I've used Amanda, NetBackup and a couple home-grown solutions.  Amanda 
is a pain in the ass and not very flexible at all.  I would not 
recommend it at all.

I actually think veritas is very easy to use though, so we may just be 
living on different worlds.

:)

George

On Thursday, November 22, 2001, at 04:00 PM, Joseph P Frazee wrote:

> I currently use Veritas NB for backups on no more than 5 machines. 
> There is consideration of expanding this, but there will never be any 
> time in the future when we will backup more than 15 machines more 
> likely 6 or 7, half of which are critical and backed up frequently.
>
> Veritas is more of a chore then it is nice in this situation. Its ease 
> of use and scalability does not show through.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to what might be a better and/or 
> cheaper alternative. I think we are currently wasting money and 
> resources.
>
> Layout:
> Multiplatform (Solaris, Linux, Windows NT)
> Tape Library DLT -- Storagetek 9730 w/ 2 Quantum 7000 DLT's
> Nearly all computers are in one central location
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Joseph P Frazee
> frazee.23 AT osu DOT edu
>
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