The test setup for this use case is as follows:
From a Milestone recorder perspective, the storage target is perceived as the aggregate of both the Local vSAN volume and the extended remote PowerScale volume.
Storage Configuration Options.
- i.e. 1.1 TB + 1.9 TB resulting in Camera data on target of 3.1 TB.
Note:
- The Immediate Tier term above can be considered the remote extended storage.
- The Local Retention period in this instance is set to 2 days.
- The Immediate Tier Move recording options can be set to move on;
- Time based, such as 8 hrs
- Percentage based, for this instance is set to 25%.
These options can be used to tailor the storage ratios to meet specific requirements.