Ironically, people who are *used to* TSM, swear by TSM. People who are
*used to* NetBackup swear by it...

Personally, if I were not using NetBackup, I'd go for something that is
actually better.... TSM, NBU and (to some extent) NetWorker are so
similar these days, that there really isn't much more to it, except what
you're used to using. Every interface is different and they each have
their own eccentricities...

I'd go CommVault, but it's not quite prime time enough for the size of
the environment I support.

Just my .02

~Kate


-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Jack L.
Forester, Jr.
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 10:35 AM
To: Richard Hellier
Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] If you couldn't have NetBackup, what would you
pick?


At the place I used to work, we used IBM's ADSM (which later became 
TSM).  I wasn't much involved with the backups there, but the backup 
guys swore by it (and not AT it, like I occasionally have to do with 
NBU).  In my small web hosting business, I use Arkeia.  The price was 
right, although they have recently changed their licensing model to one 
where the price you pay is based on how much data is "protected" by 
their software.  Needless to say, I refuse to play that game, and will 
not be upgrading to newer versions...anyone from Arkeia listening out 
there?  NetBackup is too spendy and too heavyweight for my small 
business.  For someone who has lots of data to backup and deep pockets, 
NetBackup is a good choice.  I didn't have any input as to the choice of

backup software on this site.

To answer your original question, if I couldn't have NetBackup, I'd 
probably go with Tivoli Storage Manager.

Richard Hellier wrote:

>       A recent thread sang the praises of BackupExec, so it made me
wonder 
>what other software people have experience with.  Maybe, you've 
>recently spec'ed a new installation and had to go through a comparison 
>exercise?
>
>Anyway, I'd very much appreciate hearing any success stories/war 
>stories etc with other products.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Richard.
>
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UNIX Systems Administrator, Stf
Lockheed Martin Information Technology
(304) 625-3946

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