Veeam Agent for Linux: Dedup

[Sebbo]

Hey,
I've just checked the config XML file:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Config Version="1" /><Repositories><Repository Name="Repository_1" Type="Share" RepositoryOptions='<OnShareRepositoryOptions Version="1" Address="10.100.20.50/backup/veeam" FsType="cifs" Login="backup" Password="" Domain="" />' /></Repositories><Jobs><Job Name="Daily_Image_Backup" creation_time="2016-08-11 09:00:44" RepoName="Repository_1"><JobOptions Compression="Lz4" BlockSize="KbBlockSize1024" PrefreezeCommand="" PostthawCommand="" MaxPoints="14" IsDedupEnabled="false" Schedule="true"><Schedule Hours="11" Minutes="0"><WeekMask Sunday="true" Monday="true" Tuesday="true" Wednesday="true" Thursday="true" Friday="true" Saturday="true" /></Schedule></JobOptions><ObjectsForBackup><Object ObjectType="AllSystem" RecordType="Include" Value="" /></ObjectsForBackup></Job></Jobs><VbrServers />

There is an option called "IsDedupEnabled".

The help page of "veeamconfig job create" says following about it:

--dedup Enable inline data deduplication

Does it mean, what I think? It's only saving once a file/directory and all other "duplicates" are being (sym-) linked.

Anyway: This feature is helpful at all and saves more or less a lot of disk space. Well... Why is this feature disabled by default?

[nielsengelen]

It's currently not implemented however it is added already in the config etc. It will become more clear towards GA how this will help. Stay tuned!

[Sebbo]

All right. Thanks for the information!