Administrator Guide

Contents
1 Introduction to the DR Series System Documentation ...................................................... 10
About the DR Series System GUI Documentation.................................................................................................. 10
What's New In This Release.................................................................................................................................. 10
Other Information You May Need...........................................................................................................................10
Source Code Availability.........................................................................................................................................11
2 Understanding the DR Series System....................................................................................12
About the DR Series System...................................................................................................................................13
DR Series Data Storage Concepts..........................................................................................................................14
Data Deduplication and Compression..............................................................................................................14
Encryption at Rest............................................................................................................................................ 15
Streams vs. Connections..................................................................................................................................15
Replication........................................................................................................................................................15
Replication Seeding......................................................................................................................................... 16
Reverse Replication......................................................................................................................................... 17
Reverse Replication: Alternate Method...........................................................................................................18
Supported File System and Tape Access Protocols...............................................................................................18
NFS...................................................................................................................................................................18
CIFS.................................................................................................................................................................. 19
CIFS ACL Support............................................................................................................................................. 19
Access Control List Support in Containers...................................................................................................... 19
Unix Permissions Guidelines............................................................................................................................20
Windows Permissions Guidelines....................................................................................................................21
Rapid NFS and Rapid CIFS......................................................................................................................................21
DR Rapid for the DR Series System........................................................................................................................ 22
RDA with OST for the DR Series System................................................................................................................ 22
Software Components and Operational Guidelines.........................................................................................23
Supported Virtual Tape Library Access Protocols................................................................................................. 23
NDMP...............................................................................................................................................................24
iSCSI.................................................................................................................................................................24
DR Series System Hardware and Data Operations ............................................................................................... 24
DR Series Expansion Shelf...............................................................................................................................25
Understanding the Process for Adding a DR Series Expansion Shelf............................................................. 26
Supported Software and Hardware........................................................................................................................26
Terminal Emulation Applications......................................................................................................................27
DR Series Hardware System — Expansion Shelf Cabling......................................................................................27
Adding a DR Series Hardware System Expansion Shelf ....................................................................................... 29
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