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Sure, the request is accepted.
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Re: Recommended Backup Job Settings for EMC Data Domain
Thank you foggy!
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Re: Recommended Backup Job Settings for EMC Data Domain
Sorry for necroposting, but 8GbFC hasn't changed a bit.DeadEyedJacks wrote: ↑Apr 22, 2016 12:46 pm We tested direct SAN connectivity 8GbFC from physical proxies, but found network transport 10GbE via vSphere hosts actually produced best overall job throughput. Your mileage may vary.
Do you remember what transfer speeds over FC to/from DD you saw during the tests?
We're seeing some 400-500 MB/s backing up to DD6300 over 8GBFC from a DELL/EMC Unity All-Flash. Stranger still, restore DD->AllFlash yields 250-300 MB/s
I'd expect something closer to 700MB/s. Or shouldn't I?
PS Interestingly though, our 10Gb ethernet is showing worse results, if marginally.
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Re: Recommended Backup Job Settings for EMC Data Domain
Is it the full backup performance? What is reported in the job session as the main bottleneck? The numbers are pretty decent for a dedupe appliance, I'd say.We're seeing some 400-500 MB/s backing up to DD6300 over 8GBFC from a DELL/EMC Unity All-Flash.
Reading from the dedupe appliance is expectedly slower.Stranger still, restore DD->AllFlash yields 250-300 MB/s
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Hi, foggy!
I like the numbers too since we saw 14 MB/s from a spinning disk EMC (200 from allflash), and then after working with Veeam support and, consequently, creating VddkPreReadBufferSize regkey we got 140 MB/s from 7200 nl sas EMC and 535 MB/s from All-Flash. Never saw 500+ again though. Made a few 100GB active-fulls from All-Flash, and they range from 310 to 460.
Still, Wiki says 8 TB/h for DD6300. It looks like 2 GB/s which should be achieveable via 16GbFC. DeadEyedJacks said that Veeam Enterprise Manager reported throughput of 1TB/s (10Gb LAN) for backups at one site.
I'm not saying I want to see 800 MB/s but I'd be content with constant 600. And if I'm content I can tell my client his speeds are OK and be done with it. )
PS All the gateway/job settings are recommended (as in this post), VBR/VMW/DD have the latest updates.
I like the numbers too since we saw 14 MB/s from a spinning disk EMC (200 from allflash), and then after working with Veeam support and, consequently, creating VddkPreReadBufferSize regkey we got 140 MB/s from 7200 nl sas EMC and 535 MB/s from All-Flash. Never saw 500+ again though. Made a few 100GB active-fulls from All-Flash, and they range from 310 to 460.
Still, Wiki says 8 TB/h for DD6300. It looks like 2 GB/s which should be achieveable via 16GbFC. DeadEyedJacks said that Veeam Enterprise Manager reported throughput of 1TB/s (10Gb LAN) for backups at one site.
I'm not saying I want to see 800 MB/s but I'd be content with constant 600. And if I'm content I can tell my client his speeds are OK and be done with it. )
Yes, and it's only marginally slower than writing to it. Strange, innit?Reading from the dedupe appliance is expectedly slower.
Yet another interesting question. 3 out 4 it's Target at 85%-...-97%. In general, though, the numbers spin around 90%. Like 89-93 and vice versa. Proxy and Network are at 10%-30%.What is reported in the job session as the main bottleneck?
PS All the gateway/job settings are recommended (as in this post), VBR/VMW/DD have the latest updates.
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Re: Recommended Backup Job Settings for EMC Data Domain
Is your repository configured for per-VM chains or have you tried parallel jobs otherwise? Ingestion rate of a single write stream is typically limited on dedupe appliances.
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Use per-VM backup files? ON.
I didn 't try parallel jobs per se, but they did happen, and it looked as if they shared this here 450 MB/s channel, individual job speeds dropping respectively. Several VMs in a single job? Tried that before the registry edit, never afterwards. Can do on Monday.
I didn 't try parallel jobs per se, but they did happen, and it looked as if they shared this here 450 MB/s channel, individual job speeds dropping respectively. Several VMs in a single job? Tried that before the registry edit, never afterwards. Can do on Monday.
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Then it seems that is what your DD is able to chew up.
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Re: Recommended Backup Job Settings for EMC Data Domain
Hi, Foggy!
I created a job with 9 VMs from different sources in it which gave me peak speed of 817 MB/s. Seems I didn't see the full picture running separate jobs.
Thanks a ton for your directions!
I created a job with 9 VMs from different sources in it which gave me peak speed of 817 MB/s. Seems I didn't see the full picture running separate jobs.
Thanks a ton for your directions!
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[MERGED] Best Practice For Veeam & Data Domain
I have everything configured for Data Domain and was looking to create a Forever Forward Incremental job. I was wondering what the best advanced settings (Storage Optimization, etc.) would be for the job.
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Re: Best Practice For Veeam & Data Domain
There's a support KB article covering this > KB1745
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Re: Recommended Backup Job Settings for EMC Data Domain
Please also review the thread above and the corresponding best practices guide section. Thanks!
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Re: Best Practice For Veeam & Data Domain
The link to the DellEMC website in the KB no longer exists. Also is there a way around the 60 day limit with GFS backups on the DataDomain. The cost to write a full backup without synthesizing it from incrementals is extreme and takes days to complete.
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I will check regarding the Dell EMC link, thanks. As for the limit, it is incurred by the storage connections limit so cannot be worked around from the Veeam B&R side except for the periodic fulls option. Fulls can be either active or synthetic though so I'm not sure I'm getting your concern.
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