Symantec Announces 3rd Generation NetBackup Appliances

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On May 6, 2013 Symantec announced the third-generation of the NetBackup Appliances:  NetBackup 5230 Backup Appliance and the NetBackup 5030 Deduplication Appliance. These enterprise appliances are changing how customers backup and recover to virtual and physical environments. 

A question I was asked by a customer at Symantec Vision 2013 was if this is the third generation of the appliances, what were the first two generations?  Here is a brief look at the history of both the NetBackup appliance series. 

• NetBackup 5200 Series:  intelligent purpose-built backup appliances (PBBA) that combines NetBackup software, server, and storage to protect both virtual and physical environments. 
• NetBackup 5000 Series:  target deduplication appliances that offer content aware, end-to-end data deduplication.

	NetBackup 5200 series	NetBackup 5000 series
First Generation	NetBackup 5200 Backup Appliance Released:  January 2011 4U form factor 32TB usable capacity Integrated backup software and deduplication	NetBackup 5000 Dedupe Appliance Released: September 2010 4U form factor 16TB usable capacity Enables global deduplication storage pool
Second Generation	NetBackup 5220 Backup Appliance Released: August 2011 Modular controller (2U) and storage (3U) form factor 4TB to 36TB usable capacity Included connectivity and capacity options	NetBackup 5020 Dedupe Appliance Released: January 2011 4U form factor Expanded capacity offering to 32TB usable capacity Introduced more I/O connectivity options
Third Generation	NetBackup 5230 Backup Appliance Released: May 2013 New hardware platform delivers greater     performance 4TB to 76TB usable capacity More connectivity options Greater reliability, availability, and serviceability	NetBackup 5030 Dedupe Appliance Released: May 2013 Modular controller (2U) and storage (3U) form factor New hardware platform delivers greater performance Greater reliability, availability, and serviceability

                                                                                                                                               

NetBackup Backup Appliance: 5200 model                            NetBackup Backup Appliance:  5230 Model     

As seen from the chart and images above, the NetBackup appliances have undergone significant changes over the years; from a fixed configuration with set capacity, to a modular design with variable capacity and connectivity options. The NetBackup 5030 Deduplication and 5230 Backup Appliances continue the great tradition of offering next generation hardware designed for increased reliability, availability, and serviceability – purpose-built for backup and recovery and ready for future NetBackup releases. 

Built on the strength of NetBackup 7.5 software, these enterprise class appliances continue to lead the integrated purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) market offering solutions to lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and higher levels of reliability. 

For additional information on the newest NetBackup Appliance family members, refer to the:

• NetBackup 5230 backup appliance data sheet and the
• NetBackup 5030 dedupe appliance data sheet.