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Dirk_Mueller's avatar
Dirk_Mueller
Level 5
12 years ago

advanced disc/basic disc

HI,

I have 4 media servers and everyone has one advanced disk pool.

I can´t remember what´s the difference between advanced disk and basic disk.

Plz tell me in a few words the advantage of advanced disk pools.

 

TIA

Dirk

7.1.x and Earlier
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  • Yasuhisa_Ishika's avatar
    Yasuhisa_Ishika
    12 years ago

    In short,

    AdvancedDisk

    • You can extend its capacity by adding disk volumes into disk pool.
    • It works with Storage Lifecycle Policy(SLP). SLP is more flexible than BasicDisk staging.

    BasicDisk

    • You can not extend its capacity by NetBackup operation.
      You need to extend filesystems to get more.
    • It can not work with SLP. BasicDisk staging is only option.

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  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    Moderator
    12 years ago

    http://eval.symantec.com/mktginfo/enterprise/white_papers/b-whitepaper_nbu_disk_based_data_protection_options_4_2008.pdf

    This document explain the diffrent disk types.

  • Yasuhisa_Ishika's avatar
    Yasuhisa_Ishika
    Level 6
    12 years ago

    In short,

    AdvancedDisk

    • You can extend its capacity by adding disk volumes into disk pool.
    • It works with Storage Lifecycle Policy(SLP). SLP is more flexible than BasicDisk staging.

    BasicDisk

    • You can not extend its capacity by NetBackup operation.
      You need to extend filesystems to get more.
    • It can not work with SLP. BasicDisk staging is only option.
  • Dirk_Mueller's avatar
    Dirk_Mueller
    Level 5
    12 years ago

    Thanks for your answers.

     

    Now I know - we work only with SLP - so we need advanced disks ans no basic disks.

     

    Kind regards

    Dirk

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    12 years ago

    Bear in mind that you will need Enterprise Disk license to config Advanced Disk.