HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Data Protection Storage Server Administration Guide (434184-001, September 2006)

Use scenarios
Depending on the
needs of your business, you can configure the Data Protection Storage Server for use
in a local area n
etwork (LAN) environment or for use across a wide-area network (WAN) environment. In
both cases, the Data Protection Storage Server provides end-users with the ability to restore data across
the network without the inter vention of a system administrator.
The following figures show two example deployment scenarios. Figure 1 shows a typical Data Protection
Storage Server
deployment in a small-to-medium business environment. In this example, the Data
Protection St
orage Ser ver provides b ackup services and snapshot capability for local, LAN-attached
file servers.
Snapshot
images
of file
servers
End user
restore
10693b
Modular Smart Arrays
(provided with some
Data Protection
Storage Servers)
To tape
Data Protection
Storage
Server
File servers
Figure 1 S
mall-to-medium business environment
Figure 2
shows a typical Data Protection Storage Ser ver deployment in a centralized branch office
environ
ment with file ser vers c onnected remotely through a WAN. N ote that in this scenario the Data
Protect
ion Storage Server could physically reside in a centralized location and take snapshots of file
server
sinbranchoffices worldwide.
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