Sounds like you need to look at a centralized data management facility consisting of some type of tape library (they range anywhere from 20 to several hundred tapes and 20+ drives with the ability to cascade them together). It all depends on what the size, demographics, and the backup/recovery requirements are of your systems. If you are considering a dedicated, centralized backup facility, you'll definitely need a dedicated network although I've seen many people sharing the network with their corporate network(which is not a recommended practice). If your budget allows and your requirements are such that you can justify a higher end solution, SAN is more recommended solution.
For backup, Veritas has all kinds of solutions i.e DataCenter, BackupExec depending on your needs and scope. You may want to checkout www.backupcentral.com to get some more ideas on this. HTH ==== > Rob SCSA, SCNA, CCNA -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Steven A. Ridder Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 7:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Looking for the best storage strategy [7:48708] Legatio and a SAN. I probably spelled it wrong, but that's the best package. ""Firesox"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Folks, I searching for the best way to do the backup for servers. Currently > we have local backup tape devices running Backup Exec. I need to find the > best way to take this local backup to some kind of remote device. I > understand there are many ways such as SAN, Fiber Channel, etc.. but would > like to best way to do the automatic backup of servers remotely. > Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.373 / Virus Database: 208 - Release Date: 7/1/2002 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.373 / Virus Database: 208 - Release Date: 7/1/2002 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=48740&t=48708 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
