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Page 19 of the Symantec NetBackup Backup Planning and Performance Tuning Guide (also in HOWTO99775) has a list of steps to Designing your backup system. This is the process to custom fit your NetBackup requirements.

Table: Steps to design your backup system

Step	Action	Description
Step 1	Calculate the required data transfer rate for your backups.	Calculate the rate of transfer your system must achieve to complete a backup of all your data in the time available. See How to calculate the required data transfer rate for your backups.
Step 2	Calculate how long it takes to back up to tape or disk	Determine what kind of tape or disk technology meets your needs. See How to calculate the time required to back up to tape. See About how to calculate how long it will take to back up to conventional disk storage. See About how to calculate how long it will take to back up to deduplicate disk storage.
Step 3	Calculate the required number of tape drives	Determine how many tape drives are needed. See How to calculate the required number of tape drives.
Step 4	Calculate the required data transfer rate for your network(s)	For backups over a network, you must move data from your client(s) to your media server(s) fast enough to finish backups within your backup window. See How to calculate the required data transfer rate for your network(s).
Step 5	Calculate the size of your NetBackup image database	Determine how much disk space is needed to store your NetBackup image database. See How to calculate the size of your NetBackup image database.
Step 6	Calculate the size of the NetBackup relational database (NBDB)	Determine the space that is required for NBDB. See How to calculate the size of the NetBackup relational database (NBDB).
Step 7	Calculate the media that is needed for full and incremental backups	Determine how many tapes are needed to store and retrieve your backups. See How to calculate the media needed for full and incremental backups.
Step 8	Calculate the size of the tape library that is needed to store your backups	Determine how many robotic library tape slots are needed to store all your backups. See How to calculate the size of the tape library needed to store your backups.
Step 9	Design your master server	Use the previous calculations to design and configure a master server. See How to design and configure your master server.
Step 10	Estimate the number of master servers needed	The following topic lists some considerations for estimating the number of master servers. See How to estimate the number of master servers needed.
Step 12	Estimate the number of media servers needed	The following topic contains guidelines for estimating how many media servers are needed. See How to estimate the number of media servers needed.
Step 13	Design your OpsCenter server	The following topic contains links to OpsCenter information. See About how to design your OpsCenter server.
Step 14	Review a summary of these steps	The following is a condensed overview. See How to design your backup system: Summary.