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Re: [Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain
2011-02-15 12:29:50
I’m not a fan of the per-TB licenses either, however my
understanding of the NetBackup Deduplication license is that you pay per TB up
front instead of on the back end, which means you don’t have to pay for
the DR copy (or other copies.) I haven’t priced this out yet, but it will
be interesting to see the 2 x DataDomain versus 1 x NetBackup Deduplication + 2
x DAS comparison. In my case we’re considering converting a ton of D2D
DAS hardware to this model which means I’m going to need crazy
Eddie pricing from EMC to compete with sites that already have storage.
Just my $0.02.
-Jonathan
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Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 11:46 AM
To: Fred M
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] PureDisk vs. DataDomain
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Fred M <77fred.m AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
My employer is requesting I evaluate PureDisk and DataDomain
for de-duplication.
One of the selling advantages of the PureDisk appliances is
that you only buy the de-dupe licenses once. All hardware eventually gets
old. When that happens, you can buy another PureDisk appliance and re-use
your existing de-dupe licenses. You could build your own appliance with
off-the-shelf hardware and re-use the licenses. With a DD, when you
upgrade the hardware, you're re-buying the software again since the prices are
not separate.
When you're doing the cost comparisons, factor in not only
the initial purchase but also subsequent purchases.
I despise per-TB licenses too (as somebody else pointed
out), If I had a choice, I wouldn't buy them and would tend to avoid the
PureDisk licensing model specifically for this reason.
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