Objective and Target Audience

The main objective of this white paper is to educate and inform users of the HP OpenView Storage Data Protector 5.5 Advanced Backup to Disk feature about what levels of performance are achievable in different backup scenarios.

The emphasis is in showing what is typical and not what best-case scenarios are. This white paper highlights where the current performance bottlenecks are and how these might be overcome.

The target audience for this white paper are system integrators and solution architects and indeed anyone involved in getting the best backup performance out of their infrastructure investments. Throughout the white paper the HP StorageWorks Ultrium may also be referred to as HP LTO.

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