Selecting a system size
Select the size of the IBM Storage Protect server based on the amount of data that you manage and the systems to be protected.
About this task
You can use the information in the table to determine the size of the server that is required, based on the amount of data that you manage.
The following table describes the volume of data that a server manages. This amount
includes all versions. The daily amount of data is how much new data you back up each day. Both the
total managed data and daily amount of new data are measured as the size before any data
reduction.
| Total managed data | Daily amount of new data to back up with one replication copy | Daily amount of new data to back up with two replication copies | Required server size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 TB - 40 TB | Up to 1 TB per day | Up to 0.6 TB per day | Extra Small |
| 60 TB - 240 TB | Up to 10 TB per day | Up to 6 TB per day | Small |
| 360 TB - 1440 TB | 10 - 30 TB per day | 6 - 18 TB per day | Medium |
| 1000 TB - 4000 TB | 30 - 100 TB per day | 18 - 60 TB per day | Large |
The daily backup values in the table are based on test results with 128 MB sized objects, which are used by IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments. Workloads that consist of objects that are smaller than 128 KB might not be able to achieve these daily limits.