PowerProtect Data Manager 19.9 Network Attached Storage User Guide

Set protection engine parameters

You can change the number of parallel streams to use for a particular NAS asset when you perform backup operations. Increasing the number of parallel streams may affect the performance of other operations that use the same protection engine.

1. Log in to the PowerProtect Data Manager user interface as a user with the Administrator role.
2. From the left navigation pane, select Infrastructure > Assets.
   The Assets window appears.
3. Select the NAS tab.
   A list of known NAS assets appears.
4. Select an asset from the list and then click More Actions > Set Stream Count.
   The Set Stream Count window appears and displays the number of selected assets.
5. Type a new value for Maximum Streams.
   You can allocate up to 256 streams.
6. Click Save.