Before You Start; Introduction; What Is The Hp Storeonce Backup System; Software And Hardware Requirements - HP D2D Installation And Configuration Manual

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In this chapter:

Introduction

What is the HP StoreOnce Backup System?

Software and hardware requirements

Supported Ethernet configurations
Supported Fibre Channel connections
Web browser settings
Introduction
This guide describes how to install and carry out the initial configuration of your HP StoreOnce
Backup System. The following documents are also available at
manuals:
HP StoreOnce Backup System Concepts Guide: If you are new to the HP StoreOnce Backup
System, it is a good idea to read this guide before you configure your system. It describes the
StoreOnce technology.
HP StoreOnce Backup System User Guide: This guide contains detailed information on using
the Web Management Interface. It also contains troubleshooting information, including details
on replacing failed or failing hard disks.
D2D Best Practices for VTL, NAS and Replication implementations: This white paper advises
how to plan the workload being placed on the HP StoreOnce Backup System in order to
optimize performance and minimize the impact of deduplication, replication and housekeeping
operations competing for resources. It is regularly updated.
What is the HP StoreOnce Backup System?
The HP StoreOnce Backup System is a disk-based storage appliance for backing up host network
servers or PCs to target devices on the appliance. These devices are configured as either
Network-Attached Storage (NAS) or Virtual Tape Library (VTL) targets for backup applications.
The total number of backup targets provided by an HP StoreOnce Backup System is split between
VTL and NAS devices.
These devices may be all VTL, all NAS or any combination of NAS and VTL devices. All HP
StoreOnce devices that are configured for NAS or VTL automatically make use of HP deduplication,
ensuring efficient and cost-effective use of disk space.
See the HP StoreOnce Backup System Concepts Guide for a more detailed discussion about VTL
and NAS.
Software and hardware requirements
Refer to http://www.hp.com/go/connect
and compatibility information.
All HP StoreOnce Backup Systems must be connected to a 1Gb Ethernet network for installation
and discovery.
HP D2D2500 Series and D2D4100 Series models should be connected to a 1Gb network
for all backup and replication activities. 100 Base-T Ethernet will limit performance; 10 Base-T
Ethernet will severely limit performance.
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