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14 Enterprise Backup Solution One of the most significant benefits of a SAN is the ability to share the SAN infrastructure for both disk and tape. With a SAN backup solution, you get all the benefits of the SAN, such as, consolidated storage, centralized management, and increased performance. Additionally, implementing a SAN backup solution lays the foundation for advanced data protection features such as serverless backup and backup to disk. HP's solution is the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Backup Solution (EBS). The first step in deploying an EBS is to design the backup SAN configuration. Consult the HP StorageWorks Backup Sizer Tool and the EBS compatibility matrix, which are available at http:// h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/tapecompatibility.html. The HP StorageWorks Enterprise Backup Solution design guide is the second step in configuring your EBS. This guide is available at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual& docIndexId=3124&locale=en_US&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=321347. It describes the supported EBS hardware configurations and how to configure shared tape library backup in a heterogeneous SAN environment. The third step in implementing your EBSn is installing and configuring your backup application. You can find rules and recommendations for the backup applications in the application guides. For more information about EBS, see http://www.hp.com/go/ebs. SAN Design Reference Guide 275