What is a best practice to perform the initialization?

A customer has a remote client with over 4 TB of file data that needs to be backed up to a local Avamar server.

What is a best practice to perform the initialization?
A . Wait for any other backups to complete, then start the backup of the remote site
B . Start the initial backup and allow overtime on the server
C . Start the initial backup of remote client across the LAN
D . Start with a subset of data and gradually keep increasing the data per backup

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Answer: D

Explanation:

Best Practices for Adding Large Filesystem Clients

– Ensure the file cache is sized properly

– Work with support / account teams to investigate using cache prefixing for clients with many millions of files

– For initial backups:

On low capacity grids, use overtime to allow the backup to complete

On higher capacity grids, allow the client to time out daily and rely on partial backups

For clients that will not complete within 7 days, start with a small dataset and gradually add more files and directories to avoid issues with parials backups expiring before the initial backup completes

– For incremental backups:

Typical backup performance is about 1 million files per hour

Generally the client disk performance is the bottleneck but be sure to confirm the bottleneck before making any performance tweaks