Use Scenarios; Small-To-Medium Business Environment - HP ProLiant ML310 G3 Administration Manual

Use scenarios

Depending on the needs of your business, you can configure the Data Protection Storage Server for use
in a local area network (LAN) environment or for use across a wide-area network (WAN) environment. In
both cases, the Data Protection Storage Server provides end-users with the ability to restore data across
the network without the intervention of a system administrator.
The following figures show two example deployment scenarios.
Storage Server deployment in a small-to-medium business environment. In this example, the Data
Protection Storage Server provides backup services and snapshot capability for local, LAN-attached
file servers.
MSA Arrays
(provided with some DP Storage Servers)
Figure 1 Small-to-medium business environment
Figure 2 shows a typical Data Protection Storage Server deployment in a centralized branch office
environment with file servers connected remotely through a WAN. Note that in this scenario the Data
Protection Storage Server could physically reside in a centralized location and take snapshots of file
servers in branch offices worldwide.
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To tape
DP Storage
Server
Snapshot
image
of file
servers
Figure 1
File servers
End user
shows a typical Data Protection
restore
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