08-06-2013 03:02 AM
Hi,
We are planning to setup a media server in one of our remote office and try to use media server deduplication option. Is it possible to configure USB external HDD as a nebackup storage unit and select pure disk as disk type?
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08-06-2013 03:12 AM
Not a good idea.
Please review 'Table 3-1 Deduplication storage requirements' in NBU Dedupe Admin Guide: http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC5187
I doubt that USB disk will satisfy required read or write speed.
08-06-2013 03:12 AM
Not a good idea.
Please review 'Table 3-1 Deduplication storage requirements' in NBU Dedupe Admin Guide: http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC5187
I doubt that USB disk will satisfy required read or write speed.
08-06-2013 04:05 AM
You should also use a disk subsystem that prevent loss of data in case of single disk failures (RAID). Since dedupe is highly random write/read some caching will improve performance.
08-06-2013 04:28 AM
Thank you Marianne for the quick response!
08-06-2013 04:30 AM
Thanks to Nicolai for your suggestion.