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In PowerStoreOS 3.5 and later, users can back up volumes and volume groups directly to a PowerProtect DD series appliance running on premises or in the cloud. This feature eliminates the requirement of a backup host because all backup traffic is offloaded to the storage appliances. PowerStore uses the replication tagged storage ports to connect and transfer data to the PowerProtect DD appliance leveraging the DD Boost protocol. As with replication, it is recommended that you use different physical ports for data protection and front-end Ethernet storage traffic.