 1 and view the contents
in the folder.
The hardware of the N2000 server has been installed and powered on.
You have logged in to Windows Storage Server 2012.
Set Deduplicate files folder than(in days). The default value is 5, indicating that
deduplication is implemented on files stored for at least five days. You are advised to
keep the default value.
Set File extensions to exclude so that deduplication is not implemented on the specified
types of files. Use commas (,) to separate multiple file name extensions. For example, if
File extensions to exclude is set to doc,xls,ppt,txt, deduplication is not implemented on
these types of files.
Click Add to specify a folder on the specified volume so that deduplication is not
implemented on the specified folder and its contents.
Click Set deduplication schedule to set policies for carrying out deduplication tasks.
Table 4-6 describes the policy parameters.
Description
Deduplication tasks are carried out
periodically at a low priority. When the
system is busy, deduplication tasks are
paused to minimize the impact on system
performance.
Days Specifies the days on which deduplication
of the tasks are carried out.
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