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bkupmagic
Level 2
9 years ago

Should I use the same storage for OS part and Backup DB part?

We are trying to set up Linux server for the backup server, and are using NetApp storage for the both OS part and Backup data part.

We have two different type of stroage both from NetApp. One is FAS which has a lot of storage based functions, and support NFS, SnopShots, DR replications. The other one is E-series has less functions and primarily for the backup data images. Should I seperate OS and Data part , one on FAS, and the other on E, or does that matter.

 

Thanks!

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  • areznik's avatar
    areznik
    9 years ago

    I dont think we can answer this question for you - the answer will come down to two parts: 

    1) What do you have available?   and    2) What does the customer need? 

    For example - if you have 2 storage devices and one is more highly reliable, you might ask the customer if one dataset is more important than the other and put that on the better storage.

    From a purely technical Netbackup perspective it doesnt matter where the data goes as long as the destination is up, reachable and has available disk space. 

     

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  • RiaanBadenhorst's avatar
    RiaanBadenhorst
    Level 6
    9 years ago

    Hi,

     

    The advanced features are not going to assist you much so it doesn't really matter. You can't replicate the catalog, and the netapp snapshots are COW so won't protect against disaster.

    The faster of the two arrays might be handy as use for the catalog. And the larger for the actual backups.

  • GulzarShaikhAUS's avatar
    GulzarShaikhAUS
    Level 6
    9 years ago

    What do u mean by OS part and backup Data part.Do you mean backing up OS and backing up Data(files/DBs,etc). If so then there is no need to separate both. You can assign low tier storage for backup. If at all you are protecting a very critical applicatioin which needs a very fast restore then you can consider using a faster/more efficient storage. I cannot think of any ther way you would want to backup both of them separately. I would advise keep it simple and backup to less expensive storage.