Managing Performance

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Published : September 27, 2005

DPM’s architecture, designed to optimize disk-based backup, provides a foundation for strong performance. However, actions that you take in configuring and monitoring DPM can also impact DPM’s performance. This chapter explains how to set your performance expectations and optimize DPM’s performance. Network speed, the performance characteristics of the file server, the size of your protected data, and the rate at which the protected data changes will determine your actual results.

For more information on performance considerations when setting up DPM in your organization, see Planning a Deployment (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=46355) in the DPM 2006 Planning and Deployment Guide.

For instructions on troubleshooting specific performance issues, see the “Troubleshooting” chapter in this guide.

In this Chapter

How DPM Operations Affect Performance

      Replica Creation

      Tracking Changes

      Synchronization

      Consistency Check

      DPM Processes

Gathering Performance Data

      Performance Counters

      Network Traffic Report

Improving Performance

      Determining Maximum Workloads

      Modifying Workloads

            Using Network Bandwidth Throttling

            Using On-the-wire Compression

            Staggering Synchronization Start Times

            Scheduling Synchronization Jobs

            Scheduling Consistency Checks

            Creating Replicas Manually

      Increasing Capacity

Managing DPM Performance on a WAN