Re: [Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain

2011-02-16 Thread Sesar, Steven L.
, February 15, 2011 5:40 PM To: Ed Wilts; Fred M Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain I don't buy that rational. How often do you think you are going to turn over an appliance? It is more likely you will add to the pool of appliances. I know we

Re: [Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain

2011-02-16 Thread Lightner, Jeff
-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Sesar, Steven L. Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 12:13 PM To: Marelas, Peter; Ed Wilts; Fred M Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain Most firms

[Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain

2011-02-16 Thread mitch808
PureDisk is def cheaper up front. However, dedupe rates and ingest performance are no where near what a DD box can do. Factor in also, if you did you Older, servers, what is the 3,4, and 5 yr maintenance costs on that, for those servers? Not to mention the storage. IMO, while a higher up

Re: [Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain

2011-02-15 Thread William Brown
When I looked at these options a couple of years ago a key difference that mattered to us was that the PureDisk appliance was not 'owned' by any NetBackup domain. That meant several domains can use the same appliance, and so e.g. to replicate both ways between 2 DCs a pair of appliances was

Re: [Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain

2011-02-15 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Fred M 77fre...@gmail.com wrote: My employer is requesting I evaluate PureDisk and DataDomain for de-duplication. One of the selling advantages of the PureDisk appliances is that you only buy the de-dupe licenses once. All hardware eventually gets old. When

Re: [Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain

2011-02-15 Thread Martin, Jonathan
. -Jonathan From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 11:46 AM To: Fred M Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain On Wed, Feb 9, 2011

Re: [Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain

2011-02-15 Thread Marelas, Peter
[mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2011 3:46 AM To: Fred M Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Fred M 77fre...@gmail.commailto:77fre...@gmail.com wrote: My

Re: [Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain

2011-02-14 Thread Pat McDonald
To: Fred M Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain We use both here and have been for over 4 years. We use Data Domain for all of our data center backups and Puredisk (the original appliance based version) for all

Re: [Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain

2011-02-14 Thread Jack . Forester
: +1.304.554.6039 Cell: +1.412.805.5313 From: Pat McDonald pat_mcdon...@symantec.com To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Cc: Pat McDonald pat_mcdon...@symantec.com Date: 02/14/2011 10:52 AM Subject:Re: [Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain Sent by:veritas-bu-boun

Re: [Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain

2011-02-10 Thread Mark Glazerman
-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Fred M Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 10:14 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain Hi all, My employer is requesting I evaluate PureDisk

[Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain

2011-02-09 Thread Fred M
Hi all, My employer is requesting I evaluate PureDisk and DataDomain for de-duplication. While I can setup a demo of each and get the numbers, and ask the sales guys what makes them great and why their competitors aren't, I can't trust that is nothing more than sales drivel. So, I ask you expert