Or you could get a software package that knows what NDMP is and allows
drives to be shared....
But I digress.

It depends on the type of access to the data.  If it's all unix style
security or all ntfs security then absolutely.  Mount it up on the
backup server and go to town.

If it's mixed you probably want to stick with NDMP.  Maybe use lesser
drives for NDMP backups.

~JK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-
> admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Hart, Charles
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 12:28 PM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] NDMP or Not?
> 
> We are wondering what peoples thoughts are on NDMP backups.  I ask
because
> we are currently doing NDMP Based backups from a EMC Celerra to  STK
FC
> 9940B Drives @ 12-15MBs.  It just seems expensive to have $30K FC Tape
> Drives having to be dedicated per Celerra DataMover.  Has anyone had
any
> experience mounting NAS Shares to a Win2k Box and then doing Regular
> backups?  It would seem that you would have more flexibility by being
able
> to share the $30K instead of having to dedicate a drive per DataMover
or
> NasHead....
> 
> Appreciate any input
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Charles
> 
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