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Snapshot of filesystems having containing media files
Hi,
I have a filesystem containing many media files such as JPEG, TIFF, AVI in the mix. Some of these files are heavily edited by users. So, if I configure hourly snapshots on this filesystem, these files end up consuming a lot of snapshot space. Now, if I do not configure hourly snapshots, I am increasing the window of vulnerability for data loss for the non media files in the filesystem. One solution that I can think of is to move the media files over to a new filesystem and not configure hourly snapshots on it. This will reduce spapshot disk space consumption. Does anyone have some other interesting way to fix this problem ? Thanks in advance, Chandan |
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Snapshot of filesystems having containing media files
Chandan wrote:
Hi, I have a filesystem containing many media files such as JPEG, TIFF, AVI in the mix. Some of these files are heavily edited by users. So, if I configure hourly snapshots on this filesystem, these files end up consuming a lot of snapshot space. Now, if I do not configure hourly snapshots, I am increasing the window of vulnerability for data loss for the non media files in the filesystem. One solution that I can think of is to move the media files over to a new filesystem and not configure hourly snapshots on it. This will reduce spapshot disk space consumption. Does anyone have some other interesting way to fix this problem ? Might help if you described the environment a little more, i.e. storage vendors, whose snapshot are you using etc. Some snapshots are more inefficient than others. -- Nik Simpson |
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Snapshot of filesystems having containing media files
One solution that I can think of is to move the media files over to a
new filesystem and not configure hourly snapshots on it. This will reduce spapshot disk space consumption. Do you have different recovery point objectives for your media and non- media files ? If so, separating the two types into their own file system on their own volume sounds like a fine first step. But if the non-media files are dependent on the media files (e.g. web pages contain urls to the jpegs), restoring to two different points in time might not be possible. |
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Snapshot of filesystems having containing media files
On Jun 20, 7:21 pm, nik Simpson wrote:
Chandan wrote: Hi, I have a filesystem containing many media files such as JPEG, TIFF, AVI in the mix. Some of these files are heavily edited by users. So, if I configure hourly snapshots on this filesystem, these files end up consuming a lot of snapshot space. Now, if I do not configure hourly snapshots, I am increasing the window of vulnerability for data loss for the non media files in the filesystem. One solution that I can think of is to move the media files over to a new filesystem and not configure hourly snapshots on it. This will reduce spapshot disk space consumption. Does anyone have some other interesting way to fix this problem ? Might help if you described the environment a little more, i.e. storage vendors, whose snapshot are you using etc. Some snapshots are more inefficient than others. I am using NetApp. -- Nik Simpson |
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