HP D2D D2D Best Practices for VTL, NAS and Replication implementations (EH985- - Page 4

Abstract The HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System products with Dynamic Data Deduplication are Virtual Tape library and NAS appliances designed to provide a cost-effective, consolidated backup solution for business data and fast restore of data in the event of loss. In order to get the best performance from a D2D Backup System there are some configuration best practices that can be applied. These are described in this document. Related products Information in this document relates to the following products: Product Generation Product Number HP StorageWorks D2D4004i/4009i G1 EH938A/EH939A HP StorageWorks D2D4004fc/4009fc G1 EH941A/EH942A HP StorageWorks D2D2503i G1 EH945A HP StorageWorks D2D4112 G1 EH993A HP StorageWorks D2D2504i G1 EJ002A HP StorageWorks D2D2502i G1 EJ001A HP StorageWorks D2D4324 HP StorageWorks D2D4312 HP StorageWorks D2D4106i HP StorageWorks D2D4112 HP StorageWorks D2D4106fc HP StorageWorks D2D2504i HP StorageWorks D2D2502i HP StorageWorks D2D3003i G2 EH985A G2 EH983A G2 EH996A G2 EH993B G2 EH998A G2 EJ002B G2 EJ001B G2 AY149A Validity This document replaces the document ―HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System Best Practices for Performance Optimization‖ (HP Document Part Number EH990-90921) to include more detailed content; the previous document is now obsolete. Best practices identified in this document are predicated on using up-to-date D2D system firmware (check www.hp.com/support for available firmware upgrades). In order to achieve optimum performance after upgrading from older firmware there may be some pre-requisite steps; see the release notes that are available with the firmware download for more information. 4