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How to merge 2 disks on 1 hard drive to create a large storage server for archived data? (Poweredge 2800 and Windows Server 2003)
I have an old Dell PowerEdge server that I want to convert to a large data storage server – nothing on it but archived data. The hard drive has been formatted to have about 70G on the C drive and about 130G on a different drive. BUT both drives are located on the same hard [...]
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| May 23, 2012 7:38 PM
Dell PowerEdge 2800, Storage configuration management, Storage in 2010, Storage management, Storage servers, Windows Server 2003
I have an old Dell PowerEdge server that I want to convert to a large data storage server – nothing on it but archived data. The hard drive has been formatted to have about 70G on the C drive and about 130G on a different drive. BUT both drives are located on the same hard [...]
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| May 23, 2012 7:38 PM
Dell PowerEdge 2800, Storage configuration management, Storage in 2010, Storage management, Storage servers, Windows Server 2003
storage charge back
Has anyone found a package for storage charge back that actually works at most levels:array, server, deptment, and application.
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| August 18, 2009 2:35 PM
Storage, Storage arrays, Storage Chargeback, Storage devices, Storage management, Storage servers
Has anyone found a package for storage charge back that actually works at most levels:array, server, deptment, and application.
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| August 18, 2009 2:35 PM
Storage, Storage arrays, Storage Chargeback, Storage devices, Storage management, Storage servers
Looking for Antivirus for Win Storage 2003 x64 server
Hi, We are looking for an antivirus software that proven to work well with windows storage 2003 x64 server. Our current product works just fine on all other 2003 servers, but it brings down this one from time to time. Thanks, Oksana
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| February 3, 2009 6:33 PM
Antivirus, Application security, Database, Encryption, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Secure Coding, Servers, Storage, Storage management, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Viruses
Hi, We are looking for an antivirus software that proven to work well with windows storage 2003 x64 server. Our current product works just fine on all other 2003 servers, but it brings down this one from time to time. Thanks, Oksana
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| February 3, 2009 6:33 PM
Antivirus, Application security, Database, Encryption, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Secure Coding, Servers, Storage, Storage management, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Viruses
Type of storage/backup solution
Hey everyone, I just started with a medium sized business doing IT work, and they have asked me to research types of backup solutions. At this point we are running a server that holds about 350 GB of data, and we have 2 remote offsite locations which they would also like to back up as [...]
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| February 5, 2010 3:27 PM
Backup & recovery, iSCSI, NAS, Online Backup, SAN, Storage management, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Windows storage
Hey everyone, I just started with a medium sized business doing IT work, and they have asked me to research types of backup solutions. At this point we are running a server that holds about 350 GB of data, and we have 2 remote offsite locations which they would also like to back up as [...]
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| February 5, 2010 3:27 PM
Backup & recovery, iSCSI, NAS, Online Backup, SAN, Storage management, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Windows storage
Backup Exec 9.1 to WIndows Storage 2003
I’ve just gotten a Dell NAS running Windows Storage 2003 64…I am trying to load a Backup Exec v9.1 remote server agent on it but unable to get it installed. Can someone help me with this…Thanks Santiago
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| February 12, 2007 12:03 PM
NAS, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Veritas
I’ve just gotten a Dell NAS running Windows Storage 2003 64…I am trying to load a Backup Exec v9.1 remote server agent on it but unable to get it installed. Can someone help me with this…Thanks Santiago
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| February 12, 2007 12:03 PM
NAS, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Veritas
Windows Storage 2003 Server
Good morning All, I need help, I am considering about getting a Dell NAS appliance running Windows Storage 2003 Server. I am wondering if anyone can tell me or point me, where I can find info about this like admin, printer sharing, etc. The Windows Storage site is not much help. Also, if someone knows [...]
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| September 5, 2008 9:27 AM
NAS, NAS appliances, Storage servers, Windows Server 2003
Good morning All, I need help, I am considering about getting a Dell NAS appliance running Windows Storage 2003 Server. I am wondering if anyone can tell me or point me, where I can find info about this like admin, printer sharing, etc. The Windows Storage site is not much help. Also, if someone knows [...]
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| September 5, 2008 9:27 AM
NAS, NAS appliances, Storage servers, Windows Server 2003
EMC Clariion CX700 Problems – Data Sector Invalidated
Hello, I have two EMC Clariion CX700′s (which, for convenience we call CX700-1 and CX700-2) and one recently added CX3-40 in my SAN environment using fiber-switch fabric. Over the weekend, I experienced a hardware failure on SPA on CX700-1. After having it replaced by my vendor’s technician and getting the SP to reboot successfully, all [...]
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| September 25, 2008 5:44 PM
Arrays, CLARiiON, Clariion CX700, Fibre channel, SAN, Storage management, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers
Hello, I have two EMC Clariion CX700′s (which, for convenience we call CX700-1 and CX700-2) and one recently added CX3-40 in my SAN environment using fiber-switch fabric. Over the weekend, I experienced a hardware failure on SPA on CX700-1. After having it replaced by my vendor’s technician and getting the SP to reboot successfully, all [...]
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| September 25, 2008 5:44 PM
Arrays, CLARiiON, Clariion CX700, Fibre channel, SAN, Storage management, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers
Equallogic
Hi, Just looking for people’s experiences of using Equallogic SAN attached storage. Specifically - Performance - Interoperability - Cost - Competition - Management software Thanks in advance Noz
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| September 25, 2008 11:03 AM
Arrays, EqualLogic, SAN, Storage servers
Hi, Just looking for people’s experiences of using Equallogic SAN attached storage. Specifically - Performance - Interoperability - Cost - Competition - Management software Thanks in advance Noz
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| September 25, 2008 11:03 AM
Arrays, EqualLogic, SAN, Storage servers
Increasing server performance
Help reviving servers. Configuration current: 8 300GB disks in Raid 5 10000RPM Each. Total 2TB (70%Full) with an average of 68kb files tottal of 24 million files. The curent read rate is at 8MB/Sec on NTFS windows 2003 Partition. Any suggestions on increasing performance on current configuration. P.S. We are running diskkeeper as difrag utility.
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| September 19, 2008 5:59 PM
NTFS, RAID, RAID 5, Server Performance, Storage servers, Windows Server 2003
Help reviving servers. Configuration current: 8 300GB disks in Raid 5 10000RPM Each. Total 2TB (70%Full) with an average of 68kb files tottal of 24 million files. The curent read rate is at 8MB/Sec on NTFS windows 2003 Partition. Any suggestions on increasing performance on current configuration. P.S. We are running diskkeeper as difrag utility.
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| September 19, 2008 5:59 PM
NTFS, RAID, RAID 5, Server Performance, Storage servers, Windows Server 2003
802.11 vs 802.16
I have a small co. with a point to point wireless grid. I handle off site monitoring of gas nad oil flow. I have been overlaping my grid with new locations, and more to come. So I have been looking into new wireless Sys. I have made the choice to use All-In-One?360 Multi-Band/Multi-Mode Antenna WiMAX [...]
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| August 16, 2006 8:30 PM
Arrays, Availability, Bandwidth, Billing and customer care, Billing Support Systems, Budgeting, Cabling, Compliance, CRM, DataCenter, Development, DHCP, DNS, Ethernet, Frame Relay, Hardware, Hubs, Laws, Network applications management, Network management software, Network protocols, Network testing, Networking, Networking services, Outsourcing, Project management, Regulations, ROI & cost justification, Routers, Servers, standards, Storage servers, Switches, Vendors, VoIP, Web services, Web Services Standards, Wireless
I have a small co. with a point to point wireless grid. I handle off site monitoring of gas nad oil flow. I have been overlaping my grid with new locations, and more to come. So I have been looking into new wireless Sys. I have made the choice to use All-In-One?360 Multi-Band/Multi-Mode Antenna WiMAX [...]
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| August 16, 2006 8:30 PM
Arrays, Availability, Bandwidth, Billing and customer care, Billing Support Systems, Budgeting, Cabling, Compliance, CRM, DataCenter, Development, DHCP, DNS, Ethernet, Frame Relay, Hardware, Hubs, Laws, Network applications management, Network management software, Network protocols, Network testing, Networking, Networking services, Outsourcing, Project management, Regulations, ROI & cost justification, Routers, Servers, standards, Storage servers, Switches, Vendors, VoIP, Web services, Web Services Standards, Wireless
Disk Usage
I am just looking for opinions about users file server disk usage. About 30% of our users average over 1.25 gig of disk space used. This includes all user files and email file. I am just wondering if this is normal or excessive. If people can please let me know what their usage is I [...]
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| September 26, 2008 1:19 PM
Disk usage, File servers, Storage servers
I am just looking for opinions about users file server disk usage. About 30% of our users average over 1.25 gig of disk space used. This includes all user files and email file. I am just wondering if this is normal or excessive. If people can please let me know what their usage is I [...]
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| September 26, 2008 1:19 PM
Disk usage, File servers, Storage servers
Report from check disk on active NTFS partition
If I run check disk on the next system boot, I’d like to know if it found and fixed any problems. Does it generate a report, and where would I find it? Someone suggested the event log, but I may not know what I am looking for: a log, a report, a breif line item [...]
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| January 30, 2012 9:23 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Disk drives, Hardware, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, Software, SQL Server, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Tech support
If I run check disk on the next system boot, I’d like to know if it found and fixed any problems. Does it generate a report, and where would I find it? Someone suggested the event log, but I may not know what I am looking for: a log, a report, a breif line item [...]
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| January 30, 2012 9:23 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Disk drives, Hardware, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, Software, SQL Server, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Tech support
Compressing Old Files
Hello, I would like to know the option(Compressing Old Files) which comes up during disk cleanup in win XP and win 2000. Is it good or bad? I mean, If I do the compression regularly will that effect my system/files in a long run? Is it same to that option (compress drive to save space) [...]
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| January 26, 2012 6:37 AM
Access, Adapters/Interfaces, Administration, Backup & recovery, Business/IT alignment, Career development, Certifications, CRM, Data analysis, Data management and storage, Data mining/analysis, Database, DataCenter, DB2, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Disk drives, E-business, Ecommerce applications, Exchange, Exchange security, Fax and print management, File, Hardware, Hardware selection and management, Management, Microsoft Windows, Monitoring, Online transaction processing, Oracle, OS, Patch management, PC/Windows Connectivity, Performance and availability, Project management, Replication, Sales force automation applications, Security, Servers, Software, Spam, SQL Server, Storage, Storage management, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Systems management software, Tape drives/Libraries, Tech support, Training, Web development
Hello, I would like to know the option(Compressing Old Files) which comes up during disk cleanup in win XP and win 2000. Is it good or bad? I mean, If I do the compression regularly will that effect my system/files in a long run? Is it same to that option (compress drive to save space) [...]
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| January 26, 2012 6:37 AM
Access, Adapters/Interfaces, Administration, Backup & recovery, Business/IT alignment, Career development, Certifications, CRM, Data analysis, Data management and storage, Data mining/analysis, Database, DataCenter, DB2, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Disk drives, E-business, Ecommerce applications, Exchange, Exchange security, Fax and print management, File, Hardware, Hardware selection and management, Management, Microsoft Windows, Monitoring, Online transaction processing, Oracle, OS, Patch management, PC/Windows Connectivity, Performance and availability, Project management, Replication, Sales force automation applications, Security, Servers, Software, Spam, SQL Server, Storage, Storage management, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Systems management software, Tape drives/Libraries, Tech support, Training, Web development
EMC? NAS Celerra 704G versus Windows Storage server
Hi all, Can you compare a NAS EMC? Celerra NS704G against a Windows HP storage server DL585 from a performance point of view? They told me that the WSS server is more for departemental usage. Is this true? Thanks Hans
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| August 25, 2009 10:18 AM
EMC, EMC Celerra, NAS, SAN, Storage servers, Windows Storage Server
Hi all, Can you compare a NAS EMC? Celerra NS704G against a Windows HP storage server DL585 from a performance point of view? They told me that the WSS server is more for departemental usage. Is this true? Thanks Hans
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| August 25, 2009 10:18 AM
EMC, EMC Celerra, NAS, SAN, Storage servers, Windows Storage Server
Help with IBM ds6800 storage array. can’t assign storage unit to complex.
Getting a message that says the storage management console server can not be contacted. we’ve never installed one of these before, but been to IBM training on it. training was uselsess for implementation from scratch. has anyone done one of these and can tell me where we are going wrong? will be very appreciative…..
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| August 8, 2005 4:01 PM
Arrays, Fibre channel, IBM, Implementation, IT architecture, SAN, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers
Getting a message that says the storage management console server can not be contacted. we’ve never installed one of these before, but been to IBM training on it. training was uselsess for implementation from scratch. has anyone done one of these and can tell me where we are going wrong? will be very appreciative…..
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| August 8, 2005 4:01 PM
Arrays, Fibre channel, IBM, Implementation, IT architecture, SAN, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers
disaster recovery
hi, i have 2xSE9900. one for the Production (prod) and one for Development (dev), few clustered DB servers (some inter domain and some normal clustered) which total more than 5. the servers are running different Solaris versions, VXVM versions but all using Sun cluster. for the next phase of implementation the number of DB servers [...]
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| May 18, 2005 6:05 AM
Backup & recovery, DataCenter, Disaster Recovery, EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, IT architecture, Storage servers, Sun Microsystems, Veritas
hi, i have 2xSE9900. one for the Production (prod) and one for Development (dev), few clustered DB servers (some inter domain and some normal clustered) which total more than 5. the servers are running different Solaris versions, VXVM versions but all using Sun cluster. for the next phase of implementation the number of DB servers [...]
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| May 18, 2005 6:05 AM
Backup & recovery, DataCenter, Disaster Recovery, EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, IT architecture, Storage servers, Sun Microsystems, Veritas
Dell Poweredge Server 2800
I am running a Windows 2000 network, and recently purchased a Dell Poweredge 2800 Server, the server is running Server 2003. I need some general tips as to how best to configure this server to best optimise it’s capability. One vendor informs me of some of it’s capabilities but I need some additional input.
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| December 8, 2004 7:05 AM
DataCenter, Disk drives, RAID, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Vendor support
I am running a Windows 2000 network, and recently purchased a Dell Poweredge 2800 Server, the server is running Server 2003. I need some general tips as to how best to configure this server to best optimise it’s capability. One vendor informs me of some of it’s capabilities but I need some additional input.
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| December 8, 2004 7:05 AM
DataCenter, Disk drives, RAID, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Vendor support
HBA not showing WWN
A SearchStorage.com reader asks: WE have a data center server, 2003 servers and two HBAs in each node. Both the cards are Emulex Fibre Channel Cards. One card is already in working condition. We have recently added the second HBA card. The driver was updated, and I am able to detect two HBAs from the [...]
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| August 6, 2009 10:27 AM
3PAR, Adapters/Interfaces, ADIC, AMCC, AppIQ, Arrays, Backup & recovery, Blue Arc, Brocade, Cisco, CNT, Commvault, Commvault Systems, Computer Associates, CreekPath, Data Core Software, Dell, Disk drives, EMC, Emulex, Exabyte, FalconStor, Fibre channel, Finisar, Fujitsu, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, IBM, Imation, InterSAN, LSI Logic, McData, NAS, Network Appliance, NTP Software, Optical, Overland Data, Power Quest, Procom Technologies, Quantum, RAID, SAN, SCSI, SEA, Sony, Spectra Logic, Storability, Storage, Storage management, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, StorageTek, Storcase technology, Sun Microsystems, Syncsort, Tape drives/Libraries, Tivoli, TrueSAN, Veritas, Xiotech
A SearchStorage.com reader asks: WE have a data center server, 2003 servers and two HBAs in each node. Both the cards are Emulex Fibre Channel Cards. One card is already in working condition. We have recently added the second HBA card. The driver was updated, and I am able to detect two HBAs from the [...]
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| August 6, 2009 10:27 AM
3PAR, Adapters/Interfaces, ADIC, AMCC, AppIQ, Arrays, Backup & recovery, Blue Arc, Brocade, Cisco, CNT, Commvault, Commvault Systems, Computer Associates, CreekPath, Data Core Software, Dell, Disk drives, EMC, Emulex, Exabyte, FalconStor, Fibre channel, Finisar, Fujitsu, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, IBM, Imation, InterSAN, LSI Logic, McData, NAS, Network Appliance, NTP Software, Optical, Overland Data, Power Quest, Procom Technologies, Quantum, RAID, SAN, SCSI, SEA, Sony, Spectra Logic, Storability, Storage, Storage management, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, StorageTek, Storcase technology, Sun Microsystems, Syncsort, Tape drives/Libraries, Tivoli, TrueSAN, Veritas, Xiotech
Moving DNS outside
We are moving DNS services outside and I would like to learn more about how to set this up. We currently have AD Integrated DNS server, Primary DNS server, and Secondary DNS servers set up in our AD domain. We have 2 Domain Controllers, one on Windows 2003 w/Exchange 2003 w/GC, and one Windows 2000 [...]
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| November 24, 2004 8:28 AM
Active Directory, Adapters/Interfaces, Administration, AMD PC hardware, Arrays, Backup, Backup & recovery, BlackBerry, Computer Associates, Desktops, DHCP, Dial-up networking, Disk drives, DNS, E-mail applications, Exchange 2003, FAT and NTFS, Firewalls, Forensics, Gigabit ethernet, Handheld, Help Desk, Incident response, Installation, Intel PC hardware, Intel servers, Intrusion management, Layer 3-7 Switches, Mac hardware, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, Network security, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Outlook, Overland Data, Palm OS, Performance/Tuning, RAID, Remote management, Servers, Storage servers, Switches, Tape drives/Libraries, Tech support, VPN, WatchGuard, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 95/98, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows Mobile, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Wireless, Yahoo
We are moving DNS services outside and I would like to learn more about how to set this up. We currently have AD Integrated DNS server, Primary DNS server, and Secondary DNS servers set up in our AD domain. We have 2 Domain Controllers, one on Windows 2003 w/Exchange 2003 w/GC, and one Windows 2000 [...]
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| November 24, 2004 8:28 AM
Active Directory, Adapters/Interfaces, Administration, AMD PC hardware, Arrays, Backup, Backup & recovery, BlackBerry, Computer Associates, Desktops, DHCP, Dial-up networking, Disk drives, DNS, E-mail applications, Exchange 2003, FAT and NTFS, Firewalls, Forensics, Gigabit ethernet, Handheld, Help Desk, Incident response, Installation, Intel PC hardware, Intel servers, Intrusion management, Layer 3-7 Switches, Mac hardware, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, Network security, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Outlook, Overland Data, Palm OS, Performance/Tuning, RAID, Remote management, Servers, Storage servers, Switches, Tape drives/Libraries, Tech support, VPN, WatchGuard, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 95/98, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows Mobile, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Wireless, Yahoo
Large-scale Veritas NetBackup Question
My company is currently merging and we are in need of several NetBackup gurus, as the organizational merger will result in an incrase of 2 Petabytes/month (500 Terabytes/month in Jan. ’04, 1 Petabyte/month as of Apr. ’04). This is a state-of-the art environment supporting 3,000 servers, soon to be upwards of 30,000. We are looking [...]
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| October 8, 2008 4:31 PM
Backup & recovery, Storage servers, Veritas NetBackup
My company is currently merging and we are in need of several NetBackup gurus, as the organizational merger will result in an incrase of 2 Petabytes/month (500 Terabytes/month in Jan. ’04, 1 Petabyte/month as of Apr. ’04). This is a state-of-the art environment supporting 3,000 servers, soon to be upwards of 30,000. We are looking [...]
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| October 8, 2008 4:31 PM
Backup & recovery, Storage servers, Veritas NetBackup
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