Well if you would use the Avamar as an independant product and not make it a
dedupe storage node in NetWorker then you only have to buy one "Tape Out"
NetWorker client. If you use it as an integrated Networker storage node then
yes you do have to pay for every client connection.
I'm not sure if EMC has quite finished the Tape Out feature though, ask your
EMC sales rep for its availability.... But in theory you can roll it
yourself.... 2 TB avamar AVE, replicate 2TB to the AVE, shut the instance move
it to tape, rinse and repeat.
Alec
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-----Original Message-----
From: Francis Swasey <Frank.Swasey AT UVM DOT EDU>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:28:07
To: <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: [Networker] Avamar
Hey Joel,
That's the same plan the EMC sales force told me about -- but that means you
now have paid for
the AVAMAR solution and also have to pay for a NetWorker client license for
each one of your
guests. Hence I'm in agreement with Alec. As I need to expand the licenses to
cover my
guests, I'm going to be switching to the Virtual Server license model --
because I have to run
the NetWorker client on each guest anyway with the current EMC dedupe product
(so I can get a
off-site clone copy on tape per requirements).
Frank
On 7/1/09 10:13 AM, Joel Fisher wrote:
> Hey Siobhan,
>
> My thinking for the lack of tape out, is that I would just run one
> backup a month to regular tape. That fits well with how we do it now.
> Is that still feasible with avamar?
>
> Thank you for your response.
>
> Joel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
> On
> Behalf Of Siobhan Ellis
> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 4:57 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Avamar
>
> It works
> It's good for virtual environments
> It has no tape out facility worth speaking about... so think about your
> retention periods.
>
> Siobhan Ellis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
> On
> Behalf Of Joel Fisher
> Sent: Wednesday, 1 July 2009 6:54 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] Avamar
>
> Hey Guys,
>
>
>
> We are getting ready to ink the deal on a big VMware environment, but
> the outstanding issue is still... how do we back it all up.
>
>
>
> To protect the VMDKs we are planning on doing snapshots and replication
> within our storage arrays. But the problem is that we have a
> requirement to provide file level restore capability, and we don't want
> to spend hours of admin time mounting VMDK snapshots and restoring
> individual files.
>
>
>
> Conceptually, avamar seems like the "perfect" backup solution for a
> VMware environment. Global dedup, minimize server resources used for
> the backup, etc... But I've never used it, so can someone who has had
> some hands on experience give me some insight on whether it really
> works, and what the draw backs are. How well does it tie into
> networker. We are currently 7.4.4(with lots of patches)
>
>
>
> Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>
>
> As far as scale goes... we will probably top out at 600-700 guests
> factoring in some creep.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Joel
>
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