Yep, definitely would want to exit the tape scene as soon as possible. I was really looking at the Synology for the flexibility of either eSATA or NAS connectivity. There may be even more cost-effective solutions, but we've had great luck so far with the one Synology NAS we purchased.
Roger Wright ___ "The internet is a great way to get on the net." – Bob Dole On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Paul Hutchings <[email protected]> wrote: > How come you're looking at NAS rather than just shovelling a few 2tb > drives in your backup server? > > I'm looking into doing something very similar myself (we use > Commvault/Simpana) and the rule of thumb on disk space, assuming you're > not paying per Tb stored, is disk is cheap, and with dedupe rates what > they are for average data, you'd be mad not to shovel in as much as you > can afford and leave tape as the very last resort. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Wright [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 04 February 2011 18:08 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Dedupe Thoughts? > > I'm looking at some options for a "poor man's" deduplication system for > backups. A Data Domain or Exagrid solution would be preferred but not > feasible at this time. > > We're currently backing up a little over 4 TB to LTO3 tape and have > outgrown our backup window, library capacity, and RTO. > > I'm thinking of using BE 2010's Deduplication option for the engine and > something like the Synology DS1511+ with 5 - 2GB drives for 8 TB of > storage (w/RAID5 or just a hot spare). Then I could offload to tape for > off-site storage or script replication to another unit at a branch > office. > > Any best practices thoughts for sizing the storage for the deduped data? > Does it just depend on the ratio achieved and the storage and the number > of backup sets retained? One nice thing about the Synology system is it > can be easily expanded to up to 15 disks. > > A Data Domain or Exagrid solution would be preferred but not feasible at > this time. > > > Roger Wright > ___ > > "The internet is a great way to get on the net." - Bob Dole > > ~ 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 > > > -- > MIRA Ltd > > Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England > Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 > VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 > > The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of > the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete > it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, > forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is prohibited. > > ~ 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
