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Recommended Checkpoint interval
Hello,
I hope you can help.
my customer has a requirement for their CIFS home directories, they want checkpoint every 10 minutes and 24h data retention, self-service file level recovery.
What checkpoint interval should I recommend ?
How do I calculate this ?
Rainer_EMC
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October 10th, 2012 02:00
It is possible
I would negotiate for a lower number though. For example 10 min for an hour and then hourly checkpoints
6 x 24 = 144 – if you have more file systems then you need to consider the total amount of file system + checkpoints per system
This also has an influence on the boot and failover time.
golnaz1
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August 13th, 2013 17:00
andre.rossouw
Can anyone answer this question please , this asked couple of times but I couldn't find any answer for it.
Thank you
umichklewis
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August 14th, 2013 06:00
I think Rainer provided an answer above. One thing to consider - there is a limit to the total number of checkpoints per filesystem; 144 exceeds that limit. Moreover, having more checkpoints per filesystem increases the time required to failover or reboot a datamover. Rainer's recommendation - 10 minute checkpoints, saved for an hour + hourly checkpoints, saved for a day - is very reasonable.
In our environment, I keep a checkpoint every four hours for a day, seven daily checkpoints for a week and four weekly checkpoints for a month. This allowed users great flexibility and dropped our help desk calls for restores dramatically.
Let us know if that helps!
Karl
golnaz1
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August 14th, 2013 17:00
Thanks @Karl,
Your explanation is clear but I', still confused. I think the check point limit is 96. You calculated:
6 (checkpoints per hour) * 24 (retention) = 144 which exceeds 96. Then you recalculated:
The question asking about checkpoint interval and answers are:
20
30
60
45
and 20 is the correct answer, how we get 20 ?@
umichklewis
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August 15th, 2013 08:00
The limit to the total number of checkpoints per filesystem is 96. What Rainer was illustrating was that 6 X 24 = 144 which is too many checkpoints. He was illustrating that to the original poster, so that the poster could negotiate fewer checkpoints with his customers.
The rest of your question, I don't understand - it looks like you're asking something from the VNX TA exam.
golnaz1
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August 15th, 2013 17:00
Thank you Karl ,
Yes it is . It is from E20-324 .I have posted couple of questions for this exam but I haven't got any response yet !
umichklewis
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August 16th, 2013 06:00
Repost the question here and I'll have a look!
golnaz1
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August 17th, 2013 17:00
Appreciate your help,
A customer has a requirement for their CIFS home directories, they want checkpoint every 10 minutes and 24h data retention, self-service file level recovery.
What checkpoint interval do you recommend ?
20
30
60
45
I need some help in couple of questions and I couldn't find any answer for them, is there anyone we can refer to ask e20-324 related questions?
dynamox
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August 17th, 2013 17:00
just because customer wants snapshot every 10 minutes and keep for 24 hours does not mean the system can accommodate that. That's 6 x 24 = 144 , obviously 144 is more than Celerra/VNX supports at the moment (max 96 snapshots per file system) so your next recommendation is 20 minute interval (3 x 24 = 72)
golnaz1
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August 17th, 2013 18:00
Thanks dynamox for your perfect explanation.
golnaz1
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August 18th, 2013 18:00
hi Karl,
Is there anyone who can help with e20-324 questions? I am really confused about some calculations and I couldn't find any help for that.
Thanks,