Follow the guidelines given below to improve the performance of data movement in a 10 Gigabits-per-second Ethernet environment:
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Reduce the fragmentation to 128MB. For more information refer to Reduce Fragmentation of Data on a Mount Path.
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Set the block size between 256 KB to 512 KB. For more information, refer to Modifying the Properties of a Global Deduplication Policy.
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Optimize the MediaAgent for LAN free backup. For more information, refer to Best Practices for Shared Disk Libraries.
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Enable TCP Offload engine on the HBA.
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Deploy multiple 10GB ports on a MediaAgent. One port will be available for client input traffic and one port of Disk Library output traffic.