05-17-2011 09:20 AM
Hi there:
I need VERTIAS NETBACKUP deduplication performance matrix on VMware ESX. If someone have comparison which highlights Netbackup performance compare to other competitors.
Best regards
Ishaq
06-30-2011 12:33 PM
Impossible. Performance is highly dependant on the hardware used, among other factors in the environment. Because NBU is installed on typically your own hardware, it's impossible to predict the performance compared to a purpose built, dedicated appliance.
In almost all cases, a dedicated appliance will be faster by a large margin vs a NetBackup server with dedupe licensed in. Of course, no one will ever meet that performance metric unless they have the infrastructure to support it (e.g. 10GbE, 8GB FC, fast source servers, etc)