inSync Private Cloud 5.2 - inSync Help - Druva

inSync 5.2 Private Cloud – Administrator’s Guide
About Storages
In inSync, storage is a location where data backed up and shared from the user's devices are stored.
An inSync Server can have multiple storages associated with it.
Each storage in inSync requires three folders - a data folder, a database folder, and a database logs
folder. The data folder contains the actual data backed up from the user's devices. The database
folder contains an inSync database that stores the metadata of the backed up data. The information
stored in the database is essential for inSync to identify the data for each user. The database log folder
contains the log files related to all transactions that happens in the inSync database.
As long as you store less than 1 TB of data in a storage, you can use the same folder as the data folder,
database folder, and the database log folder. However, if you are planning to store more than 1 TB of
data in a storage, use separate folders for each. You can have the data folder on any storage media -
local hard drive, NAS, SAN. However, the database folder and the database log folders must always be
on the local hard drive. You must not use a networked or shared drive for your database folder and
database log folder.
Few frequently used terms related to storages are as follows:
Storage disk space
Storage health
User quota
Storage compaction
Data deduplication
Primary and secondary storages
Storage Disk Space
The storage disk space is the maximum amount of data that a storage can contain. The storage disk
space is defined when it is created. However, it does not mean that space equivalent to the defined
disk space is reserved on the media where the storage is created. The actual space occupied by a
storage increases with the increase in usage.
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