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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
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  4. About MSDP deduplication nodes
Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

About MSDP deduplication nodes

A media server deduplication node comprises the following:

Storage server

The storage server deduplicates the backups, writes the data to the storage, and manages the storage.

Load balancing servers

Load balancing servers assist the storage server by deduplicating backups. Load balancing servers are optional.

See About MSDP load balancing servers.

Storage

See About the NetBackup deduplication destinations.

Clients

The clients may include the clients that deduplicate their own data (Client Direct).

Multiple media server deduplication nodes can exist. Nodes cannot share servers or storage.

Each node manages its own storage. Deduplication within each node is supported; deduplication between nodes is not supported.

More Information

About MSDP storage servers

About NetBackup Client Direct deduplication

About NetBackup media server deduplication

About MSDP storage servers

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