Jeff
I do not believe I said the RAID5 internal drives was the
way to go, however I have not found any documentation to support SAN based
catalog solutions or best practice, hence the thread.
I have been happy with the locally stored catalogs, then
replicate to a SAN, then another SAN and also change tapes.
I have had comments from both sides, and have come across
many systems that are using fiber channel storage or locally stored. So as the
thread said from the start "Best Practive: location of the NetBackup Catalog".
Answer: Most responses are showing this can be SAN
attached.
And I do NOT have a problem with this. But for now, will
retain everything locally, and carry on "as is" in the current
environment, until I probably move to 6.5.2 later in the
year.
Thanks, again Simon
P.S. your only as old as you feel..... 24 is a good age
:-)
Simon,
It seems clear your own
opinion is that RAID 5 on internal is the way to go even though everyone else
that has posted has indicated they don’t see a problem with the SAN
configuration seen in most large environments. Ed even echoed my
comments about the failure of an internal RAID 5 being more likely than SAN
failure. It’s not clear what else you expect to see in this
thread. If your opinion is different than everyone else’s then you own it
and no one here is going to try to force you do it their way. On the
converse you’re not likely to convince us that your way is correct since both
methods are simply opinions and most of the responders seem to have formed an
opposite opinion to the one you’re expressing based on years of
experience.
P.S. I wish I was
only 34…
From:
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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of WEAVER, Simon
(external) Sent: Wednesday, May
14, 2008 1:46 AM To: Dominik
Pietrzykowski; Jeff Lightner; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Best Practice:
Location of the NetBackup Catalog
Yes got that Dom. Yes,
good thing about the SAN configuration is the way the data can be spread about.
Not saying SAN's are not reliable, but just trying to look at it from this
company's perspective that any actions I can take to minimise downtime in terms
of a Major DR situation are at a min.
And worse case is a
restore of the catalog (if the copy I have made is not replicated over correctly
!
Many Thanks,
Simon
From: Dominik
Pietrzykowski [mailto:dominik_pietrzykowski AT toll.com DOT au] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:19
AM To: WEAVER, Simon
(external); Jeff Lightner; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Best Practice:
Location of the NetBackup Catalog
Yes it is but it’s also
spread over trays so I’m happy to trust it.
Not sure if my last
post got through but the catalogue backup goes over fibre to our DR site onto
another tape library.
DR file is replicated
over as well and is also emailed to my private mail account. I believe I have
most of the bases covered.
From: WEAVER,
Simon (external) [mailto:simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net] Sent: Wednesday, 14 May 2008 2:59
PM To: Dominik Pietrzykowski;
Jeff Lightner; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Best Practice:
Location of the NetBackup Catalog
Dom
Is your Catalog on a
SAN where your company production Data is also stored?
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