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Is NetApp deduplication transparent to the virtual machine?

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Client OS: Windows or Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Virtualization Function: Hyper-V and Windows Server Failover Clusters (WSFC)
  • NetApp provides storage via SMB, Virtual machine disk files (vhdx) are stored as dynamically provisioned (thin-provisioned) disks.
  • Deduplication is enabled on the volume.

Answer

Yes, NetApp deduplication is transparent to the virtual machine.

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