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5220 replication speed throttling

Kenneth_Hansen
Level 6
Partner

Hi,

I have a problem with two 5220 replication data over WAN link. When replication kicks in it consumes all WAN link speed and this causes problem related to other traffic on the link. Appliance's uses 2.5 software.

I've tryed thees setting without any sueccess:

OptDupBandwidth     The maximum bandwidth that is allowed for optimized duplication.
Main_Menu> Settings> Deduplication>tune OptDupBandwidth Value Bandwidth in KBs/sec

And

BandwidthLimit      The maximum bandwidth that is allowed when backing up or restoring data between the media server and the deduplication pool.
Main_Menu> Settings> Deduplication>tune BandwidthLimit Limit   Bandwidth limit in KBytes/second.

I also looked at:
http://news.support.veritas.com/connect/forums/throttling-bandwidth-5200
http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/duplication-network-throttling

But had no success, any one know if it is possible to limit bandwith use for replication?

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Mark_Solutions
Level 6
Partner Accredited Certified

I believe that there is a formula to follow here whichhelp you decide what the OPTDUP_BANDWIDTH needs to be ...

You need to know the maximum number of streams that can run (this is actually 4 by default - in the pd.conf i believe), the max number of jobs (based on the Storage Unit(s) setting),

So here goes ...

(maxstreams x max jobs x optdupsetting x 8)/1024 = bandwidth used

So if you storage units can do 50 jobs max and you set the optdup setting to 7000 it will use:

(4 x 50 x 7000 x 8)/1024 = 10937 kb/s

So it can use 10937 kb/s rather than the 7000 kb/s you are probably expecting! (don't shoot the messenger - just trying to help!)

Put you STU max jobs in and see what you get then reduce the optdup value until the result is what you really want and try again

Hope this makes sense and helps

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chashock
Level 6
Employee Accredited Certified

Just so I understand what's going on, you're using an SLP to replicate from one 5220 to another 5220, both running 2.5, yes?

Can you post the Main_Menu>Settings>Deduplication>show output?

Kenneth_Hansen
Level 6
Partner

Yes, you are correct. SLP to replicate from one 5220 to another 5220..

chashock
Level 6
Employee Accredited Certified

How much "room" do you have on your pipe?  If I remember the optdup_bandwidth tuning correctly, it's set in kilobytes per second, which translates to 54 megabits per second.  If you only have enoug capacity to transmit at 20Mb/s you're still going to run into issues since the appliance doesn't know that and will pump data out up to the limit you've set.

Have you tried other settings (lower numbers) with the same results of your link being hammered?

Mark_Solutions
Level 6
Partner Accredited Certified

I believe that there is a formula to follow here whichhelp you decide what the OPTDUP_BANDWIDTH needs to be ...

You need to know the maximum number of streams that can run (this is actually 4 by default - in the pd.conf i believe), the max number of jobs (based on the Storage Unit(s) setting),

So here goes ...

(maxstreams x max jobs x optdupsetting x 8)/1024 = bandwidth used

So if you storage units can do 50 jobs max and you set the optdup setting to 7000 it will use:

(4 x 50 x 7000 x 8)/1024 = 10937 kb/s

So it can use 10937 kb/s rather than the 7000 kb/s you are probably expecting! (don't shoot the messenger - just trying to help!)

Put you STU max jobs in and see what you get then reduce the optdup value until the result is what you really want and try again

Hope this makes sense and helps