{"id":59638,"date":"2023-12-05T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=59638"},"modified":"2023-12-06T09:55:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T08:55:43","slug":"starwind-deduplication-analyzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/starwind-deduplication-analyzer\/","title":{"rendered":"StarWind Deduplication Analyzer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-59694 size-full\" title=\"starwind-deduplication-analyzer-01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/starwind-deduplication-analyzer-01.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-deduplication-analyzer-01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>StarWind Deduplication Analyzer is a free tool by <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/starwind-nvme-of-initiator-for-windows\/\">StarWind<\/a> that allows to evaluate <strong>how much space can be saved<\/strong> on the disk by leveraging data deduplication.<\/p>\n<p>The tool can be run directly from a single executable file and doesn't need to be installed.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How StarWind Deduplication Analyzer works<\/h2>\n<p>When the tool runs, it analyzes the files and <strong>shows the deduplication ratio<\/strong> that can be achieved if deduplication is applied.<\/p>\n<p>StarWind Deduplication Analyzer can be used in <strong>two scenarios<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Analysis of shared network folders and local folders on a Windows machine.<\/li>\n<li>ESX datastore analysis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When executed, the software builds a <strong>list of the files<\/strong> located in the specified path and <strong>analyzes their size<\/strong>. These files are opened in read-only mode by StarWind Deduplication Analyzer to <strong>read the data sets<\/strong> then through the deduplication engine counts the <strong>number of unique blocks<\/strong> for redundant data.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Run the tool<\/h2>\n<p>Run the analyzer and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-59696 size-full\" title=\"starwind-deduplication-analyzer-02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/starwind-deduplication-analyzer-02.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-deduplication-analyzer-02\" width=\"567\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the <strong>Source location<\/strong> for your analysis (in the example a <strong>VMware ESXi server<\/strong> will be analyzed) and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-59698 size-full\" title=\"starwind-deduplication-analyzer-03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/starwind-deduplication-analyzer-03.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-deduplication-analyzer-03\" width=\"567\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Specify the <strong>IP address<\/strong> and <strong>credentials<\/strong> to connect then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-59700 size-full\" title=\"starwind-deduplication-analyzer-04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/starwind-deduplication-analyzer-04.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-deduplication-analyzer-04\" width=\"567\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>datastores attached<\/strong> to the specified ESXi server are displayed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-59702 size-full\" title=\"starwind-deduplication-analyzer-05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/starwind-deduplication-analyzer-05.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-deduplication-analyzer-05\" width=\"567\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Expand one datastore and select a <strong>folder to analyze<\/strong> (<em>lx-wordpress01<\/em> in the example). Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-59704 size-full\" title=\"starwind-deduplication-analyzer-06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/starwind-deduplication-analyzer-06.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-deduplication-analyzer-06\" width=\"567\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The selected folder is being analyzed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-59706 size-full\" title=\"starwind-deduplication-analyzer-07\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/starwind-deduplication-analyzer-07.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-deduplication-analyzer-07\" width=\"567\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the analysis is complete you can <strong>save the result anywhere on your computer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-59710 size-full\" title=\"starwind-deduplication-analyzer-08\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/starwind-deduplication-analyzer-08.jpg\" alt=\"starwind-deduplication-analyzer-08\" width=\"567\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<p>StarWind Deduplication Analyzer is available to download as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/starwind-deduplication-analyzer#download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free-software<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"signature\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"signature\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>StarWind Deduplication Analyzer is a free tool by StarWind that allows to evaluate how much space can be saved on the disk by leveraging data deduplication. 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