Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Release Notes

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Product(s): Appliances (3.1)

Comparison of the NetBackup Appliances hardware

Table: Comparison of NetBackup 5340, 5330, 5240, and 5230 Appliances outlines the differences between the NetBackup 53xx and 52xx Appliances.

Table: Comparison of NetBackup 5340, 5330, 5240, and 5230 Appliances

Parameter

NetBackup 5340

NetBackup 5330

NetBackup 5240

NetBackup 5230

Role

Media server only

Media server only

Master or media server

Master or media server

Cores

40

20

16

12

Cache

55 MB

50 MB

40 MB (20 MBs per CPU)

30 MB

RAID cache

32 GB

24 GB

1 GB

1 GB

CPU speed

2.0 GHz

2.8 GHz

2.4 GHz

2.0 GHz

Turbo speed

3.7 GHz

3.1 GHz

3.2 GHz

2.5 GHz

QPI speed

10.4 GT/s

8 GT/s

8 GT/s

7.2 GT/s

System memory**

768 GB

384 GB

64 GB

Note:

When you purchase the first storage shelf, the Storage Expansion that comes with the storage shelf includes an additional 64 GBs of memory.

After adding the first storage shelf and the memory, you can increase the appliance memory to 192 GBs by purchasing an additional 64 GB memory kit.

Note:

A 256GB kit is also available that replaces the existing memory configuration (32 GB x 8).

128 GB (with expansion storage)

Memory configuration ** (DIMMs, except where noted otherwise.)

Standard (RDIMMs): 32 GB x 24 (768 GB)

Option: (RDIMMs) 64 GB x 24 (1536 GB)

Standard: 16 GB x 24

Option: 32 GB x 24 (768 GB)

Standard: 8 GB x 8 (64 GB)

Options:

8 GB x 16 (128 GB)

8 GB x 24 (192 GB)

32 GB x 8 (256 GB)

Standard: 8 GB x 8 (64 GB)

Options:

8 GB x 16 (128 GB

8 GB x 24 (192 GB)

Data retention

Supercapacitors and flash memory in each of the 2 RAID controllers

1 Li-ion battery backup unit to NVRAM per RAID controller (2 per system)

One MFBU with a flash memory card for the internal RAID controller

One MFBU with a flash memory card for the external RAID controller when the first storage shelf is purchased

One maintenance-free backup unit (MFBU) with Flash and Supercapacitor

A second MFBU is added with expansion storage

PCI add-in card slots

8

6

8

6

On-board 10 Gb Ethernet ports

0 (Four on-board 1 GbE ports)

2

2

2

10 Gb Ethernet cards in PCI assembly

Up to 5 cards (10 ports)

Up to 4 cards (8 ports) *

Up to 3 cards (6 ports)

Up to 1 card (2 ports)

Additional 1 Gb Ethernet cards in PCI assemblies

No

No

Up to 1 card (4 ports)

No

SAS RAID card in PCI assemblies

No

No

Yes (with the purchase of the first storage shelf)

Yes (with expansion storage)

Dual redundant external storage-based RAID controllers

Yes

Yes

No

No

External storage

1 required Primary Storage Shelf and up to 3 optional Expansion Shelves

1 required Primary Storage Shelf and up to 5 optional Expansion Shelves

Up to 4 Storage Shelves

Up to 4 Veritas Storage Shelves

Maximum storage capacity with external storage**

1920 TB

1364 TB

201 TB

157 TB

Typical power consumption with maximum external storage

5800 Watts (3.0 W per TB)

2442 Watts (1.79 W per TB)

1140 Watts (5.6 W per TB)

1500 Watts (9.5 W per TB)

* The NetBackup 5330 Appliance always includes two 10Gb Ethernet ports as standard components on every configuration.

** Refer to the following topic for important information on memory configuration and maximum storage capacity with external storage: See About NetBackup Appliance memory requirements.