inSync Private Cloud 5.2 - inSync Help - Druva

inSync 5.2 Private Cloud – Administrator’s Guide
Storage Health
The health of a storage indicates its availability to inSync for storing data. A storage is considered to be
healthy as long as it is available for inSync to store data. If inSync cannot store data on a storage, or
transact with the inSync database, the storage is considered to be unhealthy.
There are many reasons for a storage to become unhealthy. The storage folders could have been
deleted, or the media on which the storage was created could have been disconnected from the
inSync Server. A storage is also indicated to be unhealthy if the backup or restore process on the
storage is interrupted.
User Quota
Quota is defined as the maximum data a user can back up or share at any instant.
To understand quota, consider a user who has two laptops. From the first laptop, all files from the My
Documents folder is being backed up. From the second laptop, all files from Desktop is being backed
up. inSync Share functionality is enabled for the user. Therefore, both laptops have an inSync
Share folder. For successful backups and share, the sum of all files in the My Documents, Desktop,
and inSync Share folder must be less or equal to the quota assigned to the user. If the sum exceeds
the quota assigned, backups and share will fail.
Note: While calculating the sum, inSync Share folder is considered only once irrespective of the
number of devices assigned to the user.
Storage Compaction
Storage compaction is the removal of expired data from a storage to condense the existing archive
and make space for new data. On inSync storages, compaction is run daily. Compaction is a time
consuming process. The time required for compaction increases with the increase in the amount of
data in the storage.
Compaction is a resource intensive process. As an administrator, you can select the time and duration
during which compaction is carried out every day. It is recommended that once every week you carry
out compaction of a storage for a longer duration than the daily compactions. For example, you can
schedule daily compactions to start at midnight and last for 6 hours. You also schedule a weekly
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