Overview
Druva does not recommend and/or mandate changing the environment to comply with the parameter values specified in this article. Instead, the objective is to help you to obtain optimal functionality from the application in the most efficient manner possible. inSync does not govern these values, as these are set at the RPC level of the TCP/IP stack of the application and hence handled by the underlying stack.
You can use these values as a reference to achieve your expected network performance or to handle possible environmental issues regarding backups and restores.
Network parameter reference values
Parameter | Value | Remarks |
Maximum permitted MTU size | 1500 bytes | Default limit |
Minimum permitted MTU size | 576 bytes for IPv4 | |
Recommended MTU size | 1460 bytes with 20 bytes for TCP Header and 20 bytes for IP Header for a total of 1500 bytes | |
Maximum permitted Jitter | Since Jitter may adversely impact an application performance, Druva recommends no or minimal Jitter in the environment. | What is Jitter?
What causes Jitter?
Why is Jitter problematic?
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TCP window sizing for WIN10 / WIN7 desktop machines | Less than 4 MB | This is best handled by the underlying operating system and is not a function of the inSync. |
Maximum permitted size of file transfer | Optimal restore speed depends on the data set, as there is no specific number. Observations have revealed the restore speed in the range of 20 GB/Hr to 100 GB/hr depending on file sizes, file types and more.
The backups are observed to be optimal at 100 GB/hr for file sizes between 1 MB to 4 MB. The performance is suboptimal for other extremes of file sizes. | |
Network latency requirements | ||
Minimum latency | 0 ms | |
Maximum latency | 40 ms | |
Recommended permissible latency | 20 ms | For best performance, lesser latency the better. |
💡 Tip
Druva does not have a reference document for network parameter values as it is handled by the underlying OSI stack at the RPC level for the inSync application.