One thing. I'm pretty sure base element or any CMDB items are not available for FTS.
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 8, 2012, at 6:33 PM, Joe Martin D'Souza <[email protected]> wrote: > There are no size recommendations published by BMC as this would really > depend on how much data would really go into FTS depending on your > customizations but based on the record count I think somewhere between 1 and > 2 TB's should be sufficiently adequate.. Most network disk drive capacities > these days fairly exceed these numbers so there's hardly a point in going > skimpy on this.. > > Just make sure that the shared network drive is highly available and the > network speed supporting it is the best you can get... > > Joe > > -----Original Message----- From: Gadgil, Abhijeet > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 6:21 PM Newsgroups: > public.remedy.arsystem.general > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Recommended size for FTS index collection directory > > You are right. A shared network drive that can be written to from below > mentioned 5 machines needs to be available. > As far as I remember the documentation says, storage size should be 2 times > that data size that is being indexed > I think the 7.6.04 configuration guide calls that out > So really if you know what all you will end up indexing, you could > extrapolate that to provision the right size of the shared network drive > > Regards, > Abhijeet > > The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in > this E-mail do not necessarily reflect those of BMC Software, Inc. My > voluntary participation in this forum is not intended to convey a role as a > spokesperson, liaison or public relations representative for BMC Software, > Inc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jamie > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 3:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Recommended size for FTS index collection directory > > Does anyone happen to know if there is any documentation/whitepaper on the > recommended storage size for the FTS index collection directory in 7.6.04 > might be? We are upgrading our currently system from 7.5 to 7.6.04 using > BMC's staging method while keeping all of our proudction data. We have a > total of 5 ARS servers in a server group and need to put the FTS idnex > collection directory on a network drive so that they all can have access to > run FTS if others fail (depends on server group ranking form). We have never > used FTS before, so I'm uncertain where to begin on requesting storage for > our network drive to hold the indexes. > > Below are some numbers for entris on our main forms, if it helps: > > INC: 566,983 > CHG: 278,594 > TSK: 71,322 > PBI: 780 > PKE: 284 > Base Element: 490,828 > RKM Articles (7.5): 8,539 > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
