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title: "Deduplication and Load Balancing Settings"
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To define settings for deduplication and load balancing of devices on collectors, complete the following:

1. Click the **Settings** icon > **General Settings** > **Advanced Settings**.
2. In the settings list, navigate to the **Deduplication** settings group.
3. Click the gear icon for each setting in the group and then select **Edit**. You can edit the following settings:
  - **Enable the load balancer**: Enables the load balancing feature for moving devices from highly-loaded collectors to less loaded collectors. The load balancer runs on the weekly maintenance schedule.
  - **Minimum capacity utilization**: Sets the minimum percentage of devices, from collector's total capacity in terms of managed devices, at which moving devices from such collectors is allowed. For example, if a collector that can manage 1000 devices currently manages less than 40% percent of devices, NetMRI will not move devices from that collector to other collectors as its load is regarded as low.
  - **Minimum capacity utilization difference**: Sets the minimum difference, in percentage, the current device's utilization by collectors, and at which devices can be moved to the less loaded collector. For example, if a collector has a 47% load in terms of devices and another one has a 45% load, it does not make sense to move devices from the first one to the second.
  - **Timeout for choosing the collector**: Sets the maximum allowable time, in hours, for choosing the best management collector for the device.