Testerman
12 years agoLevel 2
OST Hardware
Hello, I wanted to get some more information regarding OST. Here is the hardware layout we have planned.
Server1 - CAS only to manage from
Server2 - Media Server1
Server3 - Media Server2
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You can purchase an OST device from the likes of DataDomain, HP, Exagrid, etc (Check compatibility guides for a complete list) You get better performance, and more scalability.
Or you can use the native dedupe in BackupExec. However you need to provide your own fast direct attached storage with NTFS, that can write well over 150MB/s, and your servers need to have 16GB or more ram, upwards of 30+GB of RAM depending on how much data will be stored in the dedupe store.
So cost wise when you factor in your server and disk costs, it's a wash when compared to an OST appliance.