Filter
Top Products
Glossary
Glossary
Legato NetWorker, Release 7.0
Disaster Recovery Guide
177
media The physical storage medium to which backup data is
written. NetWorker software supports tape, magnetic
or optical disk, and filesystems as backup media. See
also volume.
media database A database that contains indexed entries about the
storage volume location and the life cycle status of all
data and volumes the NetWorker server manages. See
also volume.
migration The process of moving data from a local filesystem to
storage media in the migration store to free up disk
space on the local drive.
multiplexing A NetWorker feature that permits data from more
than one save set to be simultaneously written to the
same storage device.
NDMP An abbreviation for Network Data Management
Protocol, which is a storage management client/server
protocol for enterprise-wide backup of
network-attached storage. NetWorker software uses
NDMP to provide connections to computers with
NDMP data modules for tape operations, allowing a
significant reduction in network traffic.
near-line storage See autochanger.
NetWorker client See client.
NetWorker server See server.
NetWorker
storage node
See storage node.
NFS client A computer that can access files on a network file
system (NFS) server.
NFS server A computer that contains exported filesystems that
NFS clients can access.
nonclone pool Pools that contain data that has not been cloned.