You may find this article useful :
http://searchstorage.techtarget.co.uk/news/column/0,294698,sid181_gci1321159,00.html?track=sy60

Cheers,
Dean


On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 6:40 AM, Ed Wilts <ewilts AT ewilts DOT org> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Steve Quan <sq01 AT yorku DOT ca> wrote:
>>
>> I'm surprised about the "locked in" comment. Can you explain ?
>
> It's actually hard and expensive to migrate from one platform to another.
> For example, if I wanted to switch to CommVault, I couldn't, because they
> don't support all of the platforms we currently have.  We've also got tapes
> out there with a 10-year retention - rewriting and re-cataloging those in a
> new format would be a massive undertaking.  I wouldn't want to install 2
> backup agents on each client so that they could restore from an old
> environment while writing to a new one.  And running them in parallel
> doubles your costs for robots, drives, media, and backup servers.  Not to
> mention the re-training of your staff, including new staff you may hire in
> the future that now needs to know 2 backup systems, not just 1.
>
>>
>> Other backup vendors are starting to get more attention ...
>
> And they probably deserve some attention.  However, as a new installation,
> not a migration, unless you want to run multiple backup systems at the same
> time.
>
>
>>
>>
>> /Steve
>> ---
>> On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, Ed Wilts wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 2:16 PM, BeDour, Wayne <WBedour AT lear DOT com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  EMC has grabbed my managers ear and wants to demo Legato.  We've been
>>>> running NetBackup since 3.4 and I'm in no hurry to change.  Anyone out
>>>> there
>>>> with any Legato vs. NetBackup thoughts?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ask your manager if he's willing to purchase a new robot, all new backup
>>> servers, and licenses for all of your clients, and discard all of your
>>> old
>>> backup tapes.
>>>
>>> Unless NetBackup is really, really broken for you, you're kind of locked
>>> in.
>>>
>>>
>>>   .../Ed
>>>
>>> Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD, SCSP, SCSE
>>> ewilts AT ewilts DOT org
>>>
>
>
>     .../Ed
>
> Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD, SCSP, SCSE
> ewilts AT ewilts DOT org
>
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