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Overland NEO4100 vs ADIC Scalar 100 & CommVault Galaxy Vs Legato Networker
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| Hi all,
We are looking to backup 3 windows boxes...
1 x Win 2003 SATA RAID box (Up to 8TB Storage) - OEM Solution
1 x Exchange 2000 (10GB DB)
1 x W2K DC (Active Directory) - Small AD DB!
We have a 48 backup window (with verification) to backup our current
3TB raw data, exchange and AD DB.
The two resellers, which for obvious reasons I will not quote have
come up with the following specs...
Reseller 1...
Overland NEO 4100 / LTO2 x2 / 60 data slots, & 1-slot mailbox
(£19,000)
CommVault Galaxy backup (£8,500)...
1 Universal Edition CommServe StorageManager for a Windows server.
1 MediaAgent for a Windows NT or 2000 server.
2 x Drive Management Software (priced per drive)
1 iDataAgent for an Active Directory Server.
1 iDataAgent (mailbox level) for an Exchange Server.
1 iDataAgent for Windows Server (NT, W2K, W2K3).
1 license for Open File Manager for Windows Server.
5 Days install & handover
Reseller 2...
ADIC Scalar 100 / LTO2 x2 /60 data slots & 12-slot mailbox. (£15,000)
NetWorker Server for W2K/NT, Includes 9 clients - (£11,000)
Auto Changer 1-60 Slots
NetWorker Module for Microsoft Exchange Server, Windows Client, Tier 2
NetWorker Open File Manager, 1 Client, Server, Windows and NetWare
Legato Media Kit
5 Days install & handover
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Your comments, suggestions on the hardware, software and pricing would
be very much appreciated!
Thanks!
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| BackupGurus 2004-07-06, 2:17 pm |
| RL,
Nice solutions; however, keep in mind that the NEO and any other D2D backup solutions just mask the fact that you're backing up to disk from the backup software/backup server.
Backup Exec V8+ and Netbackup V3.2+ both allow direct D2D backups with all of the other benefits of tape backups (selectable time windows for backups, cataloging/selective restores, etc.). If you have an OEM storage array why not look into purchasing another OEM 8 Tb+ backup box and point your backup software to the new storage server to create D2D backups?
However, I'd side with their 2XLTO-2 solution for offsite replicas but drop the D2D backup appliances. With a small time investment in setting up backup-software native D2D you could easily save your company thousands of pounds vs. buying a NEO.
Finally, the storage industry is pulling the wool over our eyes with D2D backups. This allows Overland and many other companies to take commodity ATA storage and mark it up 100%+ in cost through simple, usually Linux-based, software additions.
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