Netvault Training: Hal Yaman Apj Technical Manager Data Protection
Netvault Training: Hal Yaman Apj Technical Manager Data Protection
Netvault Training: Hal Yaman Apj Technical Manager Data Protection
Hal Yaman
APJ Technical Manager
Data Protection
Product Overview
LAN-free backups
– Back up directly to storage target
Flexible licensing
– Choose component or capacity-based licensing
• Modular architecture
Easy to Use • Tailor the configuration
• User interface is easy to master
Data deduplication
Network-attached
storage (NAS) support
Enterprise-wide control
Data encryption
Data encryption
Data encryption
Data encryption
Data encryption
Enterprise-wide control
Data encryption
Data deduplication
Network-attached
storage (NAS) support
Enterprise-wide control
Data encryption
Data encryption
Enterprise-wide control
Data encryption
55%
of NetVault users installed the
software and configured their
first backup in 3 hours or less.
60%
of NetVault users spend 2
hours or less per week
monitoring and managing
their backups.
Backup Server
Clients
Plug-ins
Management Console
NetVault Server
PowerVault TL4000
NetVault SmartDisk
LAN
Infrastructure
NetVault
Server NetVault SmartClient
SAN
VMware VMware
Infrastructure Infrastructure Infrastructure
VADP
Branch
WAN
Office
VMware
Infrastructure
VMware HyperV
Infrastructure Infrastructure
NetVault SmartClient
• Software-based deduplication
Byte-level, variable-block size deduplication
Seamless integration with NetVault Backup and vRanger
Supports NDMP
Post-process deduplication can be scheduled to avoid backup windows
Optimized data transfer to secondary SmartDisk Server
• Hardware agnostic
Preserve existing hardware investments or run on low-cost hardware to
reduce TCO
SmartDisk
Cost effective
Data
Stream
A B C D E F G H I J
Unique variable segments (4Kb – 12Kb) Redundant data segments Compressed unique segments
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Unique Data -
Redundant Data -
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Sizing and configuration – Part 1
Memory requirements
2Gb base then add 400Mb per Tb of unique data NVSD loads chunk index
into RAM for operational reads.
Supported storage
Locally attached disk
SAN Attached Disk (FC/iSCSI etc.)
NAS – CIFS/NFS*
All storage pools need to have the relevant file system created before adding into
SmartDisk
*While NAS shares are supported for storage pools, locally or SAN attached storage
is recommended for performance where SmartDisk will be de-duplicating data.
De-duplication speed
Appears to be linked to the speed of disk, especially where the chunk index is kept.
SSD has been used effectively to reduce the time taken for de-duplication.
Garbage Collection
If not run regularly will impact the performance of smartdisk and increase the disk
space usage in the chunk store.
If left too long, it can take a significant amount of time to run and complete.
CPU requirements
More cores will allow the use of more de-duplicators, reducing the time to de-
duplicate SmartDisk is capable of Multiple streams in and out of SmartDisk
simultaneously.
• Heterogeneous Support
– Native Linux, Mac OS X, and UNIX in addition to Windows
– Any platform can be setup as a backup server or SmartClient
– Complete flexibility in how to configure a solution to meet customer requirements
• Linux Leadership
– Support for 12 different distributions of Linux—more than anyone in the market
– Attach storage device to any client – supports all Linux distributions
– A comprehensive CLI gives users added flexibility. Most tasks can be initiated using CLI commands
• MySQL support is limited to mysqldump support only; NetVault supports mysqldump and
mysqlbackup
• Oracle Support is limited to RMAN only; does not include support all RMAN capabilities
Get what you need • Why pay for extra features that aren’t really needed
• Performance Bottleneck
– In internal tests, NetVault Backup was 30% faster on backup and 50% faster on restore
– NDMP backups must pass through a media server
• Easier to Manage
– A straight-forward user interface gets users up and running quickly
– NVBU requires minimal training to become an expert
– NVBU can be installed on Windows, Linux, UNIX, or Mac, allowing administrators to manage in the
environment of their choice.
Most of Dell’s DP NetVault Backup offers backup, recovery, and replication with integrated
products have little to
FALSE deduplication, centralized management and extensive reporting capabilities.
no integration and
represent standalone It does NOT offer integrated archiving, search and eDiscovery since these
features are peripheral to core data protection. Instead, Dell takes a
products
modular approach to non-core data protection features, offering solutions
that work with NetVault to solve the customer’s challenges.
NetVault cannot scale NetVault Backup does not set any limits on the number of objects that can
False be included in a backup job.
It works with a wide range of NAS systems and can take advantage of its
NDMP support to protect filers with millions of files.
NetVault currently supports the EMC Data Domain DD Boost API. This
support allows for client side and inline dedupe
NetVault cannot If a VM is added to the host after the job has been defined,
automatically discover
FALSE it will be automatically included in the backup job. The job definition
and protect new VMs does not have to be modified each time a VM is added to or
with predefined removed from the host when you select the parent ESX/ESXi Server.
policies
NetVault’s VMware When backing up a Windows Guest OS, NetVault Backup uses VSS to
plug-in does not
FALSE perform application-level quiescing before generating a snapshot.
perform application- The application-consistent snapshots reduce the amount of
consistent snapshots application crash recovery that needs to be performed for VSS-
enabled applications, like SQL Server, Exchange, and SharePoint,
after restoring an image-level backup.
NetVault does not With NetVault Backup, administrators can create a report to show the
offer file-level
FALSE age of the data under protection, allowing them to make informed
reporting on data age decisions regarding storage policies.
and usage
Deduplication to tape Dell does not advise deduplicating data and storing it on tape since it
TRUE will significantly prolong the recovery process
Deduplication to NetVault Backup does not support the cloud as a storage target at
cloud
TRUE this time.