4.7.3.3 Mount the Data Domain Device

The method you use to mount the Data Domain device disk paths depends very much on the type of system you have.  In Windows you can specify a Domain account for the Reservoir service and then use a UNC name to access the disk path, bypassing drive letter mounting (UNC names are recommended methods of accessing network resources).  In UNIX you can use the auto-mounter or you can add it to mnttab (with the mount command). 

Whichever method you use, you should know that NFS is faster than SMB (Microsoft Networking) so we recommend NFS whenever possible.  Also since your data is going over the network we strongly recommend you follow all Data Domain recommendations for performance.