I don't think the RDX would change like a USB drive. It's much like any removable media drive, the drive has a letter, and is waiting for media to be inserted. On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Joseph Heaton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Interesting info on the RD1000. I'm hoping they've improved a bit over the > last couple of years, in regards to the drive letter issue. We've got our > Dell rep sending us a server with an internal and an external RD1000 for us > to play with, so we'll see if it plays nice with our CommVault software. > > >>> "Angus Scott-Fleming" <[email protected]> 3/22/2010 2:55 PM >>> > On 22 Mar 2010 at 9:27, Joseph Heaton wrote: > > > Anyone have any experience with Dell's RD1000 system? We're going to be > > changing out servers in our field offices, and the removable drive > systems > > seem like a much more cost-effective backup solution for these small > offices > > than a tape drive. We're also looking at a version of this system where > we > > can have 2 drives, for one or two of our larger offices. > > > > Any input as far as personal experiences, ease of use, etc would be much > > appreciated. > > I ran into one client 2-3 years who had one, they had many problems with > it. > Since it's a USB drive, Windows treats it as a temporary drive. Backup > systems > don't like it when the drive letter can change. I suppose that by using > the > USBDLM utility I posted a few days ago you might be able to overcome that > problem now. > > One of my other clients has a CMS Velocity2 eSATA external system which is > a > dual-drive system. One drive acts as the primary backup drive and one is a > mirror copy. You back up from the server to the primary and the CMS system > mirrors it. You remove the secondary and take it offsite, rotating in > another > drive which is then mirrored from the primary. Since it's eSATA, you don't > have the drive-letter issues that my other client had with the RD1000. > > Velocity2 Redundant Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions from CMS > Products > http://www.cmsproducts.com/product_velocity2_raid2.htm > > It just takes standard SATA2 drives, no special carrier mount needed, and > it's > hot-swap. The client has an armored case for each off-site spare drive. > > HTH > > Angus > > PS I'm looking at backup systems for remote offices which will mirror > offsite > back to the home office. That way we get the advantage of offsite backup > without the personnel cost of having someone remote swapping drives and > carrying them offsite, and we don't pay MozyPro or AmazonS3 or Carbonite's > per- > gig charges. Still haven't settled on something yet. > > > -- > Angus Scott-Fleming > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > 1-520-290-5038 > Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
