Calibrating a large transfer
You can calibrate the transfer performance by transferring a representative set of your data partitions. Choose multiple partitions that you have defined and transfer them to a Snow Family device. Make a record of the transfer speed and total transfer time for each operation. If the calibration's results are less than the target transfer rate, you may be able to copy multiple parts of your data transfer at the same time. In this case, repeat the calibration with the additional partitions of your data set.
Continue adding parallel copy operations during calibration until you see diminishing returns in the sum of the transfer speed of all instances currently transferring data. End the last active instance and make a note of your new target transfer rate.
You can transfer data faster to Snow Family devices by transferring data in parallel using one of the following scenarios:
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Using multiple sessions of the S3 adapter on a workstation against a single Snow Family device.
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Using multiple sessions of the S3 adapter on multiple workstations against a single Snow Family device.
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Using multiple sessions of the S3 interface (using a single or multiple workstations) targeting multiple Snow Family devices.
When you complete these steps, you should know how quickly you can transfer data to a Snow Family device.