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This section outlines several guidelines for configuring SmartPools file-pool policies for optimal home-directory performance. As guidelines, they are applicable in most environments and most configurations, but specific tuning settings may vary by organization.
For optimal network throughput:
As mentioned in Assumptions about home directories, home-directory workflows and use cases are broadly similar across multiple organizations. Most home-directory usage follows this pattern, in descending order (most-frequent to least-frequent usage):
General utilization may vary by organization but configuring home-directory capacity and performance on a PowerScale storage cluster should generally be based on these use cases. While general file-services performance expectations and use cases may drive an entirely different configuration, these factors should be included in the home directories planning process.
For more information on planning and implementing SmartPools file-pool policies, refer to the Storage Tiering with Dell EMC PowerScale SmartPools white paper.