Which PowerProtect Data Manager feature uses ProtectPoint technology to provide a direct path from a primary storage array to a PowerProtect DD?

Question

Options

• AVM Direct
• BApplication Direct
• CBoostFS Direct
• DStorage Direct

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  6% (3)
• C
  4% (2)
• D
  87% (41)

Explanation

Storage Direct is correct because it is the PowerProtect Data Manager protection type that leverages Dell's ProtectPoint technology to offload backup traffic directly from a primary storage array (such as PowerMax or XtremIO) to a PowerProtect DD appliance - bypassing the backup host entirely for data movement.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. VM Direct - uses a purpose-built proxy engine (vProxy) to protect VMware virtual machines; ProtectPoint is not involved.
• B. Application Direct - uses host-based agents to protect applications like Oracle or SQL Server directly, also with no ProtectPoint involvement.
• C. BoostFS Direct - BoostFS is a Data Domain filesystem interface/protocol, not a named PPDM protection feature; this option is fabricated to distract.

Memory tip: Think "Storage Direct = straight from storage to DD." The word Storage signals primary storage array involvement, and Direct reflects the ProtectPoint-powered direct path that skips the backup server. If a question mentions ProtectPoint, the answer will always be Storage Direct.

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