Even something semi-formal can be very useful to ensure that they don't provide more or less than what you need for the given price point. (More is fine, as long as it stays within the budget).
Otherwise it becomes hard to compare apples-to-apples across all the vendors *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership* On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 10:26 AM, John Aldrich <[email protected] > wrote: > Not as such. I typically give them a list of my requirements, but I don’t > have a particular document drawn up. > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, December 10, 2009 9:41 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Symantec Backup Exec System Restore 2010 > > > > John, do you have some formal requirements document that you put together > for these vendors so that they can present you with valid options? > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"John Aldrich" <[email protected]> > > *Date: *Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:37:44 -0500 > > *To: *NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > > *Subject: *RE: Symantec Backup Exec System Restore 2010 > > > > Thanks. I’ll look at them. > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* Straub, Patrick [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, December 10, 2009 2:37 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Symantec Backup Exec System Restore 2010 > > > > Have a look at falconstor products: www.falconstor.com > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* John Aldrich [[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 09, 2009 15:58 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Symantec Backup Exec System Restore 2010 > > One of my vendors is proposing using Symantec Backup Exec System Restore to > mirror two SANs. That seems like it would have a LOT of overhead and would > want to take a backup of the “primary” SAN and restore it to the D/R SAN > every time. Considering I’m trying to do this over a WAN link, and not a > dedicated point-to-point link either, I don’t think I want to try backing up > and restoring several terabytes! > > > > Am I mistaken in my understanding? All I want to do is copy the changes > from the “main” SAN to the “D/R” SAN. Would Backup Exec System Restore do > that? > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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