Versioning is available depending on the software in use and how much drive space on one wants to buy.
Yes, it's really intended for DR; Veeam, Alfaro and Zerto are all in the same space. <checks subject line>. Yep, still on-topic. On Aug 9, 2013, at 19:35, "Ken Schaefer" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm – this sounds like RAID (and thus DR) rather than backup? Or do you get > versioning at the remote host as well? > > Cheers > Ken > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Daniel Chenault > Sent: Friday, 9 August 2013 11:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Veeam or Altaro? > > After the initial seeding Veeam et al (my experience is with a product called > Zerto) are writing to a vdk at the destination. The piece running on the host > is hooked into the file system. File writes (includes deletion) are mirrored > to the remote vdk. There's nothing to restore. Think of it as RAID 1 for > servers with a manual failover. The solution does require control over DNS > and/or BGP to handle the address change. > There are some other details but that's the 10,000 foot view. > > > > On Aug 9, 2013, at 5:20, "Ken Schaefer" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Haven’t you for more data to restore, which increases the restore time? > > That said, if you’re not using the “offsite storage” option, was does this > give you over Windows Server backup? > > Cheers > Ken > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Daniel Chenault > Sent: Friday, 9 August 2013 10:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Veeam or Altaro? > > All use of resources is done with the idea that it is a trade-off. In this > case there is, as Brian noted, lots of cycles and storage to store full > images ala the subject line products. In this case the payoff in resource > usage is the ability to spin that vm up on a moment's notice without a > potentially lengthy restore process. The advantage bought by spending the > resources is time. > > On Aug 8, 2013, at 12:59, "Brian Desmond" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Seems to me like a lot of storage and cycles for something that might have > very little value if you have the ability to simply redeploy the app and > restore the data. > > Thanks, > Brian Desmond > [email protected] > > w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132 > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Pierre-Marie Camilleri > Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2013 1:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Veeam or Altaro? > > Why? Is there anything wrong in backing up whole VMs? > > Thanks > Pierre > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Brian Desmond > Sent: 08 August 2013 04:04 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Veeam or Altaro? > > Why are you backing up whole VMs versus just protecting specific data? > > Thanks, > Brian Desmond > [email protected] > > w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132 > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Pierre-Marie Camilleri > Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 3:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] Veeam or Altaro? > > Hi all > > Is anyone using Veeam or Altaro for performing backups and restores of VMs? > Would appreciate any feedback, good and bad regarding these products. > > Thanks > Pierre >
