Sorry if this is a naive question but what is the benefit of RDX over LTO? We backup sufficient that LTO is the only viable tape option so I'm not familiar with RDX but at a quick glance the cartridges look damned expensive.
Presumably the benefit is that the base device looks to be cheap vs. an LTO drive/library? ________________________________ From: Bob Hartung [[email protected]] Sent: 04 August 2011 9:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RDX Removable Disk Drive I'm currently using Arcserve and an LTO2 tape drive to backup a remote site. We do use a GFS rotation of 22 tapes. Having worked with RD1000 (which is probably a relabeld Quantum drive), would you see any issues with using the RD1000 (or this kind of technology) as a replacement for the LTO2 tape drive? I checked and Arcserve supports the Quantum RDX. ---------------------- Bob Hartung Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com Website: www.wiscoind.com ________________________________ From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:12:02 -0500 Subject: RE: RDX Removable Disk Drive I recently deployed a Dell RD1000 (quite possibly the same with a different label) for a small client I still support. So far I can’t say anything too bad about it. Setup took only a few minutes. I could not use the included software because it did not natively support Exchange without additional licensing, but Windows Backup has worked fine and the device simply appears as a drive. One of their employees changes the drive every day and puts it in a Pelican case to take offsite for the night. The one thing I did do, was buy two devices and some extra drives. They store the spares off site. I was afraid that 5 years from now, (when they are still using it because they only refresh when something breaks), the main one gets stolen or damaged and I can’t find a replacement to restore quickly. This way they have one to plug in and pull a restore from another machine. BF From: Bob Hartung [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RDX Removable Disk Drive I've got a Dell PowerVault 110T LTO2 tape drive that has failed and was out of warranty so I have to replace the whole thing. As a possible alternative, I've been looking at the Quantum RDX Removable Disk Drive. The price of an PowerVault 110T LTO3 tape drive and the cost of the RDX with 22 cartridges aren't that far apart. Does anyone have any experience with these units? I'd appreciate any feedback. Thanks. ---------------------- Bob Hartung Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com Website: www.wiscoind.com<http://www.wiscoind.com> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- MIRA Ltd Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is prohibited. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
