Cloudboost: How to Adjust Average Chunk SIZE

Summary: CloudBoost 2.2.2 adds the hidden avgchunksize command, letting admins view or change the average chunk size (up to 1 MB) by “avgchunksize show” or “avgchunksize change SIZE”, which reboots the system. ...

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Instructions

With the release of CloudBoost 2.2.2, you can now change the average chunk size used within CloudBoost with the command avgchunksize.

  • Syntax:  
avgchunksize <show|change SIZE>
  • To show the current average chunk size, use avgchunksize show.
    Example:  
admin@mag-fs> avgchunksize show
  • Current average chunk size: 256 KB
  • To change the current average chunk size, use avgchunksize change #, where # is the size in KB.  
    Example: 
admin@mag-fs> avgchunksize change 1024
This command will restart the appliance! Are you sure?
To CONTINUE please type "Yes"
Yes

The system is going down for reboot NOW!
100% done. Status: Changed averageChunkSize from 256 to 1024 KB in Share
Changing average chunk size of share: success

Additional Information

  1. avgchunksize is a hidden command.
  2. Max average chunk size supported is 1MB, which could lead to max chunk size of 4MB. 

Affected Products

CloudBoost

Products

CloudBoost Virtual Appliance
Article Properties
Article Number: 000003763
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026
Version:  5
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