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Demystifying NAS and NDMP Backups: The Essential Guide

Get a comprehensive overview of Network Attached Storage (NAS) and NDMP backups in this guide by Shawn Aquino, Product Marketing Manager at VERITAS Software Corporation. Learn about the differences between SAN and NAS, the benefits of NAS, and the significance of Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP). Explore the components of a NetBackup/NAS environment, current capabilities, and future enhancements. Discover why organizations like Apple, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin trust VERITAS NetBackup for NDMP backups. Have your questions answered by an expert in the field.

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Demystifying NAS and NDMP Backups: The Essential Guide

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  1. Server Free Backup with NetBackup NDMP Agent Shawn Aquino Product Marketing Manager VERITAS Software Corporation

  2. Agenda • Set the record straight - what is networked attached storage (NAS)? • What is driving the demand for NAS? • What is NDMP? • Components in a NetBackup/NAS Environment • Current capabilities • Future capabilities • Summary • Questions?

  3. What is NAS? • Are SAN and NAS the same thing? • SAN = Storage Area Network • NAS = Network Attached Storage • Gartner definition: “Where SANs are dedicated storage networks, NAS products are dedicated file-sharing appliances, or servers, not a network.”1 1 Gartner Technology Analysis, “Are NAS and SAN the Same Thing?”, by James Staten, May 31, 1999

  4. Why NAS? • Specialized “thin” servers • Re-deploy file services from mainstream servers to appliances • Promise of centralized data access within heterogeneous environments “Server appliance sales will result in about $300 million in lost sales for traditional server vendors in 1999. This impact will grow to nearly $2.7 billion by 2003”2 2Dataquest Perspective, “Are Server Appliances Disruptive or Sustaining Technologies: A Server Cannibalization Update”, August 2, 1999

  5. What is NDMP? • Network Data Management Protocol • An open, backup protocol, co-developed by Network Appliance, which allows NDMP client software, such as VERITAS NetBackup, to send messages over the network to an NDMP server to initiate and control backups and restores on the NDMP host.

  6. What’s in a NetBackup/NAS environment? NetBackup for NDMP Server - a NetBackup master or slave server that has NetBackup for NDMP installed on it

  7. What’s in a NetBackup/NAS environment? NDMP Client - an NDMP compliant backup application that sends commands to an NDMP server application

  8. What’s in a NetBackup/NAS environment? NDMP Host - a host that is running an NDMP server application

  9. What’s in a NetBackup/NAS environment? NDMP Server Application - an application that runs on an NDMP host and executes backup, restore, and device control commands that it receives from an NDMP compliant backup application

  10. What’s in a NetBackup/NAS environment? NDMP Storage Unit - an NDMP storage unit stores the backup data for an NDMP host

  11. Current Capabilities NetBackup for NDMP Server Master Server NDMP NDMP NDMP NDMP NDMP NDMP NDMP

  12. Current Capabilities NetBackup for NDMP Server Master Server NDMP NDMP NDMP NDMP NDMP NDMP NDMP NDMP NDMP NDMP NDMP NDMP NDMP

  13. Current Capabilities • Intuitive interfaces for creating backup classes for NDMP hosts

  14. Current Capabilities • Single backup solution for the enterprise • NDMP • UNIX/NT/NetWare • Database/Applications • Centralized backup policy management • Automated, unattended backups of NAS • Tape library sharing • Broad tape drive, autochanger, & library support • Support for TLD, TSD, & TL8

  15. Future capabilities Features under consideration • Near Term • Support for 3-way backup/restore with OnTap 5.3.4 • Mid Term • EMC Celerra NDMP Support • Full NDMP configuration from GUI • Automated test suite for NDMP partners to do self-certification • Long Term • Backup of NDMP host to a NetBackup media server (remote copy) • Support for NDMP version 3 • NetBackup for NDMP support for TLM robotics • Support for additional platforms for NetBackup for NDMP

  16. Summary • Proven backup technology for protecting enterprise data • NetBackup for NDMP used many of the world’s largest enterprises Amgen Apple Computer Ascend Communciations AT&T Boeing Broadcom Caere Corporation Cargill, Inc. Fluke Honeywell, Inc. Infoseek Corporation Kanematsu, Inc. Level 3 Communications Lockheed Martin Lucent Lycos McData Corporation Motorola Qualcomm SAS Institute Seiko Epson Sybase Texas Instruments Tibco York University

  17. Summary “After four rounds of evaluation, we chose VERITAS NetBackup based on its solid performance in NDMP backup and recovery for large-scale, UNIX and Windows NT environments. … For SAS Institute, VERITAS NetBackup offered us the ability to back up and recover our data quickly and with minimal impact on network performance. This ability and NetBackup’s centralized management of the backup and recovery process were truly deciding factors in our choice of VERITAS.” - Amy Kreiling, systems support manager at SAS Institute.

  18. Questions ?

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