Connecting To A Business Server On The Main Network - HP StorageWorks D2D100 - Backup System User Manual

This may be your main network, which is also used to connect a number of different types of devices,
such as PCs, servers, workstations and printers, or a dedicated backup network that is used solely
for clients that need to be backed up.
The configuration, illustrated in
assuming that Gigabit networking is already in place, and requires no additional hardware. The only
disadvantage to the configuration is that a high volume of traffic may impact network performance during
backup and backups may take longer to complete. However, if backups are scheduled to run outside of
normal business hours, the volume of data traffic is unlikely to be a problem.
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Switch
Supplied cable
Figure 12 Connecting to a business server on the main network
In some environments, backup data is kept separate from day-to-day office network traffic, as illustrated
in Figure 13 on page 32. There is a separate, dedicated IP network for all hosts that need data to be
backed up.
Figure 12 on page 31, is the simplest and most common configuration,
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