Re: [Veritas-bu] D2D or Tape Libraries

When I went from tape on my telephone answering machine I had some misgivings, due mostly to "flexibility" of flipping the tape when full and fixed size storage.

I've wanted a D2D2D backup system for several years and have been enjoying the one we now have for several months. Like any other IT system, expandability, applicability, operations cost and vendor support are important. Non-compressible data worries me, as does what we'll do in 4-5 years when the devices go out of support.

OST good. Dedup on way in good. Getting vendors and VARs to talk backup without tape was the biggest problem, but that's mostly a history lesson now. ;-)

Cheers, Wayne

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 6:45 AM, WEAVER, Simon (external) <simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net> wrote:

All
Just wanted some views on this....

Been using Tape backups + Robots for years, and only lately things have been going wrong!
Decisions seem to be made about removing tape backups (maybe using them for monthly) and going to D2D solutions only.

Anyone got views on this? Pros or cons?

I do not mind D2D but I also like the "feel" of Tapes and storing them outside a site in a secure safe! Cannot do that with a EVA System !

Note: D2D is not to go to tape, remains on disk until it expires.

Regards

Simon
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