On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Len Boyle <len.bo...@sas.com> wrote:
> With the new backup support for what was called pure disk the backup data > is going to disk and only the changed blocks. But if I understand things the > netapp would have to have code installed on it that would understand the > pure disk api. > What Symantec is actually recommending now is to use a traditional Unix or Windows client and NFS-mount or CIFS-mount the data. Then do your normal backups to a PureDisk storage unit and do continuous incrementals and synthetic fulls. With the new PD code, a synthetic full only does pointer changes so they got like a bat out of... As an extra bonus, because you're using a non-NDMP client, you can restore the file to anywhere, not just the same NDMP type of host that you started from. As a double-added bonus, a Unix or Windows license (list $2,595 to $6,095 for x86/x64 clients) is a LOT cheaper than an NDMP license, especially if you a have big filer (list $3,500 to $15,500). The de-dupe option is VERY pricey though at $5k per front-end TB (MSRP). In our environment, we're about 180TB of used space at the moment. The list price of backup it all up with de-dupe would top a million bucks with the media servers and the de-dupe licenses. And that doesn't include the disk to put it to. .../Ed Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD, SCSP, SCSE ewi...@ewilts.org Linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ewilts>
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