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Figure 9-1
Storage server deduplication components
PureDisk
plug-in
NetBackup
Deduplication
Engine
Catalog metadata pathData path
NetBackup
Deduplication
Manager
Catalog plug-
in
Database
application
Control flow
Storage path
Database path
Table 9-1 describes the components.
Table 9-1
NetBackup deduplication components
DescriptionComponent
The PureDisk plug-in is the data interface to the NetBackup
DeduplicationEngineonthestorageserver.ThePureDiskplug-in
does the following:
■ Separates the file’s metadata from the file’s content.
■ Deduplicates the content (separates files into segments ).
■ Controls the data stream from NetBackup to the NetBackup
Deduplication Engine and vice versa.
Theplug-inrunsonthededuplicationstorageserver.Theplug-in
also runs on load balancing servers and on the clients that
deduplicate their own data.
PureDisk plug-in
The NetBackupDeduplicationEngine isone ofthe storageserver
core components. It stores and manages deduplicated file data.
The binary file name is spoold, which is short for storage pool
daemon; do not confuse it with a print spooler daemon. The
spoold process appears asthe NetBackup DeduplicationEngine
in the NetBackup Administration Console.
NetBackup
Deduplication Engine
Deduplication architecture
Deduplication server components
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