Hyper-V: Compression is recommended for replication traffic

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Issue

The replication traffic sent across the network from the primary server to the Replica server is uncompressed.

Impact

Replication traffic will use more bandwidth than necessary. This impacts the following virtual machines: <list of virtual machines>

Resolution

Configure Hyper-V Replica to compress the data transmitted over the network in the settings for the virtual machine in Hyper-V Manager. You can also use tools outside of Hyper-V to perform compression.

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