You are the network administrator for Corpnet. You have a file server named File1 that runs Windows Server. File1 is running low on disk space. You determine that a significant percentage of the data on File1 consists of duplicate files. You would like to remove duplicate data to free up space on File1. You do not want the solution to impact the users' ability to access duplicate data.

The solution to free up space on File1 and not impact the users' ability to access duplicate data is to replace all the duplicated files with a shortcut in each place with the file left in File1.

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Davwo98 Davwo98 · Answer 2 · 2020-02-14T15:46:57+01:00

Answer:

Install and configure the Data Deduplication Role Service.

Explanation:

Using Window Server 2016 as an example, below is a step by step instructions on how to carry out your configuration;

Firstly you need to the locate ADD ROLE AND FEATURE

Click on SERVER ROLE

Then click on EXPAND FILE AND STORAGE SERVICES

Click on DEDUPLICATION,

Just continue clicking on NEXT till the INSTALL button becomes active.

Click on INSTALL

That's all you need to solve the problem.

I really hope this helps.