Netbackup and EMC Data Domain

[Zakir_Khan_786]

Hi,

We are planing to install Netbackup 7.7.2 and EMC Data Domain ( "OS: 5.6.0.3-485123Model: DD2500" ).

My query is that can we use Netbackup virtually

OR

We required physical server ?

Considering the performance of backup.

[Marianne]

If you can allocate sufficient resources to guarantee same performance as physical, then your media servers can be virtual. Please read up about about resource requirements - NBU 7.7 needs more memory and cpu than previous versions. Also ensure that you have 10Gig network connectivity with DD.

[Zakir_Khan_786]

It is compulsory to have 10Gig network connectivity with DD.

[Genericus]

I use data domain and find it works very well. 

Of course, I am stuck with Fiber Channel due to old architechture standards, and VTL as well. Even so, they work well. I have several hundred drives defined on each one, so I can send my back ups there as fast as I can, and then I duplicate to tape using SLP. 

There are a couple of things to watch out for - there is overhead on cleanup, and you need to plan for expiring and deleting the old images to free the space back up.

My processes are tape based since I am using VTL, which I do not recommend. 

[Itbp_dc]

Tell me pls what is your backup speed on DD & then on tape?