Module 9: Plan Capacity & Throughput &

Perform Throughput Tuning

Introduction
Capacity & throughput planning are important when
you want to add more Data Domain systems to your
network
This module teaches you more about capacity &
throughput planning and performing throughput
tuning
Objectives

Describe capacity planning & why its important

Perform capacity planning (calculation)

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Lesson 1: Plan Capacity

1.

Collect information

2.

Determine capacity needs

3.

Calculate throughput needs

4.

Match Data Domain hardware models to your

needs

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Collect Information
1.

2.

3.

How much data in a full backup of your system?

What does your backup software report for a single
complete full backup of

Microsoft ExhangeTM?

Databases?

Applications?

Other?

How much of your primary data would you like to

backup, retain, & replicate offsite?

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Collect Information (Continued)

4.

Whats your company retention policy?

5.

How often do you backup?

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Determine Capacity Needs

how much?

data size (TB)

data type

full backup size

compression rate
(deduplication)

how long?

retention policy
(duration)

schedule

capacity needs

longer retention=greater compression

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Compression Requirements with Variables

5x Nearline & archive

Incremental + weekly full backup with 2 weeks

retention

Daily full backup with 1 week retention

Nearline & archival use compression tends to be

capped here

10x Overall compression

Incremental + weekly full backup with 1 month of

retention

Daily full backup with 2-3 weeks retention

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Compression Requirements with Variables

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20x Overall compression

Incremental + weekly full backup with 2-3 months

retention

Daily full backup with 3-4 weeks retention

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Calculate Required Capacity

total space required

1st full backup

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incremental
backup
4

weekly full
backup
number of
weeks

required
capacity

required
capacity

Capacity Requirements (Burn Rate) Calculation Example

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assumptions
1000 GB of data backup @ 5X compression

1X full per week @ 25X compression

10% daily change rate

1 retention period = 8 weeks

4 incr/diff per week @ 10X compression

no data growth

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Capacity Requirements (Burn Rate) Calculation Example

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1st full backup 1 TB @ 5X=
200GB
incremental backup 100 GB @ 10X = 10
GB
full backup 1 TB @ 25X = 40
GB

remaining capacity

burn rate (base) = 200GB

burn rate (1 week) = 80 GB
burn rate (1 retention period) = 640 GB

required capacity for 8 weeks of retention = 840

GB
200 GB + [(10GB *4) + (40GB)] * 8 = 840GB
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Calculate Required Throughput

largest backup
backup time window
example

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6 TB
10 hrs

required throughput

600 GB/hr

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System Model Capacity & Performance

Maximum capacity is amount of usable data storage space

Maximum capacity based on max number of drives supported

by a model

Maximum throughput is achieved using either VTL interface &

4Gbps Fibre Channel or DD Boost & 10Gb Ethernet

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Select Model
required capacity
maximum capacity

required throughput
maximum throughput

capacity %

100

throughput %

100

Be conservative when determining which model to use

Use 75-85% of model capacity & throughput

(factor 15-25% buffer for capacity & throughput)

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Calculate Capacity Buffer for Selected Models

100%

required capacity
maximum capacity

% of maximum capacity

DD140 example
100%

840 GB
860 GB

97%

3% buffer not ok

51%

51% buffer ok

DD610 example
100%

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840 GB
1650 GB

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Match Required Capacity to Model Specifications

for example
required capacity = 840 GB
Ensure capacity buffer is big enough
DD140

DD610

OR?
860 GB

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1,650 GB with 7 drives

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Calculate Performance Buffer for Selected Models

100%

required throughput
maximum throughput

% of maximum throughput

DD610 example
100%

600 GB/hr
675 GB/hr

89%

11% buffer not ok

DD630 example
100%

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600 GB/hr
1126 GB/hr

53%

47% buffer ok

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Match Required Performance to Model

Specifications
for example
required throughput = 600 GB/hr
ensure performance buffer is big enough
DD 610

DD630

OR?
860 GB/hr

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1.1 GB/hr

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Lesson 2: Throughput Tuning

1.

2.

3.

Identify bottlenecks
Display & understand Data Domain system
performance metrics
Implement solutions

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Throughput Bottlenecks
Where are possible throughput bottlenecks?

network

clients

network
backup server

collects & reports performance metrics you can use to identify bottlenecks

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Data Domain System Performance Metrics

% time waiting to send request

% time processing request over network

send
receive
backup server

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% time waiting to receive request

process
idle
% idle

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Tuning Solutions
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Implement link aggregation

Consider implementing DD Boost

Reduce stream number

Dont clean during heavy input

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Monitor Throughput

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Module Review
To plan capacity & throughput you must

1.

Collect information

2.

Determine capacity needs

3.

Calculate throughput needs

4.

Match Data Domain hardware model to your needs

Tuning solutions include

.

Implement link aggregation

Consider implementing DD Boost

Maximize Data Domain system storage capacity

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