On Friday I saw an interesting presentation on VMWare, EMC hardware and Avamar backups.
The most interesting part was the Avamar - they claimes some pretty wild numbers for de-duplication and backups, using hashing, block-level backups and such. They're apparently a recent acquisition for EMC. I'll be looking at them to supplement or replace our Tivoli installation - probably coupled with an offsite presence. Kurt On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Michael B. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Welcome to DPM VSS block-level backups... > > When did all this S3/cheap-remote-storage stuff come about? Sheesh. I've > obviously been hiding under a rock. I see some wonderful applications here I > need to think through... > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > MCSE/Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:08 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > Subject: RE: online backups > > I like this part: > What are block-level file updates? > When updating existing files, Amazon S3 requires you to upload the entire > file rather than just the changed portions. > For large files, this can mean gigabytes of uploads for only a few kilobytes > of changes. Uploading the unchanged data takes time and also costs money, as > Amazon charges for each gigabyte uploaded. > The block-level update feature of Jungle Disk Plus allows you to upload only > the changed portions of large files, saving time and bandwidth. > Jungle Disk Plus uses a technique similar to rsync to detect the changed > parts of a file and upload only those changed parts to the Jungle Disk Plus > server, which then combines the changes with the original file to update > your file. > Block-level updates are important for backing up large files such as Outlook > PST files, databases, or other files that change regularly by only by a > small amount relative to the overall size of the file. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 5:38 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: online backups > > On 30 Mar 2008 at 14:18, Micheal Espinola Jr wrote: > > > Amazon's S3 service. > > Concur. I'm using them now with JungleDisk ($20 1-time cost for unlimited > PCs > on each account). > > ------- Included Stuff Follows ------- > Amazon.com: Amazon S3, Amazon Simple Storage Service, > Unlimited Online Storage: Amazon Web Services > http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=16427261 > ... > United States > > Storage > $0.15 per GB-Month of storage used > > Data Transfer > $0.10 per GB - all data transfer in > $0.18 per GB - first 10 TB / month data transfer out > $0.16 per GB - next 40 TB / month data transfer out > $0.13 per GB - data transfer out / month over 50 TB > > Requests > $0.01 per 1,000 PUT or LIST requests > $0.01 per 10,000 GET and all other requests* > * No charge for delete requests > --------- Included Stuff Ends --------- > > Europe is slightly more expensive. > > HTH > > -- > Angus Scott-Fleming > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > 1-520-290-5038 > +-----------------------------------+ > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
