Sorry, but I had to take a second look at the subject line, it appears to be an ad for some kind of pharmaceutical......
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Sean Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > Joe, > > I may take you up on that if you don't mind. I'm not directly involved with > the project, so I'm getting additional details from my colleague. > > From what I know, it appears the project was doomed from the initial > analysis of our environment. We're replacing our backup to tape environment > (Backup Exec) with the Asigra product. The storage at each site is comprised > of IBM NS3200 A20 NAS appliances. Long story short (relatively), two > analysis' have been performed to determine how much storage we need to > accomadate 1 day retention of backups on 'online' storage (using high-speed > fiber channel drives) and then archiving everything to BLM (using large > capacity sata drives). My colleague seems to have to babysit the system > every single day because the online storage keeps running out of space, or > the backup sets have to be re-configured more granularly due to very large > file repositories being backed. We recently added an additional 6TB of BLM > storage and it appears now that's not even enough. With the Asigra's > licensing structure, its very expensive to add additional storage. > > Bottom line, we're starting to question whether this investment is still > financially sound. What are you experiences with the product? Do you > constantly have to manage the application to ensure successful backups? > Again, I only know the high-level details of the environment. I can bring my > colleague in on the conversation if additional details would help. > > - Sean > > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Joe Heaton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sean, >> >> >> >> We’re using the Asigra Televaulting software here. I’d be happy to >> discuss with you. Just let me know if you want to discuss here or offline. >> >> >> >> Joe Heaton >> >> Employment Training Panel >> >> >> >> *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, May 15, 2009 9:05 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Asigra Backup Software >> >> >> >> Has anyone ever used this software that would be willing to share their >> experiences? Good or bad? Based on our experience, I'm going to assume bad, >> but that may be mostly due to the 3rd party consultant firm that recommended >> and designed the solution. >> >> >> >> - Sean >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke Sent from Haslet, TX, United States ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
