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You have a server named Server1 that runs Windows Server and contains two drives named C and D. Server1 hosts multiple file shares.

You enable Data Deduplication on drive D and select the General purpose file server workload.

You need to minimize the space consumed by files that were recently modified or deleted.

What should you do?

Proposed answer
  • A. Run the Set-DedupVolume cmdlet and configure the Scrubbing job.
  • B. Run the Set-DedupSchedule cmdlet and configure a GarbageCollection job.
  • C. Run the Set-DedupVolume cmdlet and configure the InputOutputScale settings.
  • D. Run the Set-DedupSchedule cmdlet and configure the Optimization job.
Suggested answer

B. Run the Set-DedupSchedule cmdlet and configure a GarbageCollection job

Correct answer

The suggested answer is correct

The Garbage Collection job reclaims disk space by removing unnecessary chunks that are no longer being referenced by files that have been recently modified or deleted.

Understand Data Deduplication

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ahenriquez02

Highly Voted 1 year, 4 months ago 

Garbage Collection The Garbage Collection job reclaims disk space by removing unnecessary chunks that are no longer being referenced by files that have been recently modified or deleted.

upvoted 5 times 

Payday123

Most Recent 1 year ago 

Selected Answer: B

Correct

upvoted 2 times 

skycrap

1 year, 5 months ago 

Selected Answer: B

Seems correct: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/data-deduplication/understand#job-info