Dell ECS: GeoDrive Best Practices

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  Overview
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  Scope
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  Audience
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  Revisions
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  We value your feedback

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  Introduction

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  Value of GeoDrive
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  Use cases
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  High-level features
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  Overview
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  Cache Path/Virtual Drive FAQ

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  Architecture
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  Components
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  Data upload
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  Data restore
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  Multi-site sync

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  Performance study
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  Testing strategy
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  Tests, datasets, and metrics
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  Upload tests
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  Restore (download) tests
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  Mixed workload testing
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  Performance options
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  Test environment

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  Performance results
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  Uploads
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  Restores
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  Mixed workloads
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  Observed load on the server
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  Observed load on the ECS appliance
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  Analysis summary

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  Tuning options
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  Threads
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  Multipart threads

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  Best practices
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  Windows backup
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  One ECS site per host
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  Running executables
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  Tuning
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  Compression and encryption of GeoDrive files
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  Avoid multiple concurrent writes to files
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  Isolate local disk cache for high-performance workloads
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  Sharing GeoDrive folders
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  USN change journal
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  Do not manually disable the GeoDrive service
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  Avoid a large logging messages queue size
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  Sizing the cache directory
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  Avoid mixed-use buckets
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  Always use lowercase naming
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  Excluding functions for specific processes

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  Conclusion

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