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Old 9th February 2011
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Default Delete all you like, but it won't free up space ; You've been (de)duped ...

From http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02..._reclaimation/

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Comment: Networker blog author Preston de Guise has pointed out a simple and inescapable fact: deleting files on a deduplicated storage volume may not free up any space.

De Guise points out that, in un-deduplicated storage: "There is a 1:1 mapping between amount of data deleted and amount of space reclaimed." Also, space reclamation is near-instantaneous. With deduplication neither need be true.
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