1IntroductionThis document describes important product information and restrictions for the Dell PowerVault DL4000 Backup To DiskAppliance — Powered by AppAssure.About The Dell PowerVault DL4000 Backup To Disk Appliance —Powered By AppAssureThe Dell PowerVault DL4000 is a fully configured 1U backup appliance that is powered by AppAssure software. TheDL4000 integrates 5.5 TB of storage capacity and standby virtual machines (VMs) with snapshot, replication,deduplication, and compression software to quickly recover applications and data.Optimized for quick deployment and efficiency, the DL4000:• Helps eliminate your backup window.• Creates snapshots as often as every 5 minutes.• Maintains up to two standby VMs to quickly restore critical servers.• Offers integrated, inline block-level deduplication and compression, combined with optimized backups for WANreplication.• Provides a wizard based configuration utility to automatically provision DL4000 storage and iDRAC for remotemanagement.About AppAssure 5AppAssure 5 is a unified and integrated backup and replication software that offers near-zero recovery time,recoverability assurance, and cross-platform virtual and physical server recovery.For more information about important product features and restrictions for AppAssure software, see theAppAssure 5Release Notes at docs.appassure.com.Other Information You May NeedNOTE: For all Dell OpenManage documents, go to dell.com/openmanagemanuals.NOTE: Always check for updates on dell.com/support/manuals and read the updates first because they oftensupersede information in other documents.NOTE: For any documentation related to Dell OpenManage Server Administrator, see dell.com/openmanage/manuals.You product documentation includes:Getting StartedGuideProvides an overview of system features, setting up your system, and technical specifications.This document is also shipped with your system.Owner’s Manual Provides information about system features and describes how to troubleshoot the system andinstall or replace system components.5