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When performing [[incremental dumps]] or [[iterative migration]], a layered stack of memory images is created. In that stack, some data is duplicated (i.e. same memory page is present in multiple images). This article describes ways to deduplicate such data by punching holes in image files (using <code>fallocate()</code> syscall with <code>FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE</code> flag).
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When performing [[incremental dumps]] or [[iterative migration]], a layered stack of memory images is created. In that stack, some data is duplicated (i.e. same memory page is present in multiple images). This article describes ways to deduplicate such data by punching holes in image files (using <code>fallocate()</code> syscall with <code>FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE</code> flag), effectively freeing used disk space.
    
Two ways to deduplicate memory images are available.
 
Two ways to deduplicate memory images are available.
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* [[Disk-less migration]]
 
* [[Disk-less migration]]
 
* [[Page server]]
 
* [[Page server]]
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== External links ==
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* http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/fallocate.2.html
    
[[Category: Memory]]
 
[[Category: Memory]]
 
[[Category: Images]]
 
[[Category: Images]]