Contents
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Contents
Chapter 1: Introducing CA ARCserve Backup
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Introduction
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Purpose of This Guide
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Chapter 2: Planning Storage Environments
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Preliminary Tasks
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Enterprise Storage Requirements
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Budget Considerations
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Network and Computer Infrastructure Requirements
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Data Transfer Requirements
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Backup Schedule Requirements
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Data Backup Window Considerations
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Hardware Data Transfer Rates
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Network Bandwidth Considerations
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Data Transfer Requirements and Resources Calculations
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Data Path Considerations
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Alternate Data Path Considerations
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Parallel Storage Operations (Multiple Streaming)
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Storage Capacity Requirements
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Online Recovery Data Storage Requirements
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Backup Data Storage Requirements
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Global Dashboard Data Storage Requirements
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Storage Capacities and Resources
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Testing Plans and Assumptions
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Catastrophic Events
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Risk Assessment
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Off-Site Repository Considerations
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Disaster Recovery Archive Considerations
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Disaster Recovery Testing
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Sample Calculations
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Transfer Rate for Clients and Servers on a 100Base-T Ethernet LAN With No Subnets
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Transfer Rate for Clients and Servers on Two 100Base-T Ethernet Subnets
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Transfer Rate for Clients and Servers on a Gigabit Ethernet Network
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Transfer Rate for a Server With No Clients
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Transfer Rate For Server With SAN Option
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Storage Capacity for Two Sets of Recovery Data, One Full and One Incremental Backup
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