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Re: [Veritas-bu] Storage Unit Recommendations

2007-08-21 14:05:35
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Storage Unit Recommendations
From: bobbyrjw AT comcast DOT net
To: BrHesseling AT amig DOT com, veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:32:36 +0000
You are about 12 tape drives short for backing up that number of clients with SQL and Oracle and 250 clients.
 
If your datamover can back up straight to tape, you are much better off attaching it direct and getting the NDMP agent.
 
You will be in a constant fight to get your backups done.
 
Bobby.
 
 
 
-------------- Original message --------------
From: BrHesseling AT amig DOT com

>
> I am looking for recommendations are configuring storage units. Right now
> the setup is:
>
> Master server is directly fiber attached to the library as the robotic
> control, and directly fiber attached to 2 drives in the library. Media
> server is directly fiber attached to the other 2 drives in the library. My
> storage units are one for the master with two drives in it and one for the
> media with the other two drives. All of my policies are defined for their
> storage units as Any Available. I am looking to improve the performance of
> my backups, I have 250 clients, with some SQL, Oracle, and NDMP agents
> sprinkled in.
>
> Should I break these up in to individual storage units for each drive and
&! gt; the n recombine them into storage groups of one 4 unit group, two 2 unit
> groups, and four 1 unit groups. Then assign the groups directly to the
> policies? Does that gain me anything?
>
> If I want to begin using disk staging do I need to change all of the
> policies from any available to either the disk storage unit or a tape unit?
>
>
> Brian H.
>
>
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