01-23-2012 03:12 AM
I read note from NBU DeDupe admin guide
About iSCSI, CIFS, and NFS
NetBackup supports storage area networks (SANs), direct-attached storage (DAS),
or internal disks for the deduplication storage. NetBackup deduplication does not
support iSCSI, CIFS, or NFS for the deduplication storage.
Need to know what limits iSCSI from not supporting as DeDuplication Storage option
What are the challanges could be faced if iSCSI is used
01-23-2012 03:45 AM
Deduplication is a very active database and a very active disk. Placing an active database/disk on a Network attach storage like iSCSI or NAS is never a good idea. Enough network hiccups will corrupt the database and the deduplication containers. Which this occurs there could be dataloss, and also requires downtime to repair the database. Dedending on the size it could take multiple days.
01-23-2012 04:43 AM
Above excerpt was from NBU 7.1
But in 7.5 beta it says it does supports (Hope so it would be supported by GA as well)
This makes me confusing looking at your statement.
Any other challanges
01-23-2012 06:26 PM