Viewing Repository Details; Modifying Repository Settings - Dell DL4000 User Manual

Text Box
Bytes per Sector
Average Bytes per
Record
8. Click Save.
The Repositories screen is displayed to include the newly added storage location.
9. Repeat step 4 through step 7 to add more storage locations for the repository.
10. Click Create to create the repository.
The Repository information appears in the Configuration tab.

Viewing repository details

To view repository details:
1. Navigate to the Core Console.
2. Click Configuration → Repositories.
3. Click > next to the Status column of the repository for which you want to view the details.
4. From the expanded view, you can perform the following actions:
• Modify Settings
• Add a Storage Location
• Check a Repository
• Delete a Repository
Details also display for the repository and include the storage locations and statistics. Storage
location details include the metadata path, data path, and size. Statistical information includes:
• Deduplication — Reported as the number of block dedupe hits, block dedupe misses, and block
compression rate.
• Record I/O — Consisting of the rate (MB/s), read rate (MB/s), and write write (MB/s).
• Storage Engine — Include the rate (MB/s) read rate (MB/s), and write write (MB/s).

Modifying repository settings

After you add a repository, you can modify the repository settings such as the description or the
maximum concurrent operations. You can also create a new storage location for the repository.
To modify repository settings:
1. Navigate to the Core Console.
2. Click Configuration → Repositories.
3. Click the Settings icon next to the Compression Ratio column below the Actions button, and then
Settings.
The Repository Settings dialog box appears.
4. Edit the repository information described as follows:
Description
Specify the number of bytes you want each sector to include. The default
value is 512.
Specify the average number of bytes per record. The default value is 8192.
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