Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Release Notes
- About NetBackup appliance 3.2
- NetBackup appliance 3.2 features, enhancements, and changes
- NetBackup Appliance Hardware features
- NetBackup Appliance compatibility
- Operational notes
- Appendix A. Release content
- Appendix B. Related documents
NetBackup 53xx hardware features
This release supports the NetBackup 5330 and 5340 Appliances.
The 53xx appliances can only be configured as a media server.
The NetBackup 53xx appliances offer the following features:
Memory
The NetBackup 5330 Appliance has 384 GB of RAM that runs at 800MHz.
The NetBackup 5340 Appliance has 768 GB of RAM that runs at 2666 MHz.
Speed
The 5330 has Base 2.8-GHz and a Peak of 3.1GHz 10-core processors.
The 5340 has Base 2.0-GHz and a Peak of 3.7GHz 20-core processors.
Operating voltage
The 5330 operates at 1.35V.
The 5340 operates at 1.2V.
A resilient storage architecture
The redundant components of the NetBackup 53xx Appliances allow the appliance to remain productive, even when a hardware component fails. This feature minimizes the effect of a hardware failure on your operations until the faulty part can be replaced.
Hot-swappable components
The 53xx external RAID controllers are hot-swappable so that a faulty controller can be replaced without interrupting your operations.
Multiple redundant data paths
The NetBackup 53xx have redundant data paths for all critical storage. These paths mean that it can withstand multiple component failures and still operate.
The NetBackup 5330 hardware includes the appliance and a Primary Storage Shelf. The appliance does not provide any storage, but the space available from the Primary Storage Shelf and up to five Expansion Storage Shelves can be used for backups. The Primary Storage Shelf and the Expansion Storage Shelf support either 3-TB or 6-TB disk drives, but all drives within a shelf must be the same capacity. The following table shows the available, formatted storage capacity of the NetBackup 5330 Appliance system.
Table: NetBackup 5330 Appliance software version 3.1.2 storage options
Storage option | Primary Storage Shelf | Expansion Storage Shelf | Expansion Storage Shelf | Expansion Storage Shelf | Expansion Storage Shelf | Expansion Storage Shelf | Usable storage capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | 114 TB | - | - | - | - | - | 114 TB |
B | 114 TB | 114 TB | - | - | - | - | 229 TB |
C | 114 TB | 114 TB | 114 TB | - | - | - | 343 TB |
D | 114 TB | 229 TB | - | - | - | - | 343 TB |
E | 114 TB | 229 TB | 229 TB | 229 TB | - | 801 TB | |
F | 114 TB | 114 TB | 229 TB | 229 TB | 229 TB | - | 915 TB |
G | 114 TB | 114 TB | 114 TB | 229 TB | 229 TB | - | 800 TB |
H | 114 TB | 114 TB | 229 TB | - | - | - | 458 TB |
I | 114 TB | 229 TB | 229 TB | - | - | - | 572 TB |
J | 229 TB | - | - | - | - | - | 229 TB |
K | 229 TB | 229 TB | - | - | - | - | 458 TB |
L | 229 TB | 229 TB | 229 TB | - | - | - | 687 TB |
M | 229 TB | 229 TB | 229 TB | 229 TB | - | - | 916 TB |
N | 229 TB | 229 TB | 229 TB | 229 TB | 229 TB | 229 TB | 1374 TB* |
* Maximum usable storage capacity for an MSDP data pool is 960 TiB (1,056 TB), even if the system supports 1374 TBs of total usable storage capacity. | |||||||
The NetBackup 5340 Appliance compute nodes do not contain internal disk space on which to store data. Instead, the NetBackup 5340 Appliance uses the required Veritas 5U84 Primary Storage Shelf as the main data storage device. The 5U84 Primary Storage Shelf connects to the NetBackup 5340 Appliance compute nodes and uses RAID 6 drive sets to protect the stored data.
If additional data storage space is required, you can connect up to three optional Veritas 5U84 Expansion Storage Shelves to the existing 5U84 Primary Storage Shelf. The 5U84 Expansion Storage Shelves connect to the 5U84 Primary Storage Shelf using SAS3 data cables. After connecting the shelves, the disk drives in the 5U84 Expansion Storage Shelf use RAID 6 sets that are controlled by the 5U84 Primary Storage Shelf to protect the stored data.
Table: NetBackup 5340 Appliance software version 3.1.2 storage options by disk drive capacities
Usable storage capacities (4-TB Drives) | Usable storage capacities (8-TB Drives) |
|---|---|
120TiB (132TB) | 240TiB (264TB) |
240TiB (264TB) | 480TiB (528TB) |
360TiB (396TB) | 720TiB (792TB) |
480TiB (528TB) | 960TiB* (1,056TB) |
600TiB (660TB) | 1200TiB* (1,320TB) |
720TiB (792TB) | 1440TiB* (1,583TB) |
840TiB (924TB) | 1680TiB* (1,847TB) |
960TiB* (1,056TB) | 1920TiB* (2,111TB) |
*NetBackup 5340 Appliance software version 3.1.2 supports up to 960TiB (1,056TB) of usable MSDP storage capacity. | |
For more information, see the Veritas 5340 Appliance Product Description.
For more information about the hardware architecture of NetBackup Appliances, see the NetBackup Appliance and Veritas Storage Shelf Product Description document.