Hi,
We have a Dell Power Protect appliance with 7.5TB of space, when I check the used space on the Veeam console, I found that it's only shows me the pre-compression value as used space (8 Tb). The console also shows me the free value (7 Tb) and I think it's correct after data compression.
So I still have other servers to add on veeam with 5TB of data and I want to know if our Dell Power Protect will support this extra space or not.
Thank you.
Best answer by JMeixner
In my environments the free space value is correct. I have never used a Dell Power Protect appliance , but I assume that it is reporting the correct value to Veeam.
Can you see the free space on a console or web interface of the appliance and compare the values?
+17The used space value reflects the amount of data Veeam has written to the repository. Normally after deduplication and compression done by Veeam, but without block cloning done by a filesystem or further compression/deduplication done by an appliance.
The free space value is the amount of free space reported by the storage. So, there can be differences. For example, I have on a 65TB ReFS Repository more than 65TB used space reported and have still free space left.
Hi
Thanks for your feedback.
So, can i trust in the free value reported by the appliance or i have to check with Dell EMC ?
+17In my environments the free space value is correct. I have never used a Dell Power Protect appliance , but I assume that it is reporting the correct value to Veeam.
Can you see the free space on a console or web interface of the appliance and compare the values?
+17Fine 😎
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+21This is usually the best way to compare what Veeam reports and your storage. As mentioned ReFS is similar in reporting within the console.
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