We haven't renewed our maintenance agreements with them for years now and might... just might look for something to replace BackUp Exec.
_____________________________ Cameron Cooper Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 [email protected] | www.aurico.com From: Don Ely [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backing up SAN to tape I've been using CV for years... I will never buy another Symancrap product again... On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Joseph Heaton <[email protected]> wrote: Well, if you're like me, then the Symancrap option is the one that doesn't exist. We currently use CommVault here, and are pretty happy with it. >>> Don Ely <[email protected]> 6/23/2010 9:15 AM >>> It is and it should be obvious... On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Joseph Heaton <[email protected]> wrote: > Is this a Don sarcastic response? And if so, then which of the two > options he listed doesn't really exist in Don's mind? > > >>> Don Ely <[email protected]> 6/23/2010 9:06 AM >>> > I see only one option in your list for backup software... > > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 9:04 AM, John Aldrich > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > 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. > > > > > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ 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/> ~ ~ 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/> ~
