•Activities: The number of volumes that can be copied concurrently during an initial copy operation.
Figure 5-2 System Option Window
•Maximum Initial Copy Activities: Specifies the number volumes that can be copied concurrently during an initial copy operation. A value within the range of 1 to 128 can be specified. The default setting is 64 volumes.
Maximum Initial Copy Activities can impact the performance of the primary storage system, depending on the amount of I/O activity and the number of pairs being registered at the same time. If Maximum Initial Copy Activities is 64 volumes, it allows you to limit the impact of initial copy activities on storage system performance. For example, if you set the maximum initial copy activities to 64 volumes and then add 65 pairs at the same time, the primary storage system starts the first 64 pairs and will not start the 65th pair until one of the pairs is synchronized. When you change the maximum initial copy activities setting, the new setting applies to pairs created after the setting was changed, not to existing pairs.
•Set: Closes the System Option window and then adds the settings to the Preview list.
•Cancel: Cancels the settings.
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