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Dirk_Mueller's avatar
12 years ago

advanced disc/basic disc

HI,

I have 4 media servers and everyone has one advanced disk pool.

I can´t remember what´s the difference between advanced disk and basic disk.

Plz tell me in a few words the advantage of advanced disk pools.

 

TIA

Dirk

  • In short,

    AdvancedDisk

    • You can extend its capacity by adding disk volumes into disk pool.
    • It works with Storage Lifecycle Policy(SLP). SLP is more flexible than BasicDisk staging.

    BasicDisk

    • You can not extend its capacity by NetBackup operation.
      You need to extend filesystems to get more.
    • It can not work with SLP. BasicDisk staging is only option.
  • http://eval.symantec.com/mktginfo/enterprise/white_papers/b-whitepaper_nbu_disk_based_data_protection_options_4_2008.pdf

    This document explain the diffrent disk types.

  • In short,

    AdvancedDisk

    • You can extend its capacity by adding disk volumes into disk pool.
    • It works with Storage Lifecycle Policy(SLP). SLP is more flexible than BasicDisk staging.

    BasicDisk

    • You can not extend its capacity by NetBackup operation.
      You need to extend filesystems to get more.
    • It can not work with SLP. BasicDisk staging is only option.
  • Thanks for your answers.

     

    Now I know - we work only with SLP - so we need advanced disks ans no basic disks.

     

    Kind regards

    Dirk

  • Bear in mind that you will need Enterprise Disk license to config Advanced Disk.