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period of time. Once the single backup server model is outgrown, it is time to add a new element to the
environment: a Media Server/MediaAgent.
Single Server/Single Media Writer
As the environment grows, in terms of the number of servers supported by the backup server, the
amount of data to back up, the size of the backup windows, or the number of different applications that
are supported, simply using a single backup server as the focal point of all backups will not provide
enough performance to handle the backups. At this point, it is necessary to offload the processing