[THIN] Re: OT: Backup Software
- From: "Greg Reese" <gareese@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:48:38 -0500
Yes, Amanda is open source but there are companies out there commercializing
it. Zmanda is a decent one from what I can tell. I have never used them
but I know a guy at Raytheon who does. www.zmanda.com
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Evan Mann <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Amanda is the open source product? While they sell a supported version
> (support is a requirement), the server only runs on NIX, and I'm not
> interested in adding NIX into the environment and the management overhead it
> incurs.
>
> Has anyone used/trialed MS Data Protecting? Pricing is very attractive and
> it would cover Windows/SQL/Exchange. I could use Vizioncore's products for
> the VMware side of things.
>
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> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Greg Reese
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:45 AM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: OT: Backup Software
>
> I think Microsoft's Data Protection manager look interesting. I also think
> Amanda backup looks like something worth trying.
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:41 AM, Evan Mann <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Looking for opinions on SMB backup solutions. My past 5 1/5 years of
>> backup experience are with CommVault, but I think it's going to be too
>> pricey and complex for the environment. Prior to CommVault, I used
>> ARCServe, but I think it was v8 or 9, and it's now up to 12.
>>
>> I have a few calls lined up to go over ARCServe and Backup
>> Exec/NetBackup. Does anyone have suggestions on other products to look
>> at? The environment consists of a couple physical Windows Server boxes,
>> a bunch of virtual Windows Boxes running on VMware. Something that
>> works with VCB would be nice. The Tape drive in use is a LAN or FC
>> connected LTO3 library. I also have 2 Apple Xserve RAID arrays which are
>> FC connected SCSI arrays (they present as LUNs to VMware) and I am
>> hosting VM's on the Xserve RAIDs on those LUNs. All actual file storage
>> is done inside of a Windows VM.
>>
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