Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup Appliance Vs Data Domain

Couple of things to consider.

NBU Appliance is a media server plus a dedupe pool so it can do offhost VMware backups over SAN whereas OST Appliances need a media server. Some additional features like VMware instant recovery are not yet available for OST partners.

You can attach Data Domain to the back of NBU Appliances, it is supported. So you can have both and avoid having extra media servers for Data Domains.

I would get both and maintain some balance. This should give you maximum discount from both Symantec and EMC.

Best regards, Mikhail

On 15/11/2014 3:46 am, "saiyed123" <nbu-forum AT backupcentral DOT com> wrote:

Our company is considering NBU for backup solution using backup appliance, our environment is mainly VMWARE ( 800+ guest) 30 + ESX and 30+Solaris boxes.
We also need Exchange backups to improve and keep the backup over the san when possible.
We will need data replicated offsite also.
Current proposal is Netbackup with 3 5230 appliances
I like the integration of Netbackup with Appliance but need to know those who are currently using it thier experience with it.
Upgrades/Vmware backup & Exchange/share point/sql etc, netbackup Air and accilirator products.
Why do you think Netbackup is better vs EMC or Commvault.
I understand there are some limitation with the Appliance in their size and capabilities as compared to DD, i.e NFS/VTL
Would it be better to go with two netbackup appliance and one data domain appliance so we can leverage all capabilities, Symantec is saying NFS capabilities are coming next year and suggest we backup external NFS mount ( waists of space and time).
So i need some opinion in this regard.
We are medium size company.

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