Introduction - Dell PowerVault Storage Area Network Manual

Best practices for setting up netvault backup native virtual tape liprary (nvtl) on a dr disk backup appliance

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Introduction

The Dell™ DR4X00 is a high-performance, disk-based backup and recovery appliance that delivers

innovative features such as inline deduplication and compression, advanced data protection, and

replication. Additionally, the management features, ease of deployment, and an architecture that enables

core backup data to remain on disk and online longer can help organizations reduce the complexity

associated with backup.

In most cases, a Dell DR4X00 solution replaces a tape drive or library as the primary storage target

because the DR4X00 can deliver fast full backups and restores more efficiently than traditional tape

devices. Using a combination of the DR4X00 for a primary backup storage target and existing tape

infrastructure for secondary backups provides a high-performance and reliable solution to meet legal

obligations or business requirements for offsite storage, archiving, and disaster recovery.

Combined with the power of NetVault Native Virtual Tape Library (nVTL), the Dell DR4X00 provides

customers with a unique solution stack enabling them to protect data and meet demanding RPO and RTO

goals with simplicity and speed.

This not only enables customers to realize lower costs to own and operate data protection functions it

also helps customers realize higher and more effective initial investment returns as the integrated solution

provides a single point for both software and infrastructure scale and support.

This paper is intended for technical sales, solution architects, backup administrators, system

administrators, and IT managers who need to understand how to design and deploy the Dell DR4X00

Advanced Disk Backup & Disaster Recovery Solution with NetVault nVTL. Readers should have a working

knowledge of DR4X00 disk based backup storage appliance, NetVault Backup, and NetVault nVTL

software application as well as related backup and disaster recovery operations best practices.

The primary goal of this paper is to provide a step-by step install/configure guide of the DR4X00 with

NetVault nVTL. In addition, the guide will illustrate key technical considerations and best practices involved

in deployment/configuration process of the DR4X00 and NetVault nVTL solution.

Setting up NetVault Backup Native Virtual Tape Library on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance

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