NetBackup Accelerator - is this SYMC version of EMC DDBoost ?
Hi All,
- The Accelerator is used as deduplication process transfered to the client ... so something as Client Side Deduplication.
- DDBoost from EMC, allows the Media Server to handle the deduplication process in order to reduce bandwidth between the Media Server and the Data Domain Appliance, in the condition the Media Server is not already overloaded (CPU and RAM).
So, is the Accelerator compatible with an OST DDBoost environment ?
Can it be used on a NAS ? I never thought there was any client installed on a filer when doing NDMP backup, nor in Direct to Tape, nor in Remote NDMP ... (no client, so no accelerator)
What do you say .
Thanks all
DDBoost is just deduplication plugin that works with EMC Data Domain, whereas NetBackup Accelerator is not equivalent to DDBoost. Accelerator uses not only deduplication technology of MSDP or OST but also other various technology like change tracking and synthetic backup, to improve backup performance.
Can it be used on a NAS ?
i presume you are talking about backup source, so impossible. As you know, Accelerator requires NetBackup client on source. NDMP can not work with Accelerator.
BTW, about use for backup destination, it is possible to use Accelerator with NAS that support OpenStorage(OST) and Optimized Sythetics with it. but not possible with standard NAS that does not support Optimized Synthetics.