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> This got me wondering why the filesystem itself doesn't run a similar kind of deduplication process in the background. I think that ZFS actually does this. h
by albertzeyer 2y ago
> This got me wondering why the filesystem itself doesn't run a similar kind of deduplication process in the background.
I think that ZFS actually does this. https://www.truenas.com/docs/references/zfsdeduplication/ https://www.truenas.com/docs/references/zfsdeduplication/
- pmarreck 2y agoIt's considered an "expensive" configuration that is only good for certain use-cases, though, due to its memory requirements.
- abrookewood 2y agoYes true, but that page also covers some recent improvements to de-duplication that might assist.
- pmarreck 2y agoReally? I haven't looked at this ZFS feature in a few years so I will take a look EDIT: Is this referring to the "fast" dedup feature?
- abrookewood 2y agoYes. It doesn't solve everything, but it looks promising