Understanding Windows and Linux repository servers
When it comes to storing backups, the repository server is the primary target for backup files, VM copies, and metadata. You can use the following types of repositories:
- Direct attached storage: These can be virtual or physical and are typically Windows or Linux servers.
- Network-Attached Storage (NAS): Network shares that are either SMB (CIFS) or NFS are used.
- Deduplicating storage appliances: These are hardware devices such as Dell EMC Data Domain, ExaGrid, HPE StoreOnce, and Quantum DXi.
- Object storage: These are cloud storage services you can use as backup repositories.
Important Note
Do not configure multiple backup repositories pointing to the same location or using the same path. However, this statement does not apply when using some newer multi-node-clustered NAS system shares. The configuration is different, especially when using a multi-node cluster within a scale-out repository.
When we discuss both...
