Shared Storage Option terms and concepts

Table: Shared Storage Option terms and concepts describes the terms and the concepts relevant to understanding the Shared Storage Option.

Table: Shared Storage Option terms and concepts

Term	Definition
Backup Exec Shared Storage Option	The NetBackup Shared Storage Option is not the same as the Veritas Backup Exec Shared Storage Option. The Backup Exec SSO does not include support for UNIX servers and uses a different method for drive arbitration.
SAN media servers	A NetBackup SAN media server backs up its own data to shared drives. It cannot back up data on other NetBackup hosts or clients. Veritas licenses NetBackup SAN media servers.
Shared drive	When the Shared Storage Option is installed, a tape drive that is shared among hosts is termed a shared drive. For the drives that are attached to NDMP hosts, each NDMP attach host is considered an additional host.