Compaq Aero 8000 White Paper

Products Division Compaq Computer Corporation Contents Introduction................................. 3 Servers and Operating Systems....................................... 4 Enterprise Backup Solution Components................................ 4 Libraries ................... ...

2 11NH-0100A-WWEN Notice The information in this publication is subject to change without notice and is provided “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS INFORMATION REMAINS WITH RECIPIENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPAQ BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, IN ...

3 11NH-0100A-WWEN Introduction Note: This paper includes the terms fibre and fiber. Fibre is the international spelling that refers to the Fibre Channel Standards that include optical and copper media. Fiber refers to the optical media used to implement Fibre Channel. Backup Exec™ from VERITAS is a sto ...

4 11NH-0100A-WWEN Servers and Operating Systems The following ProLiant servers used in this solution must be running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with SP 4 (or later) or Novell NetWare 4.11 (or later): • ProLiant 800 • ProLiant 1500 • ProLiant 1600 • ProLiant 1850 • ProLiant 2500 • ProLiant 3000 � ...

5 11NH-0100A-WWEN Each server in the EBS needs to have a Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter installed in a PCI slot. The Host Bus Adapter is a bus master device that takes advantage of the PCI architecture by performing high-speed data transfers. The most important components of the EBS are the tape libraries ...

6 11NH-0100A-WWEN A special pass-through mechanism makes all the tapes within this multi-module configuration available to all DLT drives facilitating the creation of a virtual library. The MiniLibrary Data Unit: • Is a 16 cartridge rack mount module • Provides additional backup capacity of up to 1.1 ...

7 11NH-0100A-WWEN Fibre Channel Tape Controllers Fibre Channel Tape Controller The Fibre Channel Tape Controller (FCTC) is a rack-mountable, 1U form factor Fibre Channel tape controller that translates the Fibre Channel protocol to a SCSI protocol between the Fibre Channel Network and the Differential SCS ...

8 11NH-0100A-WWEN The Storage Hub 12 offers an optional module that provides management for the Storage Hub 12. The features include: • Topology Mapping of devices and nodes • Hub status • Port and Interconnect diagnostics • Node status monitoring Additionally, two Storage Hub 12s can be cascaded ...

9 11NH-0100A-WWEN Enterprise Backup Solution Architecture Configurations Basic BackPaq Configuration For consistent, consolidated, high-speed backup and restore operations in Windows NT and NetWare environments, Compaq has partnered with VERITAS to provide the EBS BackPaq. The EBS BackPaq is a product con ...

10 11NH-0100A-WWEN Maximum Server Configuration The current EBS for VERITAS Backup Exec™ supports a maximum of 20 servers in a cascaded 12 port hub environment as shown in Figure 3. If shorter backup windows are needed, additional DLT drives can be added. For every server that is eliminated, up to four ...