I should have added that we lost 500 GB of storage due to heat issues last
week.  All of that was dedicated to workstation backup storage.  That was a
third of the storage that server had.

Jon

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> The EDU discount may change that for me.  It is the only reason I enjoy
> working in this environment, otherwise it really is not fun.  I am hoping
> that it is good and will save me having to pay for a replacement for our
> existing software package.
>
> jon
>
>   On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Tim Vander Kooi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
>>  I looked at ExaGrid about a year and a half ago. I couldn't come up with
>> valid justification for spending that kind of money on a disk backup system,
>> when I could purchase disk from EqualLogic or NetApp for less cost and use
>> it for many different purposes.
>>
>> TVK
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:03 AM
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Re: ExaGrid
>>
>>
>>
>> How are you liking the ExaGrid system?  We have not got the money in place
>> but I still need to look at this as we are going to have to change our
>> existing backup solution, it does not do VM's nor does it do 2008.  Since we
>> dropped support last year we are looking at this one to even get rid of
>> tapes as well.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:08 AM, John Hornbuckle <
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> No responses... I may be the first one here to give them a shot! If so,
>> I'll report back my experiences.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Hornbuckle
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 4:08 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: ExaGrid
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience with ExaGrid's disk-based backups? I'm
>> about fed up with tape drives, and we're in the market for some new
>> servers. I'm contemplating ordering them without tape drives and using
>> something like what ExaGrid is offering instead.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> John Hornbuckle
>> MIS Department
>> Taylor County School District
>> 318 North Clark Street
>> Perry, FL 32347
>>
>> www.taylor.k12.fl.us
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