>Dedupe would be completely transparent for client machines, it would be handled entirely within the NAS.
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>You would have to look at the NAS docs or ask the manufacturer about whether native access exists and how it might be provided. I don't know how .Net functionality is packaged, maybe as a DLL that implements a namespace (?)
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>Doing some Googling, NetApp (as an example) offers this: https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP1196889/html/GUID-F6ACCB9B-C4BC-4EDA-ACB2-C865E00CB3F1.html

Thank you, I will keep this one as a reference.