DD has a truly GREAT product; however it will not shrink your backup window if that is a concern. The backup application still has to send ALL of the data to the DD device for every full backup that you do. Avamar will shrink your backup window, as the De-dup is source based, not target based. The downside to Avamar is that it is a rip and replace of your existing backup strategy. If you LOVE your backup process and are only seeking to replace your failed tape library, then Avamar won't be a good fit. However, if you've had headaches with your backup process/app, your data footprint is growing (whose isn't), and you're considering changing your backup app, I would recommend you consider Avamar.
Also, EMC purchased DD, so I would be cautious about investing in the DD product until you see what EMC does with the product line... http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2009/20090723-01.htm HTH - Cheers, Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com<BLOCKED::mailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com> www.eaglemds.com<BLOCKED::http://www.eaglemds.com/> ________________________________ From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 7:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disk based backup +1 We have a DD530 here and it has been well worth the cost. A quick glance at the nightly emails shows that I threw about 2.8TB of raw data at it last Friday that took about 50GB or so of actual disk space. ________________________________ From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Mon 9/14/2009 6:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disk based backup Check out Data Domain. From: Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com] Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 3:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Disk based backup Hi guys, I did a search on subject headings for this year to see if I could find anything about this, but nothing jumped out at me. I have a 1-1/2 year old Tandberg Data T24 storage library and the drive just bit the dust six months out of warranty. Tandberg has told me (as expected,) "If it turns out the repair and service agreement is close to the cost of a new unit, that might serve as an option for you as well." Before I go down the route of fix or replace I'm wondering if I should look into disk based backup? I'm looking to backup about 1.5 TB per night in a window that is about six hours in length between backup and verify. Anyone have disk based backup that's fast and working for them? Thanks, Evan ________________________________ Any medical information contained in this electronic message is CONFIDENTIAL and privileged. It is unlawful for unauthorized persons to view, copy, disclose, or disseminate CONFIDENTIAL information. This electronic message may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) and/or entity named as recipients in the message. If you are not an intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and delete this material from your computer. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message, and do not disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on the information that it contains. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
