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It is safe to increase metadata reserved  to 4TB for nodes with less than 128 GB?

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Applies to

StorageGRID 11.5.x

Answer

No
 

Additional Information

If it is enough space for increasing metadata reserved storage ,please contact your account team for a FPVR where the following will be verified :
 
  • Average object size
  •  Number of total objects required per year
  •  Expected average and maximum PUT, GET, and DELETE rate
  • ILM policy (specifically if replicated copies will be used)
The actual space reserved for metadata on a Storage Node is increased to 4 TB if all of the following are true:
  • The amount of RAM on the Storage Node is 128 GB or more.
  • Volume 0 is 4 TB or larger.
  • The Metadata Reserved Space setting is 3 TB (default).
Managing object metadata storage
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