Deduplication client components
Table 9-2 describes the client deduplication components.
Table 9-2 Clientdeduplication components
DescriptionHostComponent
ThePureDisk plug-in is the data interface to the
NetBackupDeduplication Engine on the deduplication
storageserver. The PureDisk plug-in does the following:
Separatesthe files metadata from the files content.
Deduplicatesthe content (separates files into
segments).
Controlsthe data stream from NetBackup to the
NetBackupDeduplication Engine and vice versa.
ClientPureDiskplug-in
TheOpenStorage proxy server (nbostpxy) manages
controlcommunication with the media server.
ClientProxyserver
Theproxy plug-in manages control communication with
theclient.
MediaserverProxyplugin
Deduplication client backup process
Figure 9-4 shows the backup process of a client that deduplicates its own data.
The destination is a media server deduplication pool. A description follows.
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