We are in the process of upgrading our aging SDLT tape library and
switching to LTO-3. At the same time we're also considering adding
staged disk-based backups to our environment. What are other people's
experience with disk-based backups? Should we consider using Networker's
built-in staging or instead look at a Virtual Tape Library. Is iSCSI
sufficient for staging, or is something faster more appropriate? We have
about 2 TB total disk capacity in our servers, and that will only grow.
Our backups are taking longer and longer so we're interesting in finding
ways to improve things.

 

Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

 


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