Hey All...

 

I've asked this in the past and gotten no response... I could really use
some insight from you guys at really large networker shops.  It's budget
time again so I have to look 18 months out and either budget to expand
my current environment, or hope it will be able to handle the growth.

 

What is the largest single datazone you've seen?  I know this is a very
general question for a complex system, but I'm asking rule of thumb and
personal experience.

 

By largest I mean, number of clients and/or the amount of data.

 

Our current config:

 

T5220/16GB memory server

T2000 Storage Node

~400 clients

1 (60TB) netapp array that we do NDMP backups direct to tape

10 x 9940B drives

105TB of adv_file storage

20TB(raw) of diligent VTL storage

300TB per month of backups/~11TB per day/~70TB per week

Last 3 years we've averaged 42% growth

 

What are the details of the largest single datazone you've seen?

 

What is your rule of thumb for large environments before you break off
to another datazone?

 

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks!



Joel

 

 


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