erg. Meant to include: Mine doesn't change, but mine is internal, too, so I am not certain about my assertion.
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Jonathan Link <jonathan.l...@gmail.com>wrote: > I don't think the RDX would change like a USB drive. > It's much like any removable media drive, the drive has a letter, and is > waiting for media to be inserted. > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Joseph Heaton <jhea...@dfg.ca.gov>wrote: > >> Interesting info on the RD1000. I'm hoping they've improved a bit over >> the last couple of years, in regards to the drive letter issue. We've got >> our Dell rep sending us a server with an internal and an external RD1000 for >> us to play with, so we'll see if it plays nice with our CommVault software. >> >> >>> "Angus Scott-Fleming" <angu...@geoapps.com> 3/22/2010 2:55 PM >>> >> On 22 Mar 2010 at 9:27, Joseph Heaton wrote: >> >> > Anyone have any experience with Dell's RD1000 system? We're going to be >> > changing out servers in our field offices, and the removable drive >> systems >> > seem like a much more cost-effective backup solution for these small >> offices >> > than a tape drive. We're also looking at a version of this system where >> we >> > can have 2 drives, for one or two of our larger offices. >> > >> > Any input as far as personal experiences, ease of use, etc would be much >> > appreciated. >> >> I ran into one client 2-3 years who had one, they had many problems with >> it. >> Since it's a USB drive, Windows treats it as a temporary drive. Backup >> systems >> don't like it when the drive letter can change. I suppose that by using >> the >> USBDLM utility I posted a few days ago you might be able to overcome that >> problem now. >> >> One of my other clients has a CMS Velocity2 eSATA external system which is >> a >> dual-drive system. One drive acts as the primary backup drive and one is >> a >> mirror copy. You back up from the server to the primary and the CMS >> system >> mirrors it. You remove the secondary and take it offsite, rotating in >> another >> drive which is then mirrored from the primary. Since it's eSATA, you >> don't >> have the drive-letter issues that my other client had with the RD1000. >> >> Velocity2 Redundant Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions from CMS >> Products >> http://www.cmsproducts.com/product_velocity2_raid2.htm >> >> It just takes standard SATA2 drives, no special carrier mount needed, and >> it's >> hot-swap. The client has an armored case for each off-site spare drive. >> >> HTH >> >> Angus >> >> PS I'm looking at backup systems for remote offices which will mirror >> offsite >> back to the home office. That way we get the advantage of offsite backup >> without the personnel cost of having someone remote swapping drives and >> carrying them offsite, and we don't pay MozyPro or AmazonS3 or Carbonite's >> per- >> gig charges. Still haven't settled on something yet. >> >> >> -- >> Angus Scott-Fleming >> GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona >> 1-520-290-5038 >> Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ >> >> >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
