According to Dell best practices, what is recommended when planning for an Dell Avamar client deployment?

Dell EMC recommends limiting a single Avamar file-system client to about 5–10 million files so that the hash-generation, backup window, and checkpoint creation remain within acceptable SLA limits. This guideline is published in the Avamar best-practices documentation and is the principal sizing rule when planning client deployments.

B Database limits are expressed in GB per database instance, not a global 5 TB figure. C 10 TB refers to aggregate capacity per Avamar server stripe, not per client. D 500 GB is the recommended per-database limit for hot backups, not for generic client sizing.

1. Dell EMC Avamar 19.3 Best Practices Guide, “Client Performance Guidelines,” p. 34-35 (5–10 million file recommendation).

2. Dell EMC Avamar 7.5 Sizing Guidelines, §2.1.1 “File System Client Limits,” p. 12.

3. Dell EMC White Paper H16392, “Avamar Backup Performance,” p. 7-8.