The cynical part of me says that it's so they can get 2x the sales they would otherwise get. Isilon is already priced as a premium storage product, so it certainly is painful for us customers.
Of course I don't have to explain to this audience how replication != backups - I've heard tales of replication on NAS devices (including Isilon) trashing the replicated data due to software bugs. On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 05:59:15PM +0000, Prather, Wanda wrote: > It's awful. > Only saving grace in my case is that the data is mostly images and doesn't > change much. > > I assume you've had experience setting up proxy relationships - > use many proxy machines to back up the individual shares on the Isilon, so > you can have them all working at once. > Then back up over NFS or CIFS. > > I can't believe EMC is still so far behind the times that they offer no > intelligent way to back up their NAS devices (e.g. Netapp Snapdiff or > V7Unified imbedded TSM client). > But then, they tell their customers that the appropriate thing to do is buy a > second Isilon and replicate. > > I have never understood how that is appropriate - manual deletes and > directory corruption replicate, too. > > W > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Zoltan Forray > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 11:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ADSM-L] Backing up Isilons with TSM > > Anyone have experience backing up an EMC Isilon and can share war-stories, > methods, etc? > > -- > *Zoltan Forray* > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator > BigBro / Hobbit / Xymon Administrator > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > [email protected] - 804-828-4807 > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never > use email to request that you reply with your password, social security > number or confidential personal information. For more details visit > http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html -- -- Skylar Thompson ([email protected]) -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 -- University of Washington School of Medicine
