Executive summary – Dell DR4000 User Manual
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Setting up RDA Backup to Dell™ DR4x00 Disk Backup Appliance on Dell™ NetVault
Executive summary
This paper provides information about how to set up the Dell DR Series Deduplication Appliance as a
backup target device for Dell NetVault (NVBU®) Backup™ software using RDA technology. This paper
is a quick reference guide and does not include all DR Series Deduplication Appliance deployment best
practices.
Abbreviations and Meaning:
RDA : Rapid Data Access, Dell proprietary technology for faster data access.
Dedupe Backup : In this mode Deduplication is done on the Client and then the deduplicated packets are
sent to DR Series Deduplication Appliance.
Passthrough Backup : In this mode Deduplication is done on DR Series Deduplication Appliance after
data is transferred from Clients and backup media server.
See the DR Series Deduplication Appliance documentation for other data management application best
practices whitepapers
under “Manuals & Documentation”.
NOTE: The DR Series Deduplication Appliance/NetVault build version and screenshots used for this
paper may vary slightly, depending on the version of the DR Series Deduplication Appliance/NetVault
software version used.