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SG0-001 · Question #401

Which of the following terms describes the scenario in a storage system where one or more LUNs have a process run against them to find identical content to reduce the consumed storage?

The correct answer is A. Post-process deduplication. This question asks for the term describing a storage process that runs after data is written to find and reduce identical content across LUNs to save space.

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Question

Which of the following terms describes the scenario in a storage system where one or more LUNs have a process run against them to find identical content to reduce the consumed storage?

Options

  • APost-process deduplication
  • BThin space reclaim
  • CIn-line deduplication
  • DZero block reclaim

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  • A
    94% (31)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

This question asks for the term describing a storage process that runs after data is written to find and reduce identical content across LUNs to save space.

APost-process deduplicationCorrect

Post-process deduplication refers to a data reduction technique where data is first written to disk and then a separate process scans the storage to identify and remove duplicate blocks or files, replacing them with pointers to a single copy. This method allows data to be written immediately without the overhead of deduplication during the write operation, performing the optimization later.

BThin space reclaim

Thin space reclaim is a process to return unused blocks from a thin-provisioned LUN back to the storage pool, not to find identical content.

CIn-line deduplication

In-line deduplication performs the deduplication process as data is being written to the storage system, before it hits the disk, which is different from a post-process run.

DZero block reclaim

Zero block reclaim is a process that identifies and reclaims blocks that contain all zeros, returning them to the storage pool, rather than identifying identical non-zero content.

Concept tested: Storage deduplication types and processes

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/data-deduplication/overview

Topics

#deduplication#storage optimization#LUNs#post-process

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