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EvgeniyL's avatar
EvgeniyL
Level 5
10 years ago

DataDomain configurations

Hello. I have SBE2010R3 and DataDomain storage. Tell me please,  what settings for data stream choose: - Split data stream every 50 Gb (i choose)  - data stream chunk size 256 KB (recomme...
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  • CraigV's avatar
    CraigV
    10 years ago

    ...50GB files will create a 50GB file, fill it up, and then create a new one and fill it up etc. etc. etc.

    You can make it larger, but bear in mind that doing so means that if 1 or more of those B2D files corrupts, you lose more data. You'd have less files as a benefit.

    You need to decide what an acceptable size is for your B2D files vs. data lost if 1/more corrupts.

    Thanks!

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CraigV
Moderator
10 years ago

...50GB files will create a 50GB file, fill it up, and then create a new one and fill it up etc. etc. etc.

You can make it larger, but bear in mind that doing so means that if 1 or more of those B2D files corrupts, you lose more data. You'd have less files as a benefit.

You need to decide what an acceptable size is for your B2D files vs. data lost if 1/more corrupts.

Thanks!