About The Schedules Page And Options - Dell DR series Administrator's Manual

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NOTE: The RDA plug-in is installed by default if you are running the latest version of Dell NetVault Backup

(NVBU). You must download and install the RDA plug-in for NVBU only if there is a plug-in version mismatch

between the DR Series system software and NVBU.

This page displays an RDS or OST Clients Summary table that lists the following types of RDS or OST client-related

information:

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Name — lists client by name

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Type — lists client type

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Plug-In — lists plug-in type that is installed on the client

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Backup Software — lists backup software used with this client

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Idle Time — lists the idle time for this client

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Connection — lists the number of connections for this client

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Mode — lists the mode types that can be set for this client:

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Auto: DR will set the deduplication to Dedupe or Passthrough, based on the client's number of cores and

whether it is 32– or 64–bit.

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Passthrough: The client will pass all data to DR for deduplication processing (appliance-side deduplication).

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Dedupe: The client will process hashing on data, so deduplication processing occurs on the server side (client-

side deduplication).

If an OST or RDS client has four or more CPU cores, it is considered to be dedupe-capable. However, the OST or RDS

client operating mode depends upon how it is configured in the DR Series system (Dedupe is the default RDA client

mode).

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If the administrator did not configure an OST or RDS client to operate in a specific mode and it is dedupe-capable, it

will run in the Dedupe mode.

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If an OST or RDS client is not dedupe-capable (meaning the OST or RDS client has less than four CPU cores), and the

administrator sets it to run in the Dedupe mode, it will only run in the Passthrough mode.

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If an OST or RDS client is set to run in Auto mode, the OST or RDS client will run in the mode setting determined by

the media server.

The following table shows the relationship between the configured OST or RDS client mode types and the supported

client mode based on client architecture type and corresponding number of CPU cores.

Table 3. Supported OST or RDS Client Modes and Settings

OST or RDS Client

32–Bit OST or RDS

Mode Settings

Client (4 or more CPU

cores)

Auto

Passthrough

Dedupe

Not Supported

Passthrough

Supported

NOTE: Click Select to identify the OST or RDS client on which you want to perform an action. For example, click

Select → Download Plug-In to display the Download Plug-Ins page for the client you selected. Select the plug-in

for the relevant client and protocol.