k14 Hfm Diet

The 200or GB diet “how I archived off the first 10 years of my application!”

Michael Malandra

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To Archive or Not Archive?

Too much of a good thing…

On Average Applications: 

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that are 2-3 years old can average 10GB to 15GB 25GB to 50GB are also common

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100GB to 300GB are rare

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500GB and 1TB are mythical

Data Analysis

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Determine the current DB/schema size Every Scenario/Year has its own table 1 GB = 1024 MB = 1,073,741,824 Bytes

Before you #egin 

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A large application doesn’t inherently mean slo!" !emem"er - #B and application per$ormance are independent ●

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Application per$ormance is a $%nction o$ data %sage ●

And r%les& And application tier hard'are&

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It’s D(I()( But How?

The patient must minister to himself… 

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Need to access the historical data Reduce the data set going forward

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Act%al. Act%al at B%dget rates. Act%al at /orecast rates

*is+ Assessment or Lets !ill all the law"ers… Ans'er 2 %estions: 1&

ill  go to ail i$  delete this data4

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11GB o$ data in non-essential scenarios

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Tomorrow% and Tomorrow% and… 

To restrict the e8pansion o$ the ne' application. instit%te policies that 'ill limit si9e

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,eep /orecasts only 2 years Other scenarios 'ill "e %sed as needed then the data 'ill "e dropped a$ter 12 months

Good &iddance…

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Old application 'as 25GB e' Applications are ;3GB A reduction of ..0B or 1 nstit%te policies to prevent gro'th $or non-essential scenarios

*arting is such sweet sorrow…  

? sAppame H C? $ sAppame H )e'App* Then Do something…

@lse Do something else…

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Security  

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