Re: [Veritas-bu] NDMP Question

Yes, if you do remote NDMP backups to a media server storage unit then that storage unit will take multiplex streams as normal. Performance is not spectacular, though. I only use this method in some of our larger remote offices that have small filers (<2TB) and only 2-4 tape drives to backup the local server base and the filer(s).

-Trey

From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Costa, Christopher
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NDMP Question

Question,

Normally when you dedicate a drive(s) to a NDMP host that host can only use one tape drive per host and cannot multiplex data streams. If you chose not to dedicate any tape drives to the NDMP host and chose to use the remote NDMP backup method, can a single host use multiple tape drives and multiplex data streams?

How is the performance of the remote NDMP backup?

Thanks

Christopher C. Costa

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