Re: Large number of objects
1999-06-09 10:12:45
Hi,
Here's my advice:
1. Define virtual mountpoints representing no more than 250,000 files.
2. Develop a recovery plan which prioritizes which directories get recovered
first, second, etc.
Jim
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> From: Steve Watson[SMTP:steve.watson AT XINETICA DOT COM]
> Reply To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 9:02 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Large number of objects
>
> I am working on a system which long term will store 10 million files on
> SSA RAID
> - yes that's million !
>
> We obviously will not want to execute incremental style backups against
> these fi
> les due to the delays in scanning for date/time changes during this type
> of back
> up, but we will still have a fairly large number to backup on a daily
> basis - ap
> prox 25,000 avg file size 200k.
>
> Does anyone have experience of these kinds of voumes, or any performance
> stats o
> n anything that can be scaled to give us some idea of what kind of
> performance w
> e can expect.
>
> I suspect we will have to do some testing sooner than later.
>
> Regards
> Steve Watson.
> Technical Consultant. Xinetica Ltd
>
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