That's about right. We had been with CV for some time, but the annual maintenance costs about the same as moving to another vendor's product. DPM would be about ½ again what BUE would cost and very competitive under the EA. And I REALLY want to move to D2D2T, even if it's on the cheap!
Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 ____ Living on Earth may be expensive, but it includes an annual free trip around the Sun. From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 1:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DPM 2007 vs BUE/Commvault/etc ? And for only 1000% of the price! :-P From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: DPM 2007 vs BUE/Commvault/etc ? CV can do the same as DPM and probably better... On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Roger Wright <HYPERLINK "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We're in the middle of a evaluation of BUE12 and although it works okay, I'm disappointed that it can only send 1 job at a time to tape. With over 2.5 TBs on 25+ servers, it would be great to be able to backup to disk to minimize the backup window and speed restores, and then archive to tape as convenient. It appears switching to Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2007 could provide significant cost savings for us, perhaps enough to allow moving to a low-end D2D2T system in the process. Anyone have comments for/against using DPM rather than conventional backup packages such as BUE, Commvault, ARCserve, etc.? TIA... Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 ____ "I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants." - A. Whitney Brown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
