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Disks Supported by CA ARCserve D2D

Different types of disks are supported for CA ARCserve D2D backup source and destination disks. The following matrix lists the types of disks that are supported for each function.

Disk (Volume) Type

As Backup Source

As Backup Destination

GPT Disk

Yes

Yes

System Reserved Partition

(Windows 2008 R2 Boot Manger)

Yes

Not applicable

Mounted Volume

(No drive letter/NTFS formatted)

Yes

Yes

RAW Volume

(No drive letter/Not formatted)

No

No

VHD Mounted Volume

(Windows 2008 R2)

No

Yes

Dynamic Disk:

 

 
  • No RAID

Yes

Yes
  • Software RAID (RAID-0 (Stripe)

Yes

Yes
  • Software RAID (RAID-1 (Mirrored)

Yes

Yes
  • Software RAID-5

No

Yes

Hardware RAID (include Embedded RAID)

Yes

Yes

File System:

 

 
  • FAT/FAT32

No

Yes*

Shared Volume:

 

 
  • Windows Shared Volume

No

Yes
  • Linux Shared Volume (samba shared)

No

Yes

Device Type:

 

 
  • Removable Disk (Ex. Memory Stick, RDX)

No

Yes

* FAT/FAT32 cannot hold a single file larger than 4 GB. If after compression the CA ARCserve D2D file is larger than 4 GB (because the source is huge) the backup will fail.

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