The extended datastore must have enough space to contain the amount of data generated
by the Discover appliance. The following procedure explains how you can calculate
approximately how much free space you need for your extended datastore.
In the following example, we show you how to calculate the amount of storage space
required for 30 days worth of 5-minute metrics.
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Log into the Web UI of your Discover appliance.
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Click the System Settings icon, and then click
System Health.
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Scroll down to the Datastore section.
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In the Store Lookback chart, note the Rate and
Estimated Lookback for each metric cycle (or time period) that
you want to store on the external datastore. The rate for 5-minute metrics in
our example figure below is 27.85 KB/s.
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Calculate the amount of required space by applying the following formula:
<rate> x <lookback_time>, and then convert the value
to standard units.
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Convert the rate from seconds to days: 27.85 * 60 (seconds) *
60 (minutes) * 24 (hours) * 30 (days) = 72187200 KB for 30
days of lookback.
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Convert the rate from kilobytes to megabytes: 72187200 / 1024 =
70495 MB for 30 days of lookback.
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Convert the rate from megabytes to gigabytes:70495 / 1024 = 68
GB for 30 days of lookback.
To store all of the 5 minute metrics from this appliance for 30 days,
you need 68 GB of free space.
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