Windows Server 2012 R2 has a new feature which I can see very handy in the real world especially with VDI environments which have lots of Virtual Hard Disk files (VHD's) of similar nature.
In Server 2012 R2, Data Deduplication is now supported on VHD data stores. This was not supported with the initial release of Server 2012.
Data Deduplication is also supported on Cluster Shared Volumes (CSVs) with file servers configured in scaled-out for high availability.
For companies that run a Microsoft-based VDI pool with multiple hosts, Data Deduplication can reduce the storage requirements of the VDI environment up to 90%.
In Server 2012 R2, Data Deduplication is now supported on VHD data stores. This was not supported with the initial release of Server 2012.
Data Deduplication is also supported on Cluster Shared Volumes (CSVs) with file servers configured in scaled-out for high availability.
For companies that run a Microsoft-based VDI pool with multiple hosts, Data Deduplication can reduce the storage requirements of the VDI environment up to 90%.