> I need to backup 5 Windows NT Servers over a Frame-Relay 384kb WAN to a
> centralized site, total of about 10 Gigbytes of data.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience with any product?  In addition to NT
> Servers, I have 1 Novell Server and one IBM AS/400 in the central office home
> headquarters where all of our IS Staff is located. I need to perform a remote
> backup of five NT Servers (a!
>  utomatic, unattended, and scheduled at night...of course) over a WAN.  Any
> comments, suggestions, experiences????  Backing up about 10 Gigbytes total.
> >
> > I was thinking of using IBM's ADSTAR  Distributed Storage Manager (ADSM) for
> AS/400.  According to product literature, it will back up NT Server clients to
> AS/400 Tape devices which run faster and have higher storage capacities than
> Server products. Doe!
>  s anyone have any experience with this product?  I was hoping it would allow
> me to standardize on one backup solution for all servers, locations, etc....
>
> The plan was to have the AS400 concurrently backup all 5 remote site NT
> servers to disk on the As400, and then flush it out to tape when
> finished.  The next night we would resuse the same disk space on the
> AS400 and keep using it as a buffer.  We plan to use an AS400 high speed
> tape drive 3590 with an autoloader.
>
> Is anyone out there doing anything similar over a WAN?  How about
> locally backing up NT servers to the AS400 using ADSM?
>
> Any advice, warnings, gotcha's, or comments would greatly be
> appreciated. I'd be happy to converse by telephone or email.
>
> Herb Garcia
> (203) 326-6055
> Connecticut, USA
>
> Pitney Bowes Management Services
> Manager, Distributed Computing
>