HP Data Protector Software Cell Manager Planning and Sizing
Table Of Contents
- Executive summary
- Solution description
- Cell Manager software topology
- IDB architecture
- Why should you configure the IDB?
- Regular IDB backups
- IDB notifications
- Limitations
- IDB Growth and Performance
- IDB key growth factors
- IDB key performance factors
- IDB key growth and performance parameters
- Influence of logging level on IDB
- Example: Changing of logging level for filesystem backup
- Influence of catalog protection on IDB
- Example: Changing of catalog protection of a backup
- Recommended usage of logging level and catalog protection
- Use different logging levels in the same cell
- Different logging levels for ObjectCopies
- Specifics for small cells
- Specifics for large cells
- Maintenance of DCBF directories
- Cell Manager hardware aspects to consider
- Cluster support for Data Protector software Cell Manager
- Security
- IDB space consumption example
- Cell Manager requirements
- For more information
Limitations
Internal Database Size
CDB
Data Protector 6.0 ≥ Data Protector 6.1
CDB max. size 32 GB 48 GB
Max # File names Unix (est.) 700 Million 1050 Million
Max # File names Windows
(est.)
450 Million 674 Million
Text format of all strings
including filenames of Unix
ASCII, single- or multi-byte
format
ASCII, single- or multi-byte
format
Text format of all strings
including filenames of
Windows
UNICODE, double-byte
format
UNICODE, double-byte
format
DCBF
200 GB–1.6TB
1-50 Stores
Max number of File Versions 10x # of file names 10x # of file names
Max number of DCBF
directories (containing binary
files)
Default: 10
Maximum: 50
Default: 10
Maximum: 50
Max size per DCBF directory
Default: 4 GB
Maximum: 32 GB
Default: 16 GB
Limited by file system settings
Max number of files per DCBF
directory
10.000 files 10.000 files
Max size per DCBF file 2 GB
Limited by file system
settings
Min size per DCBF
directory
100 MB 2 GB
MMDB
20-50MB
Max media per pool 40.000 40.000
Max media per Cell Manager 500.000 500.000
Max sessions per cell manger 1.000.000 1.000.000
Max sessions per day 2.000 9999
Max parallel backup sessions
Unix
100 100
Max parallel backup sessions
Windows
60 60
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