HP D2D Manual page 16

4. In the next step of the Wizard specify the Media Typethe Standard media type should be set
to File, which is the default, and the Distributed Media Format should not be selected.
Distributed media format allows the creation of virtual full backups, however, this format is
very inefficient when used with deduplication devices due to the creation of a large number
of small files and the way in which these files are accessed in a random access fashion. If
Distributed Media Format is selected, there will be a significant performance impact and
possibility of backup failure.
16 Configure Data Protector to use D2D CIFS Share