We are thinking about using TSM to backup our clients and have been told that it will cost over AU$550 per client (about US$280). This seems extreme, as it would be much cheaper to purchase a personal backup system (Tape/CD-RW/Zip/etc) for our 700 machines than pay the price of a server and it's hardware and the server tape system and the tapes.
Are there any other options for licensing? For example, a charge per month per machine? How have other companies handled this? And yes, I do understand that personal backup isn't as good as a corporate backup, which is why we are investigating TSM. I just don't like the price we have been quoted. Regards
