HP D2D110 HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System User Guide (EH880-90950, October 2 - Page 100

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PC Switch LAN Server Backup Data Copy Data SCSI Card Server Tape Drive HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System Figure 39 Archiving to tape Further information It is not possible to describe how to carry out this operation because it is controlled solely from the backup application and different applications operate in different ways. HP provides a number of white papers that describe show to use this function with specific applications; see http://www.hp.com/support. Or refer to the documentation that was supplied with your backup application. Compression The HP D2D Backup System does not apply hardware compression to backed-up data; HP StorageWorks tape drives do apply hardware compression. Therefore, 200 GB of data on the HP D2D Backup System will require less space on a physical 200 GB tape cartridge. If moving data to a physical cartridge for offsite storage, there is no need for concern if the data seems to utilize less space. The capacity quoted for physical media assumes that the tape drive will be able to compress your data and reduce the file sizes by 50%, but this can be achieved only if your data is not already compressed. For example, JPEG pictures, movies, music or ZIP files, are already in compressed formats: spreadsheets, text files, high-resolution graphics are not. Most users have a mixture of compressed and uncompressed data and seldom achieve 50% compression. Some users may choose to enable software compression from their backup application to increase the storage space available to the backup application, but this can make backup jobs slower to run. However, once software compression has been applied, the data is not further compressed when it is exported to a physical tape directly attached to the HP D2D Backup System. This ensures that the user knows exactly how much physical cartridge space is required for export or copy. 100 Copy using a tape drive attached to the host

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HP StorageWorks D2D
Backup System
LAN
Switch
Server
PC
Server
Backup Data
Copy Data
Tape Drive
SCSI
Card
Figure 39 Archiving to tape
Further information
It is not possible to describe how to carry out this operation because it is controlled solely from the backup
application and different applications operate in different ways. HP provides a number of white papers
that describe show to use this function with speci
fi
c applications; see
h
t
t
p
:
/
/
w
w
w
.
h
p
.
c
o
m
/
s
u
p
p
o
r
t
. Or
refer to the documentation that was supplied with your backup application.
Compression
The HP D2D Backup System does not apply hardware compression to backed-up data; HP StorageWorks
tape drives do apply hardware compression. Therefore, 200 GB of data on the HP D2D Backup System
will require less space on a physical 200 GB tape cartridge. If moving data to a physical cartridge for
offsite storage, there is no need for concern if the data seems to utilize less space.
The capacity quoted for physical media assumes that the tape drive will be able to compress your data
and reduce the
fi
le sizes by 50%, but this can be achieved only if your data is not already compressed.
For example, JPEG pictures, movies, music or ZIP
fi
les, are already in compressed formats: spreadsheets,
text
fi
les, high-resolution graphics are not. Most users have a mixture of compressed and uncompressed
data and seldom achieve 50% compression.
Some users may choose to enable software compression from their backup application to increase
the storage space available to the backup application, but this can make backup jobs slower to run.
However, once software compression has been applied, the data is not further compressed when it is
exported to a physical tape directly attached to the HP D2D Backup System. This ensures that the user
knows exactly how much physical cartridge space is required for export or copy.
100
Copy using a tape drive attached to the host