You mind expanding on the licensing changes? We use the product here, and I'd like to know what we may be in for...
-sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 4:56 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Backup solution options > > Esteemed gurus, > > I need some suggestions. We currently use Simpana 8 from CommVault for > our backup solution. They are changing their licensing model, and the result > would be that we would basically have to repurchase the product, all over > again, in order to "upgrade" to the new licensing/feature set. We're not real > keen on that idea, so I've been asked to research other options for our > backup. > > Here's how we do our backups currently: > > Nightly incrementals to a disk array connected to our backup server. > Weekly full backups, again to the disk array. > Weekly copy to tape jobs, which are then sent to an offsite office for 42 days. > Monthly copy to tape jobs, which are then sent to Iron Mountain for 400 > days. > > Our environment consists of: > > Lots of VMWare guests (running the latest ESXi, and we're in the process of > re-implementing the VCB process) Windows clusters Linux boxes, with a > couple different flavors of Linux Novell boxes - the only thing we're worried > about here is the datavol being backed up. > > We do have SQL boxes, but we're doing "flat file" backups, running > scheduled SQL backups, then backing up the backup file. > No Exchange boxes atm, still on Groupwise, which we will be taking care of > separately. > > > > Overall, our weekly fulls are around 10TB right now, and twice a year we have > a job that backs up an additional 6-7TB. We're using a Dell TL4000 tape library > for our backups, 4 drives, SAS connection to the backup server, LTO4 tapes. > > > > Thanks for any suggestions you guys may have, and if you need other info, > just let me know. > > > Joe > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
