A RecoverPoint administrator wants to use the compression setting to save bandwidth in their environment. What will be the impact of changing the…

Changing the link compression setting on a RecoverPoint Consistency Group can result in a

temporary high-load on the system. This is because when compression is enabled or settings are

changed, the system needs to compress the existing data before it can be transmitted, which

requires additional processing power and can temporarily increase the load on the RecoverPoint

Appliances (RPAs).

The process involves:

The administrator changes the link compression setting in the Consistency Group configuration.

The RPAs begin compressing the data that needs to be replicated across the network.

This compression process increases the CPU and memory usage on the RPAs, leading to a temporary

high-load situation.

Once the initial compression is completed, the system load returns to normal levels, and replication

continues with the new compression setting in effect.

It’s important to note that while the system is under high-load, there might be a temporary impact

on performance, but this does not affect the integrity of the replication or the Journal history. The

system is designed to handle such temporary increases in load without losing any critical data1.