They're coming in along with a Dell chap for a bit of a chat about what we think we want to do versus what we can afford versus what's practical etc.
When I mentioned it to one of my more knowledgeable colleagues his response was "never heard of them".. I guess this side of things will get tackled when they visit - it may be they're priced way out of our league anyway. regards, Paul -- Paul Hutchings Network Administrator, MIRA Ltd. Tel: 44 (0)24 7635 5378, Fax: 44 (0)24 7635 8378 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ryan Finnesey > Sent: 23 September 2004 15:19 > To: Exchange Discussions > Cc: Paul Hutchings > Subject: RE: Commvault Galaxy > > I would try and work directly with Commvault for now. We took many > trips to the local New York City offices for product demos and design > meetings. Let me know if you need a contact to talk with at > Commvault. > > > Ryan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul > Hutchings > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 4:06 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Commvault Galaxy > > Anything you could expand on there? > > We tend to buy Dell kit and I got our account manager to have a word > with > Commvault and hopefully they are sending someone in. I've asked if we > could > get PDFs of the manuals or something to give us an idea how > the product > works. > > Seems Dell mostly supply Commvault and Backupexec but other than white > papers it's proving hard to find practical reasons to look at one over > the > other. > > regards, > Paul > -- > Paul Hutchings > Network Administrator, MIRA Ltd. > Tel: 44 (0)24 7635 5378, Fax: 44 (0)24 7635 8378 > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Ryan Finnesey > > Sent: 21 September 2004 04:59 > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Commvault Galaxy > > > > We have been very happy with the product. > > > > > > Ryan > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Moore, Jim > > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 9:25 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Commvault Galaxy > > > > I've been running 5.0 now for about 6 months and evaluated > > 4.2 prior to > > that > > and have been very pleased. They don't write any drivers. > > They use built > > in > > API's provided by the OS and or the application to properly > backup the > > data. > > Tape management and multiple copies (secondary copies) for > DR is full > > featured. Support when needed has been very good. IMHO > nobody does it > > better. Oh yeah it restores too. > > > > Jim Moore > > > > |-----Original Message----- > > |From: Fyodorov, Andrey FTL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > |Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 1:32 PM > > |To: Exchange Discussions > > |Subject: RE: Commvault Galaxy > > | > > |CommVault is a serious backup product, they have a few tiers - > > |the central management server, media servers and the actual > > |backup servers. I have been through a few demos with them but > > |for whatever political reasons the companies I worked for > > |didn't choose CommVault. Even for a demo they usually send a > > |guy or two to install the product and show how it works. > > | > > |They can work with SANs or with backup servers. They sure have > > |pretty good tape management. > > | > > | > > |-----Original Message----- > > |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > |Behalf Of Paul Hutchings > > |Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 2:23 PM > > |To: Exchange Discussions > > |Subject: Commvault Galaxy > > | > > | > > |Apologies for being OT here but I'm sure I've seen this > > |product mentioned on this list, albeit probably in an > > exchange context. > > | > > |We're replacing a bunch of servers in the next few months, > > |including our main fileserver, and may be moving to a SAN > > |solution (Dell AX100). > > | > > |Our experiences with Arcserve have not been too pleasant, so > > |I'm looking at alternaitves. > > | > > |What we want to be able to do is "normal" GFS rotations on an > > |LTO2 library, if we do go the SAN route we would want SAN > > |aware backup software, if we end up replacing with another > > |bunch of servers with direct attached storage we need to be > > |able to back that up via a central backup server which had the > > |tape library attached. > > | > > |I keep hearing good things about Commvault Galaxy - anyone > > |here use it, have any thoughts on ease of use etc? > > | > > |I'm specifically thinking "tape management" - Arcserve doesn't > > |seem very intuitive at saying "todays "special" Friday, take > > |this tape out and take it offsite, insert this tape instead" > > |and things like that. > > | > > |TIA, > > |Paul > > | > > | > > |_________________________________________________________________ > > |List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > |Web Interface: > > |http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&te > > |xt_mode=&lang > > |=english > > |To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > |%%email.unsub%% > > |Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > |To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > > |Jupitermedia Corp. > > |Attn: Discussion List Management > > |475 Park Avenue South > > |New York, NY 10016 > > | > > |Please include the email address which you have been > contacted with. > > | > > | > > |_________________________________________________________________ > > |List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > |Web Interface: > > |http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&te > > |xt_mode=&lang=english > > |To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > |%%email.unsub%% > > |Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > |To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > > |Jupitermedia Corp. > > |Attn: Discussion List Management > > |475 Park Avenue South > > |New York, NY 10016 > > | > > |Please include the email address which you have been > contacted with. > > | > > > > > > Saint Luke's Health System Confidentiality Notice > > Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this e-mail > > transmission is confidential information, proprietary to the > > sender and > > legally protected. 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