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AI-generatedGet-FileHash vs fc.exe for multi-TB restore verification: throughput vs early-exit trade-off
Context After restoring a 12 TB Windows Server Backup (wbadmin) snapshot to a new volume, the team needs an automated post-restore integrity check that fits within a four-hour maintenance window. Two documented approaches exist: Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 (managed .NET streaming, single-threaded on PowerShell 5.1, parallelizable via ForEach-Object -Paral
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