Be careful of any product claims for example...
We tested Legato for Informix backup and found that it did very well with
the backup. The problem is with the restore. It was not that spectacular.
I know for a fact if I had my choice I would take a slower backup over a
slower restore when management is breathing down my neck.

Also, we use ADSM backup for Exchange database and it does a super job for
us backing up and restoring, knock on wood, once you get past the awkward
and very manual configuration setup.

Good luck and don't shy away from asking for referrals on this stuff.

CR

__________________________________________________
Cris Robinson
Sr. Technical Analyst
Enterprise Storage Management / ADSM
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
603.431.8400.54837
mailto:cris.robinson AT libertymutual DOT com

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Laura G. Buckley [SMTP:buckley AT STORSOL DOT COM]
        Sent:   Friday, July 30, 1999 2:40 PM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        Re: Veritas vs. ADSM

        It's always interesting to me when a vendor's sales strategy is to
try to
        tear apart the other guy instead of building up his own product.  If
his
        product is so good, it should win on it's own merits.  I find it's a
        dangerous tactic to spread FUD about a competing product, because
sometimes,
        the person you make the deragatory statements to knows more about
the
        product than you do and you end up looking foolish.

        Just my opinion.


        Laura G. Buckley
        Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
        PO Box 51313
        Colorado Springs CO 80949-1313
        (719)531-7171, FAX (719)260-5991
        buckley AT storsol DOT com
        www.storsol.com


        -----Original Message-----
        From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On 
Behalf
Of
        CANNAM, CYNTHIA L (SWBT)
        Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 10:47 AM
        To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject: Veritas vs. ADSM


        To all:

        We're currently in the middle of evaluating Veritas as a method of
backup
        versus ADSM --- and Veritas is throwing around a tremendous number
of poor
        claims about ADSM's performance on a variety of platforms, and most
        especially with database backups. Most of their information, I
suspect, is
        "clean-room" material, because although there are some sites using
Veritas
        out there, it doesn't seem to be the strategic product of choice for
medium
        or large organizations. And that may mean there are probably not
many sites
        giving away their "real-world" performance stats, etc.

        I'd appreciate any information anyone can provide concerning Veritas
---
        good or bad experiences, installation/implementation stories, etc.,
        good or bad experiences, installation/implementation stories, etc.,
that
        anybody would like to share. If you've done your own comparisons
with
        Veritas and ADSM, I'd really like to hear from you --- the
"real-world"
        stuff is where a product lives or dies.

        Thanks much!

        Cindy Cannam

        *       Cynthia L. (Cindy) Cannam, MBA
        *       Southwestern Bell Telephone
        *       Systems Manager/Technical Support
        *       Open Systems Storage - ADSM
        *       (314)340-0722 work
        *       (314)879-1696 pager
        *       (314)340-0992 fax