Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Release Notes

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Product(s): Appliances (4.1)
Platform: NetBackup Appliance OS

Comparison of the NetBackup Appliances hardware

Table: Comparison of NetBackup 5350, 5340, 5330, 5250, and 5240 appliances outlines the differences between the NetBackup appliance models.

Table: Comparison of NetBackup 5350, 5340, 5330, 5250, and 5240 appliances

Parameter

NetBackup 5350

NetBackup 5340

NetBackup 5330

NetBackup 5250

NetBackup 5240

Role

Media server only

Media server only

Media server only

Primary or media server

Primary or media server

Cores

52 (26 per processor)

40 (20 per processor)

20 (10 per processor)

24 (12 per processor)

V3 16 (8 per processor)

V4 20 (10 per processor)

Cache

71.5 MB

(35.75 MB per processor)

Note:

Two processors are installed in a compute node.

55 MB (27.5 MBs per CPU)

50 MB (25 MBs per CPU)

33 MB (16.5 MBs per CPU)

V3 40 MB (20 MBs per CPU)

V4 50MB (25 MBs per CPU)

RAID cache

32 GB

32 GB

24 GB

1 GB (4 GB included on the external PCIe RAID controller)

1 GB

CPU speed

2.1 GHz (Turbo: 4.00 GHz)

2.0 GHz

2.8 GHz

2.20 GHz

V3 2.4 GHz

V4 2.2GHz

Turbo speed

3.7 GHz

3.7 GHz

3.1 GHz

3.2 GHz

V3 3.2 GHz

V4 3.1GHz

QPI/UPI speed

10.4 GT/s

10.4 GT/s

8 GT/s

9.6GT/s

8 GT/s

System memory**

768 GB

768 GB

384 GB

64 GB/256GB/512GB

Note:

When you purchase the first expansion storage shelf, the Storage Expansion Kit that comes with the storage shelf includes 256 GB of memory that replaces the existing 64GB. An additional 256GB memory kit is required when you add the fifth shelf.

64 GB

Note:

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

After adding the first storage shelf and the memory, you can increase the appliance memory to 192 GB 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).

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

Standard (RDIMMs): 64GB x 12 RDIMM (768 GB)

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

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)

8 x 8GB (64GB)

8 x 32GB (256GB)

16 x 32GB (512GB)

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)

Data retention

Supercapacitors and flash memory in each of the 2 RAID controllers

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 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

PCI add-in card slots

8

8

6

8

8

On-board 10 Gb Ethernet ports

0 (Four on-board 1 GbE 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 5 cards (10 ports)

Up to 4 cards (8 ports) *

Up to 3 cards (6 ports)

Up to 3 cards (6 ports)

Additional 1 Gb Ethernet cards in PCI assemblies

No

No

No

Up to 1 card (4 ports)

Up to 1 card (4 ports)

SAS RAID card in PCI assemblies

No

No

No

Mezzanine card: Yes

PCIe RAID card: Yes

Yes (with the purchase of the first storage shelf)

Dual redundant external storage-based RAID controllers

Yes

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 3 optional Expansion Shelves

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

Up to 6 Storage Shelves

Up to 6 Storage Shelves

Maximum storage capacity with external storage**

1920 TB

1920 TB

1364 TB

429.4 TiB

201 TB

Typical power consumption with maximum external storage

5800 Watts (3.0 W per TB)

5800 Watts (3.0 W per TB)

2442 Watts (1.79 W per TB)

1776 watts (3.76 watts per TB)

1140 Watts (5.6 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.