Data deduplication for Windows 8 x64

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  1. 100

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  2. meShell

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    If that is working in RTM that would be really great as I really wanted to have it on my workstation! Thx for sharing! Will try it!
     
  3. kocoman

    kocoman MDL Senior Member

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    Is there any way to make a software raid 1 mirror or software jbod mirror on the with data duplication enabled (like a backup) .. In case a drive fails? Thanks
     
  4. 100

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    Yes, works for me on mirrored volumes on Windows 8. JBOD is not a mirror.
     
  5. SuperBubble

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    Hurrah 100! Neat!

    A while back, I tried something similar with the Single Instance Storage service from WDS, and it was a pain in the neck to install, set up, and the SIS Groveller ate CPU like a hundred hungry Windows Search indexers. I gave up on it very quickly.

    This is a vast improvement. Have you considered getting the mods to put this up as a full HOWTO?
     
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  6. kocoman

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    I have one 1TB drive, and 3 320GB drive, I want to make JBOD a 1TB from the 3 smaller drives, then mirror it with the 1TB single drive, then run data deduplication on that. If it does not work that way then I need to buy another 1TB I guess...
     
  7. 100

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    I don't think Windows will do that. Why not use storage spaces on Windows 8? It's a much more flexible option than RAID or JBOD across differently-sized drives. I've done a quick test and it enabled and deduped files on a storage space volume just as well.
     
  8. 100

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    Updated for RTM.
     
  9. msimonsen

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    Hello. How did you extract the packages?
     
  10. Ozymandias

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    I tried to install data deduplication on Server 2012 Essentials (as deduplication has been removed from Essentials) but it comes up with:

    Error: 0x800f081e
    The specified package is not applicable to this image.

    I'm pretty much out of my depth with dism etc - any thoughts to getting it to work?
     
  11. 100

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    I haven't checked out Essentials RC yet, but since it's not RTM it probably has a different build number than Windows 8/Server 2012. The dedup package extracted from RTM has a dependency on build 9200, so most likely that is why dism cannot install it. What's the build number of Essentials RC? If it's still 8400 (same as Server 2012 RC and Essentials beta) the files extracted from Server 2012 RC will probably work.


    Currently I'm using a rather messy script I've written. All the package manifests are in %systemroot%\servicing\packages (*.mum), and the actual files are in %systemroot%\winsxs, but figuring out which components from winsxs are actually required for a package isn't straightforward, unfortunately. That is what the script tries to do.
    I may rework it into a proper application some time and publish it, if there's any interest.
     
  12. Mr Jinje

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    #12 Mr Jinje, Aug 25, 2012
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    Is 'deduplication' the best name they could come up with ?

    What happens to my de-dup HDD after I wipe my OS and reinstall, are they transferable without issues. Or does it have machine specific anything going on.
     
  13. Ozymandias

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    Ah yes, essentials RC has a build number of 8400 (on desktop and winver).
     
  14. 100

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  15. Ozymandias

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    #15 Ozymandias, Aug 25, 2012
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    Seems to install OK & found the GUI.

    Adding another virtual disk (E drive) I can enable deduplication - excellent.
    Many thanks - good job :)

    btw loads of guys on the MS forums are bemoaning the lack of deduplication in Essentials along with WSUS not being allowed as well.
     
  16. dreamss

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    woot enabled it on my ssd game drive...

    the eval tool results:
    Processed files: 12590
    Processed files size: 40.94 GB
    Optimized files size: 33.86 GB
    Space savings: 7.08 GB
    Space savings percent: 17

    once i ran it:
    PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-DedupStatus

    FreeSpace SavedSpace OptimizedFiles InPolicyFiles Volume
    --------- ---------- -------------- ------------- ------
    19.9 GB 7.03 GB 12582 12602 D:


    PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-DedupJob
    PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-DedupVolume

    Enabled SavedSpace SavingsRate Volume
    ------- ---------- ----------- ------
    True 7.03 GB 16 % D:
     
  17. romprod

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    #17 romprod, Aug 27, 2012
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    Hi, I've tried the first command above but I get the following error message back. I'm running activated Win8 Pro 64bit RTM. Can anyone help?

    Code:
    Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
    Version: 6.2.9200.16384
    
    
    Error: 11
    
    You cannot service a running 64-bit operating system with a 32-bit version of DISM.
    Please use the version of DISM that corresponds to your computer's architecture.
    
    The DISM log file can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log
    PS C:\Users\User\Downloads\w8rcdedup>
     
  18. romprod

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    Ignore that, I was running it in a Power Shell instead of the command prompt.... doh!
     
  19. Rakeesh

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    Deduplication isn't a windows thing, it's something that the storage industry has been using for years already. I don't really see why they would name it anything else - the purpose of deduplication isn't for compression (although it can have that effect) rather its primary goal is to preserve data integrity.

    Really the name fits quite well because it describes perfectly what it does, in the IT world you don't give things fancy names, because you aren't trying to sell somebody something. That would be like saying we should rename TCP/IP to "Packet Switching Magic" to make it more consumer friendly.
     
  20. Stannieman

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    #20 Stannieman, Aug 31, 2012
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    Hmm
    Code:
    Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
    Version: 6.2.9200.16384
    
    Image Version: 6.2.9200.16384
    
    Processing 1 of 6 - Adding package Microsoft-Windows-VdsInterop-Package~31bf3856
    ad364e35~amd64~~6.2.9200.16384
    [==========================100.0%==========================]
    Processing 2 of 6 - Adding package Microsoft-Windows-VdsInterop-Package~31bf3856
    ad364e35~amd64~en-US~6.2.9200.16384
    [==========================100.0%==========================]
    Processing 3 of 6 - Adding package Microsoft-Windows-FileServer-Package~31bf3856
    ad364e35~amd64~~6.2.9200.16384
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    An error occurred - Microsoft-Windows-FileServer-Package Error: 0x80073701
    Processing 4 of 6 - Adding package Microsoft-Windows-FileServer-Package~31bf3856
    ad364e35~amd64~en-US~6.2.9200.16384
    [==========================100.0%==========================]
    Processing 5 of 6 - Adding package Microsoft-Windows-Dedup-Package~31bf3856ad364
    e35~amd64~~6.2.9200.16384
    [==========================100.0%==========================]
    Processing 6 of 6 - Adding package Microsoft-Windows-Dedup-Package~31bf3856ad364
    e35~amd64~en-US~6.2.9200.16384
    [==========================100.0%==========================]
    
    Error: 14081
    
    The specified package is not applicable to this image.
    The specified package is not applicable to this image.
    The specified package is not applicable to this image.
    The command completed with errors.
    For more information, refer to the log file.
    
    The DISM log file can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log
    Buildnumber of the packages is correct. I'm running Enterprise RTM x64, any ideas?
    The 2 VdsInterop packages are installed. Then there are 4 that fail, but "The specified package is not applicable to this image." is only 3 times written to the console, so what happened to the 4th? Or is the last package the cause of the 14081...
     
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