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  2. NetBackup™ for Hadoop Administrator's Guide
  3. Configuring NetBackup for Hadoop
  4. Configuring the NetBackup for Hadoop plug-in using the NetBackup for Hadoop configuration file
  5. Configuring distribution algorithm and golden ratio for backup hosts
NetBackup™ for Hadoop Administrator's Guide

Configuring distribution algorithm and golden ratio for backup hosts

To enhance the backup performance, you can configure the distribution algorithm and golden ratio based on the tunable parameters. You can improve the backup performance by Performance fine tuning of these algorithms is possible via combination of distribution algorithm and golden ratio.

To decide the distribution algorithm and golden ratio, consider the following:

  • If you have small number of large sized files in your data set: Use distribution algorithm 1 and change in golden ratio is not honored.

  • If you have large number of small sized files in your data set: Use distribution algorithm 2 and change in golden ratio is not honored.

  • If you have small number of very large sized files and large number of small sized files in your data set: Use distribution algorithm 4 or 5 and golden ratio that fits your deployment. Golden ratio supported range is from 1 to 100. If not provided default is considered as 75.

    Note:

    Adjusting this value can change performance drastically.

/usr/openv/var/global/To update the hadoop.conf file for configuring algorithm and golden ratio

  1. Update the hadoop.conf file with the following parameters:
    {
    "distro_algo": distribution_algorithm and
    "golden_ratio":godlen_ratio
    }
  2. Copy this file to the following location on the backup host:

    /usr/openv/var/global/

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