SPDATA file grows continuously /need Help!

P.Kuchta · Mon May 14, 2012 10:15 am

Hello,

I have a StarWind Free installation.
There is an iSCSI Target with 500GB. As I see the file grows beyond 500GB on the StarWind Server. In some cases up to 10GB per day. What can be or how I can turn off .... At the moment the SPDATA File is 616GB

Sorry for my bad english
Greetings
P.Kuchta

Mon May 14, 2012 2:43 pm

Hi,

Can you please tell how much data is actually stored on DD drive? How much data are you uploading to it daily? What is sstoring on the device? What block size have you choose for the Deduplication?

P.Kuchta · Mon May 14, 2012 3:01 pm

Hello
actually there a 300GB Data on the Target.
I think the maximum is 5GB new per day.
On the Target is a SQL Server DB an the Exchange DB and some USer Profiles.
Block Size for the DD Device is 4K

Hope this help

Greetings
P.Kuchta

Mon May 14, 2012 3:40 pm

Has some data was deleted after it was written to the device?

P.Kuchta · Tue May 15, 2012 11:08 am

its possible
i don´t understand why my Target File is 2 times bigger than the Used Data.

Greetings
P.Kuchta

Tue May 15, 2012 12:52 pm

Your answer explains it actually - if some data was deleted, data blocks are still there, in the DD device.
Data deletion functionality will be added in next version of StarWind that should be released next Month.

P.Kuchta · Tue May 15, 2012 12:55 pm

Hello,

thx for your awnser.
I understand this right?

If i delete files, the sectors will not be free so the spdata file grows for the deletet file size?

Greetings
P.kuchta

Tue May 15, 2012 3:58 pm

You are correct. I think we are on the same page about it.

P.Kuchta · Wed May 16, 2012 6:10 am

many Thanks.

If i upgrade the current version to the new one (when release) will the Spdata file shrink or must i add a new Target for the new funktion?

Greetings
P.Kuchta

Wed May 16, 2012 11:07 am

Our R&D just confirmed that users will have need to create new devices to have data deletion.