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RaffyA's avatar
RaffyA
10 years ago

Need advice on disk storage hardware

Hello everyone:   Just looking for advice on disk storage hardware for using BackupExec 2012. We have a HyperV virutalized Windows Server 2008 R2 running BackupExec 2012. We currently run dedup...
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  • CraigV's avatar
    CraigV
    10 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Here is the link to the BE dedupe calculator, which should give an indication on the amount of disk space required for a backup retained for a year:

    http://eval.symantec.com/flashdemos/products/backup_exec/dedupe_calculator/index.html

    iSCSI works really well (used it myself on the sites I used to look after, and I also scope HP StorageWorks P2000i arrays now as a solutions architect as they work well too). iSCSI gets around a lot of authentication issues that you might get with CIFS.

    Your other option is to duplicate to another array, but doing so if it is a normal B2D will rehydrate your data.

    Obviously if you were able to get hold of another media server with similar disk storage presented to it, you could look at optimized dedupe where the data gets duplicated to another dedupe folder...that depends on your budget.

    Thanks!

CraigV's avatar
CraigV
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10 years ago

Hi,

 

Here is the link to the BE dedupe calculator, which should give an indication on the amount of disk space required for a backup retained for a year:

http://eval.symantec.com/flashdemos/products/backup_exec/dedupe_calculator/index.html

iSCSI works really well (used it myself on the sites I used to look after, and I also scope HP StorageWorks P2000i arrays now as a solutions architect as they work well too). iSCSI gets around a lot of authentication issues that you might get with CIFS.

Your other option is to duplicate to another array, but doing so if it is a normal B2D will rehydrate your data.

Obviously if you were able to get hold of another media server with similar disk storage presented to it, you could look at optimized dedupe where the data gets duplicated to another dedupe folder...that depends on your budget.

Thanks!