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PowerProtect Data Manager 19.16 Virtual Machine User Guide

Scalability limits for vCenter server, VM Direct Engine, and DD systems

The following limits have been tested successfully with PowerProtect Data Manager for vCenter server, VM Direct Engine, and DD systems.

NOTE:These numbers are not maximum or hard limits, but should be considered when scaling your environment.
Table 1. Scalability limitsvCenter scalability limits
Component Tested limits
Number of vCenter servers supported with a single PowerProtect Data Manager server 12
NOTE:The vCenter server limit is subject to the VM Direct Engine overall limit of 40 and the per vCenter server limit of 25. For example, using the maximum tested number of vCenter servers of 12, you could add an average of 3 VM Direct Engines per vCenter server.
Number of external VM Direct Engines supported with a single PowerProtect Data Manager server 40
NOTE:This number was tested across 10 vCenter servers. For example, 4 VM Direct Engines per vCenter server.
Number of DD systems supported per PowerProtect Data Manager server 10
Network latency between the PowerProtect Data Manager server and VM Direct Engines 200 ms
Network latency between the PowerProtect Data Manager server and the DD systems 200 ms
Number of virtual machines per PowerProtect Data Manager server 10,000

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