Running Replication Using Multiple Network Connections (KBA1577)

Background

Running replication using multiple network connections can potentially be useful in driving more throughput in some network configurations. Depending upon the Delphix version, you should be able to change the number of connections using the CLI.

Configuration on 4.2 and above

Multiple network connections can be enabled through the CLI. As shown below, the setting "numberOfConnections" can be set to a higher number. Unlike earlier versions, users can change this setting themselves via the CLI. However, this should be changed via support as changing this number inappropriately could degrade performance. 

bk43.dcenter replication spec 'test'> ls
Properties
    type: ReplicationSpec
    name: test
    bandwidthLimit: 0
    compressed: true
    description: (unset)
    enabled: false
    encrypted: false
    numberOfConnections: 1                 <- set number of network connections.
    objectSpecification:
        type: ReplicationList
        name: (unset)
        objects: domain0
    reference: REPLICATION_SPEC-1
    runtime:
        type: ReplicationSpecRuntime
    schedule: 0 0 0 * * ?
    tag: 5d461288-6ff8-450e-ad7b-57e8e8dd48aa
    targetCredential:
        type: PasswordCredential
        password: ********
    targetHost: bk43.dcenter.delphix.com
    targetPort: 8415
    targetPrincipal: delphix_admin
    useSystemSocksSetting: false

Configuration on 4.1

In 4.1, this is not a setting available through the CLI. The tunable "replication.source.numxports" is the number of tcp connections, as shown below. It can be set using jmxtool and persisted in the override properties file.

delphix@bk415.dcenter:~$ /opt/delphix/server/bin/jmxtool tunable list | grep repl
                           replication.debugenabled  false
                      replication.source.apdtimeout  7200
                    replication.source.logintimeout  300
                  replication.source.maxrequestsize  68608
                       replication.source.numxports  1
                      replication.source.queuedepth  32
                  replication.source.recvbuffersize  262144
                  replication.source.sendbuffersize  1048576
                      replication.source.xportsched  ROUND_ROBIN
                      replication.target.apdtimeout  7500
            replication.target.compressionsupported  true
              replication.target.encryptionrequired  false
                  replication.target.maxrequestsize  68608
                      replication.target.queuedepth  32
                  replication.target.recvbuffersize  1048576
                  replication.target.sendbuffersize  262144