Dynamic Drive Sharing

The term Dynamic Drive Sharing is used in connection with the data backup of computer systems on large (tape) robot systems.

The DDS functionality enables several so-called storage nodes to access one drive. This "one to n" assignment can on the one hand increase the resource utilization of backup drives and on the other hand increase the backup performance.

An example is the backup application EMC NetWorker , which supports this functionality from version 6.

See also: SAN Registration Service (SRS)

Web links

• EMC software / documentation
• SAN Registration Service in the Wayback Machine ( Memento from October 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive )