Review the following guidelines before you scale out your backup infrastructure in a shared service environment.
Note
Scale up to a medium and large hardware configuration before adding a new node. Extra Large should be used as an exception.
Resource |
Scaling Guideline |
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Web Server and Web Console |
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Index Server |
Add a new node for every 700M items |
MediaAgent |
Add a new MediaAgent when the number of streams is near the maximum limit and the CPU/RAM is greater than 90% sustained over a week |
Access Node (Windows) - used for Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and Active Directory applications |
Add a new node if you see a drop in backup health and the CPU/Memory is over 90% sustained over a week. |
Access Node (Linux) -Used for Azure Blob, Salesforce, VM and Kubernetes applications |
Add a new node if you see a drop in backup health and the CPU/Memory is over 90% sustained over a week. |
Related Topics
Sizing details for large and extra large environments: CommCell Sizing.