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  2. NetBackup™ Backup Planning and Performance Tuning Guide
  3. Media configuration guidelines
  4. About dedicated versus shared backup environments
NetBackup™ Backup Planning and Performance Tuning Guide

About dedicated versus shared backup environments

Your backup environment can be dedicated or shared.

Note the following:

  • Dedicated SANs are secure but expensive.

  • Shared environments cost less, but require more work to make them secure.

  • A SAN installation with a database may require the performance of a RAID 1 array. An installation backing up a file structure may satisfy its needs with RAID 5 or NAS.

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