Appendix .  D: Storage Planning

Use this table as a reference when designing the DPM storage in Step 4.

Table D-1. What Is Stored Where Job Aid

Protection Type

Backup Type

VSS Writer Used

VSS Writer Limit

Storage Used on Data Source

What Is Sent over the Network

What Is Stored on DPM Server

Protection Media

Short Term (to Disk)

Workstation files

Synchronization

Workstation file

64 shadow copies

Change journal contains pointers

Blocks that changed since previous synchronization

Synch, replica, and recovery points

Disk

Server files

Synchronization

Workstation file

64 shadow copies

Change journal contains pointers

Blocks that changed since previous synchronization

Synch, replica, and recovery points

Disk

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