John
We used Symantec in the past and had several issues with it trying to back up large amounts of data, etc. We switched to EMC Networker to handle our disk-to-disk-tape backup and have been very pleased with its speed and performance. Regards. Thomas Thomas Clarke Network Operations Manager/Network Engineer Navigator Development Group, Inc. 116 South Main Street, Suite 214 Enterprise, AL 36330 (334) 347-7612 Ext. 213 FAX (334) 347-2582 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> PPlease consider the environment before printing this e-mail _______________________________________________ CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This message (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (18 U.S.C. sections 2510-2521) This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are the sole property of Navigator Development Group Inc. and/or its affiliates, are confidential, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom this e-mail is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or otherwise have reason to believe that you have received this message in error, any retention, dissemination, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited and is a violation of act 18 U.S.C. sections 2510-2521; please delete this message immediately from your computer, please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error. Any other use, retention, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 11:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backing up SAN to tape Ok... looking for software suggestions for backing up a SAN to tape. Yes, I know it would take forever to restore several terabytes of data, but I'd like to have some sort of "oh, crap! My san died" back up. J Speed of restore is not an issue, simply being able to restore is the issue. I'm looking at a Dell LTO5 tape library and the two options for backup software that *they* offer are CommVault and Symantec Backup Exec. Which of those two would you prefer to use, and which *specific* variety of the specified software would you recommend for backing up a SAN? We will likely be using the SAN for the back-end storage for email (eventually,) but will likely NOT be using MS Exchange (we're a small shop - less than 200 email addresses, and Exchange is too pricey for us!) We will likely be using Kerio Mail Server whenever we bring email in-house. Other than that, it's mainly going to be people's "My Documents" redirected to the shared storage on the SAN, install archives for software and such. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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