Hi Craiv, in BE2012 can a make the NAS a deduplication storage? or we should add local disks to the bakucp server? What is the best recommendation. thanks

Hi, Moved to a new discussion as it is a separate query from your original query... If the NAS can do iSCSI, check the link below for the HCL firstly to make sure the NAS is supported, and then make sure that the iSCSI protocol for that make of NAS is supported for use as a dedupe storage target (look for the last column and a tick). If not, CIFS is not supported as a dedupe target, and adding disk to the local server is probably a better option. http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH175582 Thanks!

BE 2012 NAS with dedupe

CraigV
Moderator
12 years ago
Hi,

Moved to a new discussion as it is a separate query from your original query...

If the NAS can do iSCSI, check the link below for the HCL firstly to make sure the NAS is supported, and then make sure that the iSCSI protocol for that make of NAS is supported for use as a dedupe storage target (look for the last column and a tick).

If not, CIFS is not supported as a dedupe target, and adding disk to the local server is probably a better option.

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH175582

Thanks!
Sirconfluge
Level 5
12 years ago
In case of local disk the partition should be GPT or MBR
CraigV
Moderator
12 years ago
GPT should be fine.

Thanks!

EDIT: also take note of the information on the links below:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO74446

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH142668

http://www.principledtechnologies.com/clients/reports/Symantec/BackupExec_source_dedupe.pdf
Sirconfluge
Level 5
12 years ago
Can we make a LUN of a SAN a local disk partition and make it as a deduplication storage
CraigV
Moderator
12 years ago
Yes, as long as it is supported on the BE 2012 HCL. You do understand that a LUN from either an FC or iSCSI SAN is viewed by Windows as a local disk, right?
Sirconfluge
Level 5
12 years ago
Yes if it wil be viewed by a SAN as local disk
CraigV
Moderator
12 years ago
...it is seen as a local disk!
Biker_Dude
Level 5
12 years ago
What Craig is getting at, you will not be able to share it with iSCSI. It is not the proper protocol for sharing. You will want to look in to NFS instead.
CraigV
Moderator
12 years ago
...there's no mention of sharing at all in the query...?

THanks!

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