HP ProLiant ML310 G3 Storage Server Administration Guide (WSS R2 version, March 2006)

Figure 16 System a dministrator view of Shadow Copies for Shared Folders
The shadow copy cache file
The default shadow copy settings allocate 10 percent of the source volume being copied (with a minimum
of 350 MB), a nd store the shadow copies on the same volume as the original volume. (See Figure 17).
The cache file is located in a hidden protected directory titled “System Volume Information” off of the root
of each volume for which shadow copy is enabled.
F:
cache file
G:
cache file
H:
cache file
Figure 17 Shadow copies stored on a source volume
The cache file lo cation c an be altered to reside o n a dedicated volume separate from the volumes
containing files shares. (See Figure 18).
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