Well Kent, I cannot answer your questions but for a complete evaluation of a vendors' hardware and service capabilities take a look at www.evaluatorgroup.com. These folks know all there is to know about all vendors and present an independent opinion and evaluation.
I attended some seminars of the EG and was stunned by their knowledge. Maybe it's a good start. Let us know how it works out. greetz, Ilja Coolen. -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Kent Monthei [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: woensdag 24 april 2002 23:19 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: EMC Celerra fileserver (NAS) with a Symmetrix (Fibre-SAN) backend We'll soon have an EMC Celerra 8530, Connectrix fibre switch and Symmetrix fibre-SAN in our NT environment. This 'super-fileserver' is projected to replace several hundred existing legacy NT fileservers. The purchase has been made. Deployment is projected approx 2 months out and phased ports of legacy server filesystems will commence shortly after that - but the backup strategy and solution for it is still being spec'd. The basic building blocks of the Symmetrix SAN will be 181GB disks (3-4 TB of them initially). The Celerra will have 10 Data-Movers initially. EMC was recently on-site to present all the good news about the Celerra. For backups and DR issues specifically, I'd also like to hear the people's side of the story: - Who out there is backing up one of these, and how? - How well does your backup solution work (for backups, also for restores) ? - How reliable is EMC hardware, service & tech support ? Have you experienced any downtime attributable to EMC hardware failures, service or tech-support problems? - Are there any configuration or backup strategy pitfalls that we must avoid to ensure successful daily backups? -rsvp, thanks Kent Monthei GlaxoSmithKline
