RAM Requirements for Backup of Large Number of Files
Amount of RAM used by Veeam Agent to process backed-up files depends on the number of files included in the backup, the length of file names and depth of the directory structure. For large environments with great number of backed-up files, consider the following RAM sizing recommendations:
For large number of backed-up files with short names (7 characters) under a single-level root directory
|
Number of Backed-Up Files, Full / Incremental Backup |
RAM (GB) |
|---|---|
|
1,000,000 Full |
1.6 |
|
1,000,000 Incremental + 100,000 |
2.1 |
|
2,000,000 Full |
2.0 |
|
2,000,000 Incremental + 100,000 |
3.5 |
|
5,000,000 Full |
4.4 |
|
5,000,000 Incremental + 100,000 |
7.2 |
|
10,000,000 Full |
7.3 |
|
10,000,000 Incremental + 100,000 |
13.6 |
For large number of backed-up files with long names (254 characters) under a single-level root directory
|
Number of Backed-Up Files, Full / Incremental Backup |
RAM (GB) |
|---|---|
|
1,000,000 Full |
2.8 |
|
1,000,000 Incremental + 100,000 |
4.6 |
|
2,000,000 Full |
4.6 |
|
2,000,000 Incremental + 100,000 |
8.2 |
|
5,000,000 Full |
10.0 |
|
5,000,000 Incremental + 100,000 |
19.2 |
|
10,000,000 Full |
19.0 |
|
10,000,000 Incremental + 100,000 |
36.7 |
For large number of backed-up files with short names (7 characters) in a 7-level directory structure
|
Number of Backed-Up Files, Full / Incremental Backup |
RAM (GB) |
|---|---|
|
1,000,000 Full |
2.3 |
|
1,000,000 Incremental + 100,000 |
2.7 |
|
2,000,000 Full |
2.7 |
|
2,000,000 Incremental + 100,000 |
3.4 |
|
5,000,000 Full |
3.9 |
|
5,000,000 Incremental + 100,000 |
5.3 |
|
10,000,000 Full |
5.8 |
|
10,000,000 Incremental + 100,000 |
8.5 |
For large number of backed-up files with long names (254 characters) in a 7-level directory structure
|
Number of Backed-Up Files, Full / Incremental Backup |
RAM (GB) |
|---|---|
|
1,000,000 Full |
2.8 |
|
1,000,000 Incremental + 100,000 |
3.5 |
|
2,000,000 Full |
3.7 |
|
2,000,000 Incremental + 100,000 |
4.9 |
|
5,000,000 Full |
6.4 |
|
5,000,000 Incremental + 100,000 |
9.3 |
|
10,000,000 Full |
11.1 |
|
10,000,000 Incremental + 100,000 |
16.2 |