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Snuffy
10 years ago

External SAS storage array on BE3600 R2

I've been using a BE 3600 appliance for a couple of years now and I keep running up against the deduplication store filling the internal storage array. I'd like to attach an external storage array wi...
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  • CraigV's avatar
    CraigV
    10 years ago

    Snuffy: You're out of luck here. SAS is supported for connection to an external tape unit only, not disk.

    It clearly states under the Backup Exec Appliance (BE 3600 R3) section (under Supported Versions) that any B2D is supported as long as it is USB or CIFS.

    So make sure that the NAS can do CIFS in order to target this...that said, it also must be supported as a dedupe location so the Disk Storage section you're refered to must indicate this.

    Thanks!

CraigV's avatar
CraigV
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10 years ago

Snuffy: You're out of luck here. SAS is supported for connection to an external tape unit only, not disk.

It clearly states under the Backup Exec Appliance (BE 3600 R3) section (under Supported Versions) that any B2D is supported as long as it is USB or CIFS.

So make sure that the NAS can do CIFS in order to target this...that said, it also must be supported as a dedupe location so the Disk Storage section you're refered to must indicate this.

Thanks!