Hi, Yes, as I said. I am a RHCE as well, but I will vote for Solaris with NetBackup. If you have Solaris in place, stick with it further, it is going to be a better choice.
On 10/6/07, Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I see no difference in support from Veritas for Solaris or Linux. My > opinion, of course. > > > > I disagree. New features have typically been released on Solaris first > with Linux to follow. For example, doing Windows Flash Backups was > initially supported on a Windows master server, then a Solaris master > server, and then eventually a Linux master. In terms of FlashBackup > clients, Linux doesn't support this option until NBU 6.5. Ditto with > Linux ACL support – that's 6.5 as well. We're doing FlashBackups on > Solaris today but have to wait until we upgrade to 6.5 before our Linux > clients can catch up. Even then, only ext3 support is there – not even VxFS > on Linux! > > > > If you're going to live on the leading edge, then Solaris is certainly a > better choice than Linux. > > That said, we have a Solaris master and a Linux master. The Linux master > is in a remote office and is running on an Intel platform where Sun wasn't a > politically acceptable choice. It has not yet caused us any grief but the > environment is small enough that just about anything would work. > > > > FWIW, we've seen similar cases with Veritas VVR support – it's **much** > better on Solaris than Linux. > > > > Solaris, at least for a while, will continue to be the enterprise platform > of choice for the majority of customers. I expect this to change over > time. I'm a Red Hat Certified Engineer so don't put me in the Linux hater > camp. > > > > …/Ed > > > > -- > > Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD > > Mounds View, MN, USA > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Veritas-bu maillist - [email protected] > http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu > >
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