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9 Direct backup
In this chapter
This chapter introduces the direct backup concept and the technologies that enable
it. The chapter also discusses the direct backup configurations that are supported by
Data Protector.
It is organized as follows:
“ Overview ” on page 243
“ Requirements and support ” on page 249
“ Supported configurations ” on page 250
Overview
The storage industry’s demand for backup solutions that minimize application
downtime and system loads while maximizing backup speeds is growing. Data
volume is also growing; it has doubled every 1.5 years over the last 20 years and
continues to grow even faster.
Applications and services need to be online nearly all the time with maximum
performance. Backup windows are narrow and performance degradation due to
backup (or anything else) is no longer acceptable.
In addition, the requirement for solutions that do not demand substantial investment
in solution-specific equipment is also growing.
This multi-pronged requirement has led to the development and introduction of new
direct or “serverless” backup technologies.
For enterprises and service providers that manage mission critical Oracle
environments, Data Protector’s direct backup feature is a non-intrusive, serverless
backup extension to HP’s family of network backup solutions.
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