I just attended a Commvault demo yesterday at their Oceanport HQ
yesterday and had a chance to go over a lot of their features. So far
I'm very happy with what I've seen. Not having an in house demo install
(something they are very reluctant to give us) is a sticking point so I
need to reach out to others for practical feedback.
They talk about their ability to resume backups based on checkpoints of
data blocks already processed to tape (or another location). This is
something that would really matter to me. For one thing I wouldn't need
to purchase a spare tape drive that sits idle waiting for restore
operations like I currently have and would have to buy in my new
library. Since restores are a higher priority the backup or duplication
job would pause, the tape being written to would eject, the restore tape
would load and run and then the previous operation would start where it
left off.
I questioned Commvault heavily about this feature and they swear it
works as advertised. I've since had an external source say that it kind
of works but not nearly as well as Commvault claims. Who has experience
with this feature and what are your thoughts on it?
- Jer
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