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  3. Section V. Report Reference
  4. File Analytics Reports
  5. Deduplication Candidates

Deduplication Candidates

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File Analytics > Storage Efficiencies > Deduplication Candidates

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Table: Deduplication Candidates

Column name

Description

Host

Host name

Volume/Share

Where the duplicates reside

Type

Volume or share

Total Files

The total number of files collected

Size

Sum of the sizes of all files collected

Total Duplicate Files

The total of all duplicate files on the device

Total Duplicate Size

The total of the size of all the duplicate files on the device

Duplicate %

The percentage of the size of the files that are duplicates

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