MSDP client components

Table: Client MSDP components describes the client deduplication components.

Table: Client MSDP components

Component	Description
Deduplication plug-in	The deduplication plug-in does the following: Separates the file's metadata from the file's content. Deduplicates the content (separates files into segments). If required, compresses the data for backups and decompresses the backups for restores. If required, encrypts the data for backups and decrypts the backups for restores.
Multi-Threaded Agent	The NetBackup Deduplication Multi-Threaded Agent uses multiple threads for asynchronous network I/O and CPU core calculations. The agent runs on the storage server, load balancing servers, and clients that deduplication their own data. See About the MSDP Deduplication Multi-Threaded Agent.
Proxy server	The OpenStorage proxy server (nbostpxy) manages control communication with the proxy plug-in on the storage server.

Component

Description

Deduplication plug-in

The deduplication plug-in does the following:

Separates the file's metadata from the file's content.
Deduplicates the content (separates files into segments).
If required, compresses the data for backups and decompresses the backups for restores.
If required, encrypts the data for backups and decrypts the backups for restores.

Multi-Threaded Agent

The NetBackup Deduplication Multi-Threaded Agent uses multiple threads for asynchronous network I/O and CPU core calculations. The agent runs on the storage server, load balancing servers, and clients that deduplication their own data.

See About the MSDP Deduplication Multi-Threaded Agent.

Proxy server

The OpenStorage proxy server (nbostpxy) manages control communication with the proxy plug-in on the storage server.

MSDP client components

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