Deployment Guide

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Setting up DL4300 Appliance
Introduction
The Dell DL4300 appliance is the latest generation of backup-to-disk appliance powered by Rapid Recovery software. The appliance
allows:
• Scalable storage capabilities to support organizations of any size
• Faster backups, as well as quicker recovery scenarios over conventional tape devices and backup methodologies
• Optional deduplication capability
• Continuous data protection for data center and remote office servers
• Quick and easy deployment experience that reduces the time required to begin protecting critical data
• Optional Fibre Channel configuration
Terms used in this document
The following table lists the terms used in this document to refer to various hardware and software components of the DL4300
appliance.
Table 1. DL4300 Appliance hardware and software components
Component Term Used
DL4300 Appliance Appliance
Dell Storage MD1400 storage enclosure Storage enclosure
Dell AppAssure Software AppAssure
Rapid Recovery Software Rapid Recovery
Available configurations
The DL appliance comes in two configurations: Standard Edition and High Capacity Edition.
Table 2. DL4300 Standard Edition capacity configurations
Capacity Hardware Configuration
5 TB 12 x 1 TB drives, 4 x 1 TB internal drives
10–20 TB 12 x 2 TB drives, 4 x 2 TB internal drives
30–40 TB 12 x 4 TB drives, 4 x 4 TB internal drives
50–60 TB 12 x 6 TB drives, 4 x 6 TB internal drives
Table 3. DL4300 High Capacity Edition capacity configurations
Capacity Hardware Configuration
40 TB, 50 TB, 60 TB, 70 TB, 80 TB, 90 TB, 100 TB, 110 TB, and
120 TB
12 x 6 TB drives, 4 x 6 TB internal drives
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