HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Routine Management Tasks HP-UX 11i v3 (B3921-90023, September 2010)

relative to each other; it does not give specific values. For detailed information, consult
the documentation that came with your tape or disk drive for capacity information
about the storage media.
Table 3-2 Criteria for Selecting Media
Suggested for
Unattended Backup?
Recovers and Backs
Up Data Quickly?
Holds Lots of
Data?
Storage Device Type
No
1
ExcellentExcellentDLT tape drive
YesExcellentExcellentDLT tape library
No
1
GoodVery GoodDDS format (DAT) tape drive
YesGoodVery GoodDDS format (DAT) tape drive
autoloader
NoExcellentGoodHard disk
Yes
1
GoodGoodOptical disk multi-disk library
No
1
GoodGoodOptical disk single drive
1 You can perform an unattended (automatic) backup if all of the data will fit on one tape, optical disk,
and so on.
Choosing a Backup/Recovery Utility
There are a number of different backup methods you may wish to choose from
depending on your system backup needs and your workgroup configurations. Some
recommended backup methods are:
• HP Data Protector
• HP SMH (System Management Homepage)
• HP-UX fbackup/frecover utilities
Choosing HP Data Protector for Backup
HP Data Protector automates high-performance backup and recovery from disk or
tape. It enables you to back up to a large number of backup devices simultaneously
and supports high-end devices in very large libraries.
HP Data Protector provides various backup capabilities such as local backup, network
backup, online backup, synthetic backup, backup with object mirroring, and built-in
support for parallel data streams allow you to tune your backups to best fit your
requirements.
For more information about HP Data Protector, see the HP Data Protector websitehttp://
www.hp.com/go/dataprotector.
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