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Storage Management

The Storage Management category provides essential guidelines and best practices for estimating binary storage requirements in Jive installations. Understanding storage needs is critical for effective system performance and user satisfaction. This category equips administrators with the knowledge to assess storage capacity based on user numbers and document types, ensuring that storage configurations support scalability and reliability.

Key topics within this category include:

  • Sizing Binary Storage: This section offers guidelines to estimate binary storage needs, taking into account factors such as user capacity, document types, and the resulting storage footprint. It highlights the importance of considering document conversion processes and preview generation, which can significantly impact storage requirements as user numbers grow.

  • Storage Reliability: This segment focuses on configuring reliable storage solutions for Jive installations. It emphasizes considerations such as the use of redundant external storage, effective log storage management, and ensuring cache efficiency. Additionally, it underscores the necessity of planning for search index sizes and database backups to maintain data integrity and accessibility.

  • Storage Monitoring: Regular monitoring of storage is critical for maintaining system health. This portion of the category outlines best practices for tracking disk consumption, with a focus on key areas within the Jive platform. It provides guidelines for generating alerts related to disk usage and emphasizes the importance of monitoring application instances and platform logs to preemptively identify potential issues.

Together, these resources empower administrators to effectively manage storage in Jive, ensuring both reliability and performance as their user base and document requirements evolve.