Dell PowerVault DR2000v - Manual (Page 4)

4 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance
Introduction
The Dell™ DR4X00 is a high-performance, disk-based backup and recovery appliance that delivers
innovative features such as inline deduplication and compression, advanced data protection, and
replication. Additionally, the management features, ease of deployment, and an architecture that enables
core backup data to remain on disk and online longer can help organizations reduce the complexity
associated with backup.
Combined with the power of NetVault SmartDisk, the Dell DR4X00 provides customers with a unique
solution stack enabling them to protect data and meet demanding RPO and RTO goals with simplicity and
speed.
This not only enables customers to realize lower costs to own and operate data protection functions it
also helps customers realize higher and more effective initial investment returns as the integrated solution
provides a single point for both software and infrastructure scale and support.
This paper is intended for technical sales, solution architects, backup administrators, system
administrators, and IT managers who need to understand how to design and deploy the Dell DR4X00
Advanced Disk Backup & Disaster Recovery Solution with NetVault SmartDisk. Readers should have a
working knowledge of DR4X00 disk based backup storage appliance, NetVault Backup, and NetVault
SmartDisk software application as well as related backup and disaster recovery operations best practices.
The primary goal of this paper is to provide a step-by step install/configure guide of the DR4X00 with
NetVault SmartDisk. In addition, the guide will illustrate key technical considerations and best practices
involved in deployment/configuration process of the DR4X00 and NetVault SmartDisk solution.