Dell Data Protection Design D-DP-DS-23

Design

Design and size Dell data protection solutions — architecting PowerProtect DD, NetWorker, Avamar, RecoverPoint, Cyber Recovery, and cloud data protection solutions for enterprise environments.

PowerProtect DD NetWorker Avamar RecoverPoint Cyber Recovery PowerProtect Data Mgr Cloud Data Protection DP Appliance Capacity Planning Solution Sizing

What You Will Learn

Nine Data Protection Design Modules

Design and size the full Dell data protection portfolio — from assessment tools through each solution's architecture, capacity planning, and best practices.

Module 01

Dell EMC Data Protection Products

›Assessment tools and services for evaluating customer environments
›Dell EMC Cloud Data Protection, PowerProtect DD, NetWorker, and Avamar features and architecture
›RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint for VMs — continuous data protection architecture
›PowerProtect DP series appliance, Data Manager, and Cyber Recovery with CyberSense components

Module 02

PowerProtect DD Solutions Design

›PowerProtect DD capacity planning — deduplication ratio, stream count, and throughput sizing
›Performance tuning — DD Boost, SISL scaling, and network path optimisation
›Best practices for sizing and designing a PowerProtect DD data protection solution

Module 03

NetWorker Solutions Design

›NetWorker capacity planning — media pool sizing, device configuration, and backup window analysis
›Performance tuning — parallelism, multiplexing, and client-side deduplication
›Best practices for sizing and designing a NetWorker data protection solution

Module 04

Avamar Solutions Design

›Avamar capacity planning — source data sizing, change rate analysis, and node grid scaling
›Performance tuning — garbage collection scheduling, checkpoint frequency, and replication bandwidth
›Best practices for sizing and designing an Avamar data protection solution

Module 05

RecoverPoint Solutions Design

›RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint for VMs capacity planning — journal sizing and bandwidth requirements
›RPO/RTO targets — synchronous vs asynchronous replication trade-offs
›Best practices for designing RecoverPoint data protection solutions

Module 06

Cloud Data Protection Solutions Design

›PowerProtect Data Manager capacity planning and performance tuning for cloud workloads
›VM, Kubernetes, and database protection using Data Manager
›Best practices for sizing and designing a PowerProtect Data Manager solution

Module 07

PowerProtect DP Appliance Solutions Design

›DP appliance planning — model selection, shelf expansion, and scalability roadmap
›Performance tuning — accelerated deduplication, encryption impact, and throughput maximisation
›Best practices for sizing and designing a DP series appliance solution

Module 08

PowerProtect Data Manager Solutions Design

›Data Manager deployment sizing — vCPU, vRAM, and storage requirements
›Agent-based and agentless protection modes — pros, cons, and use cases
›Best practices for cloud-native workload protection with Data Manager

Module 09

Cyber Recovery Solutions Design

›Cyber Recovery vault architecture — air-gapped isolated recovery environment design
›CyberSense ML-based analytics — detecting corruption patterns and anomalies
›Planning a Cyber Recovery solution — bandwidth, replication schedule, and vault sizing
›Best practices for ransomware protection and clean room recovery procedures

Full Curriculum

9-Module D-DP-DS-23 Programme

Complete data protection design curriculum covering the full Dell EMC portfolio — from assessment through capacity planning and Cyber Recovery design.

›Assessment tools — Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor, SDP, and environment discovery methods
›Cloud Data Protection — Cloud Tier, PowerProtect Cloud Snapshot Manager architecture
›PowerProtect DD — DDOS, DD Boost, DD Virtual Edition, and cloud-connected configurations
›NetWorker — server, storage nodes, client agents, and datazone architecture
›Avamar — single-node, multi-node grid, Avamar Virtual Edition, and AUI management
›RecoverPoint — RPAs, splitters, journals, and consistency groups for CDP and CRR
›PowerProtect DP series appliance — integrated hardware and software design
›PowerProtect Data Manager — protection policies, assets, and cloud mobility
›Cyber Recovery — isolation vault, CyberSense AI/ML corruption detection, and clean room recovery

›DD capacity planning — estimating dedupe ratios for structured vs unstructured workloads
›DD stream count sizing — backup application concurrent streams and throttling
›DD Boost — OST protocol, DD Boost for Oracle RMAN, SQL, and SAP HANA
›Performance tuning — namespace pre-compression ratios, shelf expansion, and encryption overhead
›High availability — DD failover (Active/Standby) and Metro DD active-active configurations

›NetWorker media pool planning — volume capacity, label templates, and retention policies
›Device configuration — Boost-enabled storage nodes, NDMP filer backup, and tape integration
›Backup window analysis — client priority groups, parallelism, and server resource constraints
›NetWorker deduplication — DD Boost plugin integration, in-flight and at-rest deduplication
›Best practices — multi-zone client management, archive policies, and DR configuration

›Avamar grid sizing — node count, dataset growth rate, and change rate estimation
›Inline deduplication impact — client-side vs server-side deduplication sizing trade-offs
›Garbage collection and checkpoint scheduling — minimising performance impact
›Replication bandwidth sizing — Avamar-to-Avamar, Avamar-to-DD, and cloud replication
›Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) — sizing for VMware and cloud environments

›RPA sizing — write per second (WPS) rates, journal sizing, and consistency group count
›Bandwidth requirements — link utilisation, compression ratios, and WAN throttling
›RecoverPoint for VMs — vRPA deployment, virtual splitter, and journal volumes on VMFS
›RPO analysis — synchronous vs asynchronous replication, consistency group dependencies
›Failure domain design — rack-aware placement, network path redundancy, and failover testing

›PowerProtect Data Manager cloud deployment — OVA sizing, vCPU, vRAM, and cloud instance types
›Asset protection policies — VMDK-level, VHD, application-consistent, and Kubernetes snapshot policies
›Data Manager cloud tier — PowerProtect DD Cloud Tier and AWS/Azure cloud targets
›Ransomware protection with Data Manager — immutable copies and isolated recovery vault integration
›Migration between platforms — cloud mobility for hybrid DR and data centre exit scenarios

›DP appliance model selection — DP4400, DP8300, DP8800 hardware configurations
›Shelf expansion planning — capacity tiers, performance envelopes, and upgrade paths
›Appliance performance tuning — hardware-accelerated deduplication and encryption offloading
›Integrated DD OS and Data Domain Boost for DP appliances
›Best practices — appliance initial sizing, growth modelling, and end-of-life planning

›Data Manager architecture — protection engine, index service, and search catalogue
›Asset discovery — vCenter, Kubernetes, Oracle, SQL, and SAP HANA discovery and cataloguing
›Backup policies — schedule groups, SLA policies, retention locks, and compliance mode
›Cloud mobility — moving backups between on-premises and AWS/Azure/GCP targets
›Data Manager sizing — estimated daily change rates, catalogue growth, and search indexing overhead

›Cyber vault architecture — air-gapped isolated network segment, production separation
›Replication schedule design — synchronisation frequency, bandwidth throttling, and journal retention
›CyberSense deployment — ML model training, anomaly scoring, and automated alerting
›Clean room recovery — forensic analysis environment, golden image restoration, and validation testing
›Ransomware incident response integration — playbook alignment with NIST CSF Recover function

Live Training

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Mon–Fri · Weekend batches

Recording

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30 Days

1.5 hrs/day weekday · 3 hrs weekend

Course Materials

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Mon–Fri · 9 AM – 6 PM

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