We are just finishing a Proof of Concept on Avamar, EMC's deduplication offering. We have not made the decision to purchase, but the testing went very well.
It is better than most deduplication appliances because it actually has it's own backup client, so you can eliminate TSM licenses and shrink your TSM environment as you deploy it. Along with Unix, Windows, and Linux clients, it has special clients for Oracle RMAN, SQL, Exchange, etc. We do not have a goal to eliminate TSM entirely, but it is growing rapidly and Avamar will contain the growth with better efficiency than buying more regular disk and tape. Best Regards, John D. Schneider Phone: 314-364-3150 Cell: 314-750-8721 Email: john.schnei...@mercy.net -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Coles Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:06 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Alternatives to TSM Look at Avamar from EMC. I don't know how expensive it is, and it'll take a re-architecting of your Storage (from tape to Disk), but it's one of many. See Ya' Howard > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf > Of Conway, Timothy > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:31 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [ADSM-L] Alternatives to TSM > > IBM just doubled our maintenance, so we're getting rid of TSM wholesale > and rearchitecting all pending IBM purchases for other platforms. > I had made and won the case for keeping it as our solution despite the > expense, at the level we were at through 2007, but there's no > discussion > for this change. I can't show an instantaneous doubling of the value > derived. An economic downturn is not the time to try to double your > margin on an existing product and customer base. > > Any suggestions? > > > > > 73, > > Tim Conway > Unix sysadmin, TSM admin > Swift & Company > 9705067998 > timothy.con...@jbssa.com > This e-mail contains information which (a) may be PROPRIETARY IN NATURE OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED BY LAW FROM DISCLOSURE, and (b) is intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above. If you are not the addressee, or the person responsible for delivering this to the addressee(s), you are notified that reading, copying or distributing this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender immediately.