HP DL380 - ProLiant G4 9 TB Data Protection Storage Server NAS - 1 Overview of DP Storage Server; What is DP Storage Server?

1Overview
The HP ProLiant Data Protection Storage Server (DP Storage Server) is an
HP ProLiant Storage Server p reinstalled with Microsoft System Center Data
Protection Manager (DPM) software and preconfigured with optimized
storage settings to deliver a rapid, reliable disk-to-disk backup and recovery
solution. Ser ver platforms include the HP ProLiant DL100 G2, ML310 G3,
and the DL380 G4. The DP Storage Server is offered in four configura tions:
• HP ProLiant DL100 G2 1TB Data Protection Storage Server—Entry
level appliance with 1 TB of internal storage, hardware RAID, and
optional SCSI HBA for disk-to-disk tape implementation.
• HP ProLiant DL100 G2 3 TB Data Protection Storage
Server—Small-to-medium data center appliance with 3 T B of
external SATA storage in a single MSA20 disk array, a nd optional
SCSI HBA for disk-to-disk tape implementation.
• HP ProLiant DL100 G2 6 TB Data Protection Storage
Server—Medium data center appliance with 6 TB of external SATA
storage in two MSA20 disk arrays, and optional SCSI HBA for
disk-to-disk tape implementation.
• HP ProLiant M L310 G3 1TB Data Protection Storage Server—Entry
level appliance with 1 TB of internal storage, hardware RAID, and
optional SCSI HBA for disk-to-disk tape implementation.
• HP ProLiant DL380 G4 9TB Data Protection Storage Server—Data
center or enterprise level appliance with 1.2 TB of internal SCSI
storage,8.4TBofexternalSCSIintwoMSA30diskarrays,and
optional SCSI or FC HBAs for disk-to-disk tape implementation.
NOTE:
All configurations run Microsoft Windows
®
Storage Server 2003
operating systems.
What is DP Storage Server?
DP Storage Server is a dedicated disk-to-disk backup device that enhances
your current backup strategies by leveraging the functionality of Microsoft
System Center Data Protection Mana ger (DPM). DPM automatically
discovers network file servers, creates initial replications of the files on each
server, captures snapshots of byte-level changes at administrator-defined
HP ProLiant Data Protection Storage Ser ver user guide
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