Help to optimize cloud restore operations by enabling a read cache

With IBM Spectrum® Protect Version 8.1.12, a read cache for cloud-container storage pools can be enabled to help improve the performance of restore operations.

If a read cache is enabled for a cloud-container storage pool, containers are cached on disk during restore operations. This feature is available only for non-Swift cloud types. You can enable a cloud read cache by using the CLOUDREADCACHE parameter when you define or update a cloud-container storage pool.

You can specify a maximum percentage of file system use for the read cache by using the CLOUDREADCACHEMAXUSAGE option. You can also specify how long cloud-container storage pool data is retained in the read cache by using the CLOUDREADCACHERETENTIONTIME option.