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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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?
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- APost-process deduplication
- BThin space reclaim
- CIn-line deduplication
- DZero block reclaim
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(33 responses)- A94% (31)
- C3% (1)
- D3% (1)
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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