Okay, my estimate was a little low. We have one server with 300000 files that generates a 212 KB catalog. We only have something like 200 tapes in storage at any given time. Asking a vendor to whom we pay $1000 or more a month to keep 42 MB worth of catalogs in a database for us isn't outrageous, is it?
-----Original Message----- From: Ryan Malayter Posted At: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:28 PM Posted To: Windows NT/2000 List Conversation: BackupExec and offsite storage vendors Subject: RE: BackupExec and offsite storage vendors That's correct. BackupExec tape catalogs (which list the directory, size, and name of every file in the backup session) are typically only a few K. -----Original Message----- From: Elkins.Justin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 2:59 PM Posted To: Windows NT/2000 List Conversation: BackupExec and offsite storage vendors Subject: RE: BackupExec and offsite storage vendors I think that Ryan is just looking for the vendor to catalog the tapes this would just take a relatively small log file. They vender would have time involved in cataloging. Am I wrong on this. -----Original Message----- From: Wes Owen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 1:46 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: BackupExec and offsite storage vendors I would think that would be prohibitively expensive as it would be labor intensive and require massive amounts of storage. -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Malayter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 2:17 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: BackupExec and offsite storage vendors Does anyone know of an offsite storage vendor that will take a BackupExec (or other backup software) catalog and store it in their tape-management database? In a way that you could know the exact contents of a tape before calling it out of storage? Our current provider is all paper-based. We were looking at Iron Mountain, which has some web-based tape management, but they don't offer a cataloging service. (Their no-tape, backup over-the-internet LiveVault service does offer such features, but WOW was it expensive and bandwidth intensive). Am I totally dreaming thinking that someone might offer this feature? :::Ryan Malayter :::Network Engineer :::Bank Administration Institute :::Chicago, Illinois, USA :::PGP Key: http://www.malayter.com/pgp-public.txt ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are NOT the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
