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Select your number of sites:
1
2
3
Site 1 name:
Site 2 name:
Site 3 name:
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Site 1
Site 2
Site 3
Site 4
Backup Environment
Backup Solution:
Growth Rate Timeframe:
Disc Capacity Life:
Change Rate Timeframe:
Select your option
Please Choose...
Amanda
AppAssure 4.X
ARCserve
BackupExec
Bacula
BridgeHead
HP Data Protector
Microsoft DPM
NetBackup
Networker
NetVault
Oracle RMAN
Simpana
TSM
TSM-Forever Incremental Backup Environment
Veeam
vRanger
{Replication Data}
Other
Yearly
1 Year
2 Years
3 Years
4 Years
5 Years
6 Years
7 Years
8 Years
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Type of Data Being Backed-up
Replication candidate
Total capacity in  
  Years
Growth Rate (%)
Change Rate (%)
Exchange:
GB's
TB's
PB's
Oracle:
GB's
TB's
PB's
SQL and Other Databases:
GB's
TB's
PB's
Home Shares:
GB's
TB's
PB's
Engineering:
GB's
TB's
PB's
Uncompressible data:
GB's
TB's
PB's
Virtual Machines:
GB's
TB's
PB's
Full Backups
Weekly
Monthly
Yearly
 
Incremental Backups
Backup Environment
Backup Solution:
Growth Rate Timeframe:
Disc Capacity Life:
Change Rate Timeframe:
Select your option
Please Choose...
Amanda
AppAssure 4.X
ARCserve
BackupExec
Bacula
BridgeHead
HP Data Protector
Microsoft DPM
NetBackup
Networker
NetVault
Oracle RMAN
Simpana
TSM
TSM-Forever Incremental Backup Environment
Veeam
vRanger
{Replication Data}
Other
Yearly
1 Year
2 Years
3 Years
4 Years
5 Years
6 Years
7 Years
8 Years
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Type of Data Being Backed-up
Replication candidate
Total capacity in  
  Years
Growth Rate (%)
Change Rate (%)
Exchange:
GB's
TB's
PB's
Oracle:
GB's
TB's
PB's
SQL and Other Databases:
GB's
TB's
PB's
Home Shares:
GB's
TB's
PB's
Engineering:
GB's
TB's
PB's
Uncompressible data:
GB's
TB's
PB's
Virtual Machines:
GB's
TB's
PB's
Full Backups
Weekly
Monthly
Yearly
 
Incremental Backups
Backup Environment
Backup Solution:
Growth Rate Timeframe:
Disc Capacity Life:
Change Rate Timeframe:
Select your option
Please Choose...
Amanda
AppAssure 4.X
ARCserve
BackupExec
Bacula
BridgeHead
HP Data Protector
Microsoft DPM
NetBackup
Networker
NetVault
Oracle RMAN
Simpana
TSM
TSM-Forever Incremental Backup Environment
Veeam
vRanger
{Replication Data}
Other
Yearly
1 Year
2 Years
3 Years
4 Years
5 Years
6 Years
7 Years
8 Years
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Type of Data Being Backed-up
Replication candidate
Total capacity in  
  Years
Growth Rate (%)
Change Rate (%)
Exchange:
GB's
TB's
PB's
Oracle:
GB's
TB's
PB's
SQL and Other Databases:
GB's
TB's
PB's
Home Shares:
GB's
TB's
PB's
Engineering:
GB's
TB's
PB's
Uncompressible data:
GB's
TB's
PB's
Virtual Machines:
GB's
TB's
PB's
Full Backups
Weekly
Monthly
Yearly
 
Incremental Backups
Where is this site replicating?
Site 1
None
2
3
Replication Bandwidth
None
64 Kilobit
128 Kilobit
192 Kilobit
256 Kilobit
384 Kilobit
768 Kilobit
DS1/T1 (1.5Mbps)
E1 (2Mbps)
DS2/T2 (6.3Mbps)
E2 (8.4Mbps)
Ethernet (10Mbps)
16 Megabit
E3 (34.3 Mbps)
DS3/t3 (44.7 Mbps)
OC-1 (51.8 Mbps)
Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps)
OC-3 (155 Mbps)
OC-12 (622 Mbps)
Gigabit Ethernet
OC-24 (1.2 Gbps)
OC-48 (2.5 Gbps)
OC-96 (5 Gbps)
10 Gigabit Ethernet
Site 2
None
1
3
None
64 Kilobit
128 Kilobit
192 Kilobit
256 Kilobit
384 Kilobit
768 Kilobit
DS1/T1 (1.5Mbps)
E1 (2Mbps)
DS2/T2 (6.3Mbps)
E2 (8.4Mbps)
Ethernet (10Mbps)
16 Megabit
E3 (34.3 Mbps)
DS3/t3 (44.7 Mbps)
OC-1 (51.8 Mbps)
Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps)
OC-3 (155 Mbps)
OC-12 (622 Mbps)
Gigabit Ethernet
OC-24 (1.2 Gbps)
OC-48 (2.5 Gbps)
OC-96 (5 Gbps)
10 Gigabit Ethernet
Site 3
None
1
2
None
64 Kilobit
128 Kilobit
192 Kilobit
256 Kilobit
384 Kilobit
768 Kilobit
DS1/T1 (1.5Mbps)
E1 (2Mbps)
DS2/T2 (6.3Mbps)
E2 (8.4Mbps)
Ethernet (10Mbps)
16 Megabit
E3 (34.3 Mbps)
DS3/t3 (44.7 Mbps)
OC-1 (51.8 Mbps)
Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps)
OC-3 (155 Mbps)
OC-12 (622 Mbps)
Gigabit Ethernet
OC-24 (1.2 Gbps)
OC-48 (2.5 Gbps)
OC-96 (5 Gbps)
10 Gigabit Ethernet
Source Sites
Site 1
Site 2
Site 3
Total
Target Site 1
Site 11
Site 12
Site 13
Total 1
Target Site 2
Site 21
Site 22
Site 23
Total 2
Target Site 3
Site 31
Site 32
Site 33
Total 3
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Links to useful resources:
QoreStor - “Reference Architecture/Hardware References” section of the interoperability guide | HTML
QoreStor - Hardware Reference Architectures | PDF
Starter – PowerEdge R440 Rack Server (low cost option with 1CPU, 1TB HDD installed and NO RAID) | PDF
Starter – PowerEdge R440 Rack Server (with 1CPU, 2x2TB HDD installed and RAID 1 + RAID 5) | PDF
Standard – PowerEdge R440 Rack Server (with 2 CPUs, 1TB HDD installed and NO RAID) | PDF
Standard – PowerEdge R540 Rack Server | PDF
Enterprise – PowerEdge R740 Rack Server | PDF
PowerVault MD1400 DiskArray | XLS
Adistec Data Protection appliance datasheet | PDF
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Cloud optimized
Low Capacity
Standard
High Capacity
CPU
4
4
8
16
32
Memory
4
14
16
64
128
Volumes / Filesystem
Single
Single
Single
Two Preferred
Two Required
Random IOPS
N/A
2K
2K
2K
10K
Sequential IOPS
N/A
2K
2K
10K
100K
Data Volume (drives and types)
Single
5 - Magnetic
12 - Magnetic
12-36 - Magnetic
48-60 - Magnetic
Meta Data Volume (drives and types)
N/A
1 – 500GB Optional
1TB Mirrored Optional
2TB Mirrored Optional
4TB Raid1 or Raid 10 Required
Max Size (logical)
20X Physical
20X Physical
20X Physical
20X Physical
20X Physical
Max Licensed / Physical Capacity
100GB
40TB
40TB
150TB
500TB
Max RDA/OST connections
2
5
32
64
512
Max throughout expected
N/A
1-2 TB/HR
3-4 TB/Hr
up to over 8TB/Hr
up to over 20TB/Hr