[Veritas-bu] choice of master/media server platform

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Fire the consultant?
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From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Guang Yu
Liu
Sent: October 25, 2005 10:00 PM
To: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
Subject: [Veritas-bu] choice of master/media server platform



        Hi all,=20
                I know there were some debates before regarding OS
choices for NBU but I'd like to ask one particular question. This was
coming from an external consultant.

                Background: I am a Unix guys so normally are biased
towards stability/flexibility etc of *nix. But the consultant told us
that since backups are mainly using I/Os, the buses should be an
important deciding factor as well. He went out and found that even the
most expensive of Sun servers tend to have PCI buses with 66MHZ only
(most with 33MHZ) and most of the Intel boxes have 133MHZ PCI buses. He
strongly suggested that we pick Windows for that.

                Your opinions?=20


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  <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi all,</FONT>=20
  <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT face=3DArial =
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  there were some debates before regarding OS choices for NBU but I'd =
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  ask one particular question. This was coming from an external=20
  consultant.</FONT></P>
  <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT face=3DArial=20
  size=3D2>Background: I am a Unix guys so normally are biased towards=20
  stability/flexibility etc of *nix. But the consultant told us that =
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  backups are mainly using I/Os, the buses should be an important =
deciding=20
  factor as well. He went out and found that even the most expensive of =
Sun=20
  servers tend to have PCI buses with 66MHZ only (most with 33MHZ) and =
most of=20
  the Intel boxes have 133MHZ PCI buses. He strongly suggested that we =
pick=20
  Windows for that.</FONT></P>
  <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <STRONG><FONT=20
  color=3D#ff0000><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Your opinions?</FONT>=20
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