I wanted to thank everyone who responded to my
request for information.  The responses have helped
convince us to go with a Solaris master server.
This is what I was most comfortable with,
and we now know that we will not be giving up
anything significant by making this choice.

I am very pleased to know that there is such a knowledgeable
and helpful group who are willing to help a new-comer to
the world of Veritas backups.

Thanks,

Mark

Mark Riedesel
Systems Manager/DBA
Sloan School of Management
MIT
mried AT mit DOT edu





On Wednesday, September 25, 2002, at 02:15 PM, Mark Riedesel wrote:

> We are about to purchase Vertias NetBackup DataCenter for our mix of 
> Solaris, Windows and Linux
> servers and our Oracle databases.  Our IT director favors Windows for
> the master server since it is less expensive and he was told it is the 
> better choice
> since the Windows version is better supported and has more features.
>
> However, I am going to be responsible for administering this system 
> and while I have many
> years experience with Unix administration, I have only user-level 
> experience with
> Windows.  Would I be well-advised to advocate using a Solaris master 
> server instead,
> or is Windows really the better choice?  We have only the Dell and 
> Veritas salesmen's advice to
> go on at this point.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
> Mark Riedesel
> Systems Manager/DBA
> Sloan School of Management
> MIT
> mried AT mit DOT edu
>
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