HP Data Protector Software Performance White Paper

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LAN infrastructure
The LAN consisted of one HP ProCurve switch with 20 x 10/100/1000-ports. All network links
were configured with1 Gb.
SAN infrastructure
The fabric consisted of one HP ProCurve SAN switch 4/16. All links between servers and
storage devices were 4 Gb.
The HP-UX and Windows server were equipped with one dual-channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA)
each, and connected to the SAN switch for optimal performance.
The EVA6000 was equipped with two Fibre Channel controllers and 4 host ports (2 per
controller).
HP StorageWorks Ultrium 960 tape drive
The backup devices consisted of two HP StorageWorks Ultrium 960 tape drives, each
connected to one Backup Server via an Ultra320 SCSI interface.
Management server
The HP ProLiant DL380 G4 management server was configured as a Windows domain
controller and installed with:
• Windows Server 2003 SP1, 32-bit Enterprise Edition
• Data Protector 6.0 Cell Manager including patches DPWIN_00243, DPWIN_00244,
DPWIN_00245, DPWIN_00246, and DPWIN_00260
The HP ProLiant DL380 G4 management server was equipped with one Intel Xeon 3.60 GHz
dual-core processor (hyper-threaded to two) and 1 GB RAM.
Both internal 146 GB disks were configured with RAID 1 which gave the Data Protector Internal
Database (IDB) an excellent performance. For the LAN connection, only one adapter of the
integrated dual-port NC7782 Gigabit Server Adapter was configured.
Windows backup and Exchange Server 2003
The HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Windows backup and Exchange server was installed with:
• Windows Server 2003 SP2, 32-bit Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2
The HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Windows backup and Exchange Server 2003 was equipped with
two Intel Xeon 3.00 GHz dual-core processors (hyper-threaded to four) and 16 GB RAM.
Both network adapters of the dual-embedded NC373i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter were
configured for teaming with failover functionality. The total network performance was 1 Gb/s.
Fibre connectivity was provided by way of one Emulex PLUS 4 Gb PCIe dual-channel Host Bus
Adapter with the native Windows MPIO driver used for host connectivity for a total of 8 physical
paths to the fabric (2 HBAs, 1 switch, 4 EVA controller ports). Ultra320 SCSI connectivity to the
tape drive was provided by the HP SC11Xe PCIe HBA.
HP-UX Backup Server
The HP9000 rp3440 Backup Server was installed with HP-UX 11.11.
The HP9000 rp3440 Backup Server was equipped with two 1.0 GHz dual-core PA-8900
processors and 8 GB RAM. Fibre connectivity was provided by way of one 4 Gb dual-port host
HBA.
Configuration guidelines
For general information please refer to the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Backup Solutions
(EBS) Design Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/ebs
.