Re: [Networker] Backup next step: dedup or BMR, or both?
2010-03-19 11:44:07
On 3/19/10 9:52 AM, tbirkenbach wrote:
> Recently I received the "dog and pony" show from EMC on their Data Domain and
> Avamar products, which they suggest is the "next step" in progressing my
> NetWorker backup solution. I agree with them in that dedup and/or bare metal
> recovery (BMR) would be an enhancement to a backup solution. It got me to
> thinking...
>
> What do you, as my fellow backup admins, feel is a higher priority, dedup or
> BMR?
>
> Personally, I feel that BMR would be the service that I, as a systems admin,
> would want from a backup solution. I realize that some products, such as
> EMC's Avamar product, can do both BMR and dedup; so you CAN have your cake
> and eat it too, but it comes with the EMC sticker shock too...
>
> Just curious as to what others have done or are doing in progressing their
> backup solutions. Any shared insight is greatly appreciated.
BMR, definitely. If you have Windows 2008, you don't get BMR with any EMC
product (including
AVAMAR) yet....
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